By Jason KUROSU The Angeles Crest Highway is both 66 miles of scenic road cutting through the Angeles National Forest and the training grounds for several local emergency response personnel, as illustrated by the Los Angeles County Fire Department’s “Over the Side” Rescue Drill. Over three days this past weekend, multiple agencies took part in […]
By Jason KUROSU Though petitioners sought to gain enough signatures to repeal the Glendale Utility Users Tax, the Los Angeles County Registrar/County Clerk announced Monday that no such ballot measure would appear on the April 2015 ballot. The California Tax Limitation Committee circulated a petition to vote on the potential repeal of the users’ tax […]
By Jason KUROSU The Vahan & Anoush Chamlian school in La Crescenta will be increasing its overall enrollment after the Glendale Planning Commission approved an increase in the school’s max enrollment during the commission’s April 16 meeting. Previously, there was a cap of 500 students, which has now been increased to a maximum of 700 […]
By Jason KUROSU The Environmental Impact Report for the SR-710 study has been delayed because of issues with the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) regional travel demand computer model software used to analyze the different alternatives for the 710 extension. Metro announced the delay last week, saying that more time was necessary to complete […]
By Jason KUROSU Tuesday night’s Glendale Unified School District Board of Education meeting continued the ongoing Sagebrush debate, as Mountain Avenue Elementary parents attended en masse to promote the proposed territory transfer, which would move a portion of students attending Mountain Avenue from the GUSD to the La Cañada Unified School District. The territory transfer […]
By Jason KUROSU This April marks the 99th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, which claimed between 600,000 and 1.5 million Armenian lives, as well as Assyrians, Greeks and other groups. With its vast Armenian population, Glendale has taken pains to bring the Genocide to light, particularly amongst Glendale’s students. On Thursday, April 24 there will […]
By Jason KUROSU Mountain Avenue Committed to Kids (M.A.C.K.) held its annual M.A.C.K. Night Out on Saturday, a fundraiser organized by Mountain Avenue parents that has become a tradition since M.A.C.K.’s inception 20 years ago. The La Cañada Thursday Club was the site of the event, as it has been over the past several years. […]
By Jason KUROSU The newly opened Brand Library celebrated the life of Johnny Cash on April 10 with a free live musical performance and a discussion of Cash’s life and legacy from the author of a recently published Johnny Cash biography. Long time rock music critic and writer Robert Hilburn spoke about his book “Johnny […]
By Jason KUROSU New computer based tests are on the verge of becoming the norm as states across the country adopt Smarter Balanced Assessments, computerized tests which educators hope will eliminate flaws in long implemented multiple choice tests. Schools from California and 21 other states are currently on a trial run of sorts, as students […]
By Jason KUROSU On Tuesday, April 1, the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that contributors to political campaigns can spend much more freely than has been permitted in decades. The case, McCutcheon vs. the Federal Election Commission, struck down prior limits to campaign expenditures on the basis of a contributor’s First Amendment right […]