City Approves ‘Unblending’ Healthcare Rates

By Jason KUROSU The Glendale City Council unanimously approved unblending healthcare rates for current and former city employees, a change that the city says will help avoid damaging effects to Glendale’s budget, but has former employees upset at a decision they say will greatly increase their medical costs. The city’s long practice of blended healthcare […]

Getting Ready for KIDS and K9s

Getting Ready for KIDS and K9s

By Jason KUROSU Verdugo Park will host two of Glendale’s annual, charitable events in one extravaganza this Saturday, with the 11th annual Kiwanis Duck Splash and the 7th annual Glendale K-9s in the Park. Both events are free to the public on Saturday, Oct. 10 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Six teams will be […]

Signs to Welcome Area Guests

By Jason KUROSU The City of Glendale is seeking local artists to design a pair of monument signs that will welcome outsiders to North Glendale. The entry signs will be placed at Lowell Avenue facing west and Pennsylvania Avenue facing east, marking the boundaries of the city of Glendale along Foothill Boulevard. In coordination with […]

Conference Held Regarding Rockhaven

By Jason KUROSU The Glendale City Council held closed session talks Tuesday regarding the property at 2713 Honolulu Ave. in La Crescenta/Montrose, known as the former Rockhaven Sanitarium, as well as the Mountain Oaks area on New York Avenue. In its Oct. 6 agenda, the city council listed conferences to be held with real estate […]

Students Share Stresses in Fire House Film Project

By Jason KUROSU A Sept. 28 film screening and panel discussion showcased the Fire House film project, a time capsule of a film that will span at least half a decade, conveying the pressures facing this generation of teenagers and the communication divide that can develop between kids, parents and educators. The Fire House, formed […]

Seminar Held on Scams

By Jason KUROSU The Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station recently hosted a community seminar on common scams, fraud and identity theft, crimes regularly committed against residents in suburban neighborhoods such as those in La Crescenta and La Cañada Flintridge Held Thursday night at the Lanterman Auditorium in La Cañada, the seminar was hosted in conjunction with […]

County and City Prepare for El Niño

County and City Prepare for El Niño

By Jason KUROSU Significant rainfall is expected to hit Southern California this winter, with an El Niño event that should bring higher than average rainfall to the area, though not enough to quell the state’s historic drought. An advisory released last week by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration concluded that there is a 95% […]

GUSD Start Date Still a Sore Point

By Jason KUROSU Opposition from parents continues regarding the Glendale Unified School District’s calendar, which has had school year start dates pushing further back into the summer weeks each year, with a 2016-17 start date still slated for Aug. 8. Parent Carolyn Klas spoke at the board of education’s Sept. 15 meeting with counterpoints to […]

Flipping for a Fun Run – and Flapjacks

The community is encouraged to take part in an early morning run through the foothills before filling up on pancakes. By Jason KUROSU he Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce annual fundraiser for local schools, the “Running the Foothills” 5K Run, will be held on Saturday, Sep. 19. The run will begin at 8 a.m. at […]

LCUSD, GUSD Students Score Well on CAASPP

By Jason KUROSU Students at Glendale, La Crescenta and La Cañada schools scored above state and county averages on California’s initial round of Common Core aligned testing, according to recently released data from the California Dept. of Education. Scores for the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress, or CAASPP, were released last week, charting […]

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