Volunteers Arlene Buchmann, left, Larry Andreason, center, and Chuck Hughes, right look at the float during a community open house hosted by the La Canada Flintridge Tournament of Roses as a part of the Fiesta Days events.

Fiesta Days off to a strong start

Fiesta Days got off to a strong start Saturday with a car show and the unveiling of what will be La Cañada Flintridge's float in the 2013 Rose Parade.

Fr. Antonio Marti, OFM Cap., left, congratulates graduate Delfin Andres Acosta (Summa Cum Laude) during the 63rd Annual Commencement Exercises at St. Francis High School in La Canada Flintridge.

St. Francis graduates say farewell

Family and friends of St. Francis High School's 2012 graduating class turned out Saturday morning to watch 165 young men receive their diplomas.

San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow was severely beaten in a Dodger Stadium parking lot on opening day last year.

Gatto's bill to reduce violence at sporting events now lacks bite

A bill designed to reduce violence at sporting events is moving forward in the state Assembly, but it doesn’t have the same teeth it once had.

Pacific Park set to get fake grass

After strengthening a ban on artificial turf in residential front yards last year, the Glendale City Council this week approved spending roughly $99,000 for a consultant to prepare plans to install the fake stuff at Pacific Park.

Burroughs High grads return to Memorial Field: 'It feels awesome'

It was impossible to tell which was shining more brightly at the Burroughs High School commencement ceremony on Thursday — the faces of the graduates or the newly renovated Memorial Field.

Pulpo Gallego is beer-braised octopus with fingerling potatoes and pimenton served at Ración.

Counter Intelligence: Ración is Basque country

San Sebastian's old town may be the most food-intensive neighborhood in the world, with street after street of pintxos bars and taverns and roaring restaurants, and hundreds of counters heaped with shellfish, hams and roasted meat — the answer to a tapas lover's sweatiest dream. You stumble down the crowded streets of this Basque city, stopping in one bar for its anchovies, another for its famous cuttlefish, another for the delicious spider crabs, washing each down with a glass of cider or thin, acidic Txakolina wine.

Glendale to continue temporary art exhibits, for now

Stripped of resources once afforded by local redevelopment, Glendale must weigh what’s more important: temporary art exhibits that brighten vacant storefronts, or permanent projects that become staples in the community.

San Gabriel Valley roundup: Alhambra isn't a hick town, All Souls to launch language program, and an El Monte adult care facility closes

San Gabriel Valley roundup: Alhambra isn't a hick town, All Souls to launch language program, and an El Monte adult care facility closes

A group of local cities, including Pasadena and Glendale, have sued the state regarding the wind-down of redevelopment agencies. Pasadena Sun 

Hoover High marching band to perform at namesake's birthplace

The Tornado band is preparing for a presidential march.

Burbank man tied to illegal firearms, drug trafficking bust

Federal authorities today announced the arrests of five men – one of them in Burbank -- for alleged firearms and narcotics violations during an undercover investigation dubbed “Operation Hollywood Confidential.” 

Friends of Otto Jensen express shock, sadness over his death

Those who knew Otto Jensen — the 101-year-old Burbank photographer who was struck and killed by a 91-year-old driver Tuesday night — were in a state of shock and mourning this week as they recalled a man who was as much a devoted volunteer as he was a friend.

Huge swath of Angeles National Forest reopens

Nature enthusiasts will have something to celebrate this Memorial Day weekend after roughly 41,000 acres in Angeles National Forest that were closed in the wake of the Station fire reopen to the public today.

Franklin Elementary School kindergartener Emi Moses greets, from left, Italian Cultural Institute's Massimo Sarti, principal Vickie Atikian, Consul General of Italy Giuseppe Perrone and IFLAG Immersion Teacher Specialist Ana Jones during visit to the Italian Immersion Kindergarten Class at the Glendale school.

Italy counsul general stops by Glendale school

Italian students at Franklin Elementary School put their language skills on display Thursday for a high-profile visitor.

Police bust major marijuana operation allegedly run by Montrose business

Three men with ties to a Montrose irrigation business were arrested Wednesday night after police seized 700 marijuana plants inside a warehouse in Van Nuys and another 200 at the home of one of the men.

Adults of all ages, backgrounds secure their high school diplomas

Burbank resident David Standel was scheduled to graduate from high school in 1961 before a series of complicated family issues forced him to drop out.

Glendale, Pasadena sue state over redevelopment wind down

Nine cities, including Glendale and Pasadena, filed a lawsuit this week to force the state to make good on millions of dollars for local officials to pay down debt and other obligations left over by the dissolution of local redevelopment agencies.

Burglars enter Gun World in Burbank through roof, steal guns

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Fire crews work in a barren landscape in Angeles National Forest after the brush fire passed through on Aug. 28, 2009.

Update: Forest areas closed after Station Fire to reopen this weekend

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San Gabriel Valley roundup: Parents behaving badly in Sierra Madre, smacking the kids around in Alhambra, and a fake cop in Glendora

An Alhambra gym owner takes violence off the streets by teaching kids to smack each other around -- in the boxing ring. Alhambra Source 

Thea Ivens, wife of missing Burbank FBI agent Stephen Ivens, left, and his mother Catherine Ivens, right, plead for the public's help in finding Stephen Ivens during a family press conference in front of the Burbank Police Dept.

Authorities stop searching Verdugo Mountains for missing FBI agent

Authorities have stopped actively combing local mountains and hillsides for an FBI agent who went missing from his Burbank home nearly two weeks ago, instead basing their search on tips from the public, a police official said Wednesday.

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