Residents attend meetings at two local schools to voice their opinion of solar project. By Ted AYALA and Mary O’KEEFE Residents in La Crescenta and Montrose have been rallying to arms the past month, joining together against the Glendale Unified School District (GUSD) in outcry over the district’s plan to install solar panels at seven […]
By Ted AYALA As fireworks whizzed and cracked in the night sky above and the USC Trojan Marching Band took the stage and added their powerful brasses to the closing bars of “Stars and Stripes Forever,” one thing became clear for the California Philharmonic and their music director Victor Vener: it was good to be […]
By Ted AYALA The singing of Vanessa Carlton, the sounds of a superb symphony orchestra, the flash and brilliance of the USC Marching Band – and a few dashes of fireworks. It’s quite a way to kick-off a new concert season for any orchestra, but the California Philharmonic isn’t just any orchestra – nor is […]
By Ted AYALA In her autobiography, “My Life in France,” celebrity chef and television icon Julia Child wrote, “The sweetness and generosity and politeness and gentleness and humanity of the French had shown me how lovely life can be if one takes time to be friendly.” Those virtues permeated not only Julia Child’s Gallic sense […]
By Ted AYALA In an age when consumers are more reluctant to part with their money, as well as becoming more adept at tuning out standard methods of advertising and commercials, advertisers are seeking ever more creative – or is that intrusive? – ways of gaining shoppers’ attention. Digital billboards, with their bright lights and […]
By Ted AYALA It’s often said that one can divide the world into two people: cat lovers and dog lovers. But up in the usually tranquil neighborhoods of the Crescenta Valley, a sharper divide has come to wedge itself between local residents and businesses as of late: the city’s proposed road diet along Honolulu Avenue. […]
By Ted AYALA Are Japanese video game developers in a decline? It’s a question that has provoked lively debate from many video game pundits today. But even if their industry is sinking, they’re certainly not going away quietly. Some brilliant games from the Land of the Rising Sun were on display at last week’s E3, […]
By Ted AYALA If one word could summarize the feeling left in the wake of the Glendale City Council’s meeting on Tuesday, “uncertainty” was definitely it. It was a word that City Manager Scott Ochoa seized upon to describe what looms forth for the city at the end of its process to review the budget […]
By Ted AYALA Glendale Arts, the organization that oversees the management of the Alex Theatre, submitted its financial report for the third quarter of its financial year, covering January 2012 to March 2012, to Glendale City Council on Tuesday. Confusion ensued when a miscommunication allowed the reports to be submitted incomplete. “In the discussion of […]
By Ted AYALA The therapeutic properties of music, its ability to mend bodies as well as souls, is something that has long been established. Now it will be employed for its ability to inspire local music lovers to show some generosity for the less fortunate. St. George’s Episcopal Church in La Cañada will be presenting […]