By Charly SHELTON For almost two months, a group of parents and community members has been working together to try and get a new foreign language immersion charter school off the ground. An application was submitted to the Glendale Unified School District for the International Studies Language Academy (ISLA) charter school on Oct. 20 backed […]
By Charly SHELTON Finally. After years of waiting and hoping, a decent “Star Wars” film has awakened. Last weekend was filled with hype and rushing to try and get the last tickets available in each showing just to see JJ Abrams lend his hand to directing the second biggest franchise of all time (second only […]
By Charly SHELTON Every Who down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot. But the Grinch, who lived just north of Whoville, liked it just a little bit more. Though he once tried to steal the holiday, the Grinch has seen the error of his ways and now embraces Christmas wholeheartedly, with a heart that is […]
By Charly SHELTON n July, Tujunga United Methodist Church welcomed a new pastor, Tom Kendall Sr. With the first six months under his belt, Pastor Kendall has gotten a feel for the congregation and the programs and outreach at UMC. “The people here are wonderful,” said Kendall. “I work at the Bailey Center every Wednesday […]
By Charly SHELTON Christmas is coming and New Year’s is just around the corner. Undoubtedly we all will have New Year’s resolutions that we will ke ep … until probably around March. One easy way to keep on track with an exercise resolution is getting a program or a guide that offers interesting ways to […]
‘Star Wars’ is Coming By Charly SHELTON Greetings, True Believers! It is I, your magnanimous leader, back once again to lay some knowledge on you from beyond the computer screen. We’re coming into the home stretch. “Star Wars Episode VII” is released on Friday, Dec. 18. Everybody has their rituals and preferences on how to […]
By Charly SHELTON It’s the end of the year and that means many of the groups and organizations around town hold their year-end holiday parties. For the Historical Society of the Crescenta Valley, the holiday party was a trip back in time to a time of five-cent admission to movie theaters, pratfalls and intense makeup. […]
By Charly SHELTON With the massive El Niño season on its way, residents throughout the Crescenta Valley are preparing for a very wet winter. Sandbags are available at several park locations throughout Crescenta Valley and Glendale areas, emergency kits are being made and one topic on many residents’ minds is that of the local debris […]
By Charly SHELTON Measure S was passed by voters in 2011, granting $270 million in a bond for Glendale Unified School District to use at its discretion to upgrade, reinvigorate and repair GUSD schools. As of now, a little more than half of that $270 million is spent or spoken for. The Measure S funds […]
By Charly SHELTON With 21 locations in Canada and three locations in Washington, JOEY restaurants have made a name for themselves in the middle-high end fine dining scene. It stands to reason that when breaking into the West Coast of America, one would establish a restaurant in L.A. And when looking for a location to […]