Politics

Bike lanes slated for Foothill

LA CRESCENTA — Foothill Boulevard will soon get outfitted with new bike lanes, which will make the road safer and friendlier for cyclists, officials said.

Business

Making a bargain binge

By Veronica Rocha

Last Updated
Friday, November 27, 2009 10:11PM PST

Shopper Viridiana Lugo slouched into a wood bench as she drifted to sleep early Friday while hundreds of people with shopping bags scurried around her at the Glendale Galleria.

Public Safety

Police report

The following were taken from daily booking reports from the Glendale Police Department.

Columns

Small Wonders:
The muffin-top man’s musings

I have an index card box on my desk. I carry Post-It Notes and small notepads with me everywhere I go. When I see something that strikes me, or am spontaneously blessed with some great epiphany, I jot it down and throw it into the box. The girls call it my Idea Box. I like having the answers to all of life’s mysteries at my fingertips.

Entertainment

People first, disabilities second

People say Tom Burke has a gift of working with people who are developmentally disabled, but he believes he gets more in return from the experience than his clients do.

Opinion

Mailbag: YMCA coaches continue fine work

I had the privilege of serving as president of the Glendale YMCA QB Club this year. The Glendale QB Club serves Hoover, Glendale, Crescenta Valley and St. Francis high schools, along with Glendale Community College. We promote the football programs at these schools and give scholarships to student-athletes who look to continue their education in college.

Mailbag: Some grisly details are best left out

As I read today’s Glendale News-Press about the woman being struck and killed by the Amtrak train in Glendale (“Train hits, kills woman,” Nov. 24), I found it very distasteful to read the photo caption, “A witness said she saw the woman’s leg fly off after the train hit her.”