Sadly after two decades of service to the community, the Park Ranger program has been eliminated from the city of Glendale, a victim of the reduced budget enacted last week by the City Council. I spoke to Russ Hauck, who until last Thursday had been a Glendale Park Ranger since the program started in 1991. […]
Now that the smoke has cleared from the sky, the backyard barbecues have cooled and the cobs have been de-corned, what do you remember most about this past Monday’s celebration of our country’s birth? The food? The fireworks? The sales? Or simply a day off work? Personally, I won’t forget the cacophony of car alarms […]
Politically Motivated? Last week, I found out that L.A. County is planning to redraw district lines. Several of the proposals move Crescenta Valley into another district, away from Supervisor Antonovich’s 5th district. Other proposals split Glendale into two districts, or split Altadena away from La Cañada and La Crescenta. Below is the letter I wrote […]
The children – about 125 – plus staff and around 40 parents of La Crescenta Presbyterian Church Center for Children took to the streets walking around the 2800 and 2900 blocks of Montrose Avenue showing off their patriotism. After the trek, the group gathered for a hot barbecue in the Center’s courtyard as patriotic tunes […]
Jillian Kauffman Jillian Kauffman’s Gold Award project took place at College View School in Glendale, which educates students from ages 3 to 22 with moderate to severe cognitive and physical disabilities. Meeting the specific needs of the students, not just the school, was the main focus of her project. After Kauffman met with the administration, […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Summer is here and for many kids that means summer sports. Working out in the sun, pushing their bodies to the limit and having fun while doing it. But sometimes, a quick twist of an ankle can change a season. In the United States, about 30 million children and teens participate in […]
Falcon Water Polo Club, based in La Crescenta, has qualified three teams for the 2011 U.S. Water Polo Junior Olympics to be held Aug. 4-7 in Irvine. The FWPC 18 & Under team qualified for the Junior Olympics at the Coastal Zone Qualifications held recently in Pomona. FWPC placed fifth out of a field of […]
Coming into the final three games of CSA’s playoff tournament with each game a win or go home affair, Kana faced the only two teams that had beaten them during the regular season. At the forefront of this challenge was knowing that the road to victory went through IOTEC, which had dismantled Kana in their […]
The 2011 CSA Pinto League championship game between Round Table Pizza & Rountree Glass took place on June 13. Both teams had winning seasons with respective standings in first and second place at the end of the regular season. After double elimination in the play-offs with all seven teams in the league, Rountree Glass won […]
By Michael YEGHIAYAN Local baseball team the Glendale Angelenos will be hosting the California Collegiate League’s annual All-Star Game on Wednesday, July 13 at Stengel Field. The Angelenos, the newest addition to the CCL, are halfway through their inaugural season in the developmental league. The game will be broadcast by Fox Sports West and is […]