By Charly SHELTON On Tuesday evening, the Glendale Unified School District Board of Education held its biweekly meeting to discuss topics ranging from the merits of gaining entitlements on their properties to recognizing the retirement of teachers and staff at local schools. One of the more hotly debated issues of the meeting was of the […]
By Charly SHELTON The Alex Theatre in Glendale is turning 90 years old. She looks great for her age, but she could look better. After last year’s renovation to the interior of the theatre, patrons have now noticed that the exterior is showing its age. Glendale Arts is trying to fix that. “The Alex Theatre […]
True Believer was on the scene last weekend in Pasadena for the third annual Scare LA convention, the gathering of all things haunted. Here is a quick preview of the gallery from the con, and for more be sure to visit TRUE–BELIEVER.NET tomorrow night for our latest issue. True–Believer.net Photos by Charly SHELTON
By Charly SHELTON >Newspaper fingerprint scan active. Identity confirmed. Begin message: > >Greetings, Agent. We are glad to see you made it out of Kraztovia in one piece. Well done on your last mission. We have received intel on a new assignment that has been passed down to you from the Impossible Mission Force. Keeping […]
By Charly SHELTON It’s hot outside – really hot. What better way of staying cool than getting out of the L.A. basin and taking in some refreshing sea air at Carmel-by-the-Sea? As I sit writing this, it is 102° in the Crescenta Valley area and it is 70° in Carmel. Its high next week will […]
It started with a disturbing notice two years ago given to residents of Twelve Oaks Lodge, a local senior assisted living facility, to vacate the property, and ended with an agreement that brings everything back home. By Mary O’KEEFE wo years after senior residents left their homes at Twelve Oaks Lodge and after a lengthy […]
By Charly SHELTON The Montrose Food and Brewfest, which was originally scheduled for July 27, has been rescheduled for Sunday, March 13, 2016. The event, which highlights some of the restaurants of Montrose alongside some local craft breweries, was a huge hit last year in its debut and was met with much anticipation for the […]
By Charly SHELTON Rockhaven Sanitarium is the subject of a new photography exhibition at Gallery 417 in Downtown L.A. Photographer Jason House has taken photos of the sanitarium as an empty, abandoned and hauntingly beautiful place. “I’ve done photo series in the past about foreclosure victims and fatality car crashes or even a documentary […]
By Charly SHELTON Temperatures have reached above 100 degrees over the last few weeks and people around the Crescenta Valley are succumbing to overheating. From overheated to heat exhaustion to heat stroke, this slippery slope can prove fatal if left unchecked. As responsible residents of a Mediterranean climate (according to the Köppen classification system), knowing […]
Photos by Charly SHELTON The Gene Autry Museum of Western Heritage held a panel discussion on Civil War era photography, with a live demonstration of wet plate collodion photography, on Sunday. As part of a series of lectures and events at The Autry celebrating the exhibit “Empire and Liberty: Civil War and the West,” this […]