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.” 

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