“Within a week she seemed back to normal. What I didn’t know was that measles can cause long-term complications. A child can seem fine while the virus slowly replicates in her brain, poised to exact a terrible toll years later…. Parents should know just how dangerous this disease is.”
27 years since the Columbine High School massacre.
27 years of failing to protect our kids.
27 years without common-sense gun laws.
I watched it as a student. Now it’s only gotten worse for our kids.
We need an assault weapons ban.
Federal Judge Vacates Kennedy Declaration, Permanently Blocks Trump's Trans Youth Care Hospital Threats • The judgment overturns the Kennedy Declaration which has been used to force 40 hospitals to drop trans youth care.
Wondering if it will wind up the parent chat group enough to get me booted out if I put the article about long COVID and school grades in there... 👀
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"My reps are conservative so I'm not gonna call them about issues."
Yeah? And let them just go unyelled at by you? Come on.
Transparency, Please I am writing as a concerned voter and GUSD parent. The LA County elections portal recently released the names and qualifications of candidates on the June 2 ballot. In one Glendale Unified School Board race, Mr. Shant Kevorkian listed his title as "Healthcare Education Professional." This led me to believe that perhaps he teaches about healthcare. However, on his own campaign site, Kevorkian lists his current job status as "Administrative Resident" at a private hospital and an "MHA candidate at USC." It's my understanding that the residency is a required part of the master's degree program he is in. Why did this candidate not accurately list "Public Health Student" as his current job? This is concerning to me as voters like me deserve honesty from candidates. Another second school board candidate, Mr. Greg Krikorian - who lost for city clerk in 2022 after serving over 20 years on GUSD's board - lists his job title as "Educational Nonprofit President." | cannot find any nonprofit in any area that has Mr. Krikorian as a president. Nothing appears on his Linkedin profile and nothing appears on his campaign website. He also seems to imply that he has an MBA from UCLA on his Linkedin profile, when a cursory Google search shows that he took one course from UCLA Extension in 1996. Voters deserve accurate ballot information when they sit down to vote in June. While I am disappointed that the county clerk does not vet these statements, am hoping that this letter will help spread the word to voters. Joann Lo La Crescenta/Glendale
Huge appreciation for local parents doing the work in so many ways- here’s an excellent letter to the editor published in CVWeekly this weekend emphasizing the importance of qualified, trustworthy school board candidates- another reason we’re supporting Kat Cross, Aileen Dinkjian and Ingrid Gunnell!
“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.”
– Frederick Douglass
I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.
NEW from me at @theguardian.com + @documented.net
An official at Trump-aligned AFPI said the quiet part out loud: They want to end medical transition for everyone, adults included. Children are the “low-hanging fruit” in their quest to do so. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
We created this guide for anyone who could experience a miscarriage in a state with abortion restrictions.
We wrote it in consultation with dozens of doctors, including those who regularly treat patients who are miscarrying 👇
Record profits are unpaid wages and unpaid taxes.
imagine what conscientiously maintained air purifiers and—dare i say—an open window or two could change.
Red graphic flyer with white text title that reads, "Nikkei Children's Book Festival. Saturday, May 9, 2026. 9 am-3 pm. General $10 JANM Members FREE Youth under 18 FREE." White logo of the Japanese American National Museum at the top center. Sponsor logos at the bottom are shown for the Port of Long Beach and the Rafu Shimpo. An illustrated frog is shown reading a book in the bottom left corner.
Celebrate AANHPI Heritage Month, Children’s Book Week, and Kodomo no hi (Japanese Children’s Day) with our second annual Nikkei Children’s Book Festival! 📚🌈
Get tickets: www.janm.org/events/2026-...
Every single time a voucher scam is introduced the vast majority of particpants were never in public school to start. Vouchers explode budgets and lead to fraud and waste. Fund public schools fully and regulate homeschooling to protect students from abuse and substandard instruction.
Opinion Guest Essay Why Aren’t the Kids Out Protesting Against Trump? April 14, 2026
they are. next question!
![Transgender discrimination is, by its very nature, sex discrimination. Discrimination based on sex is expressly prohibited under Montana’s unique Nondiscrimination Clause––“[n]either the state nor any person, firm, corporation, or institution shall discriminate on account of . . . sex . . . .” Thus, Article II, Section 4 is
unequivocal in its intolerance for discrimination based on sex. Because sex discrimination involves a fundamental right under Article II, the appropriate level of judicial review is strict scrutiny. Snetsinger, ¶ 17.
¶28 Being transgender is also a suspect class under the Equal Protection Clause of
Article II, Section 4,––“[n]o person shall be denied equal protection of the law.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:inwzoq34u52clnzwfmmv4j3b/bafkreidt45gkkqkhg24folszm4hyzpnuoyoe3f6f3pmqpoiqtvf6lweexi)
Transgender discrimination is, by its very nature, sex discrimination. Discrimination based on sex is expressly prohibited under Montana’s unique Nondiscrimination Clause––“[n]either the state nor any person, firm, corporation, or institution shall discriminate on account of . . . sex . . . .” Thus, Article II, Section 4 is unequivocal in its intolerance for discrimination based on sex. Because sex discrimination involves a fundamental right under Article II, the appropriate level of judicial review is strict scrutiny. Snetsinger, ¶ 17. ¶28 Being transgender is also a suspect class under the Equal Protection Clause of Article II, Section 4,––“[n]o person shall be denied equal protection of the law.”
MONTANA SUPREME COURT: “Transgender discrimination is, by its very nature, sex discrimination,” and is subject to strict scrutiny under the Montana Constitution.
Again: for any big liberal donor who wants to funnel millions into fixing this country's politics, the ROI on buying any struggling paper and simply tasking it with doing real reporting on local news is vastly higher than the same $$ given to some group that does mass ad buys every election year.
Liberal candidates sweep school board elections as Moms for Liberty loses ground
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a short history of transportation planning graphic. showing 1950s to present with only cars being able to go in a straight line and all other modes are less convenient
It's fine for people to ask whether cycling can scale — the automobile industry spends $14 BILLION per year selling us on the status quo of forced car dependency!
But the truth is, every city's transportation system is a choice, about which ways of getting around will be convenient, or not
Occasional update with Glendale’s own PragerU propagandist Jill Simonian who hosted a “patriotic” story time at the Nixon Library this weekend. Truly, what better place to expose your kids to the real heart of American reactionary politics: racism and corruption!
Imagine a study that found kids with ADHD have more visits to doctors than kids without ADHD — and used that finding to suggest ADHD treatment doesn't work. That's the standard of evidence the anti-trans braintrust is willing to accept.
We’ve been pointing out the high level right wing connections to and focus on our community for years- hilarious to see how obvious it all is at this point.
Want to get involved? Join a weekend group canvass or dm to get involved to support Ingrid Gunnell for Area B, Kat Cross for Area C, and Aileen Dinkjian for Area D!
GOOD NEWS! Glendale = News-Press Letter to the Editor: Aileen Orlino Dinkjian Is Right Candidate to Replace Shant Sahakian 10 hrs ago Dr. AILEEN ORLINO DINKJIAN
As longtime residents of Adams Hill in GUSD's Area D, we are grateful to have been represented on the school board for two terms by Shant Sahakian, an entrepreneur and family man who entrusted his children's education t our district. We will miss Sahakian's wise counsel and leadership on the board as well as his capacity to build authentic relationships in the community. He has chosen not to run for another term, and we will miss him but wish him the best in his next endeavors. We are pleased, therefore, to have found in Aileen Orlino Dinkjian a candidate who is prepared to take Sahakian's Area D seat and continue his legacy of thoughtful and dedicated leadership. Dinkjian, a longtime resident of Area D with a master's in Public Health and a doctorate in Education, has two decades of experience managing budgets, writing grants, and working with large organizations to improve public health and health education, including the development and promotion of school-to-career health pathways. Much of her work has been in the field of mental health.
She and her husband are also the parents of three children, two who attend one of GUSD's Armenian language programs and one who soon will. She has the experience of helping her own children move through the school system, and we've seen how easily she relates to parents or grandparents' concerns (in four languages!) as she's walked our neighborhoods and met with residents. Aileen knows how to lead and how to listen. And she gets things done. We are hopeful at the prospect of her election to the GUSD Board of Education for Area D. Mary Baldwin and Joylene Wagner, Glendale 冂
Loved seeing this letter to the editor from two Adams Hill residents in support of Aileen Dinkjian for Area D! Local election is June 2 with ballots dropping the first week of May. Make sure your friends and neighbors know to vote all the way down the ballot, as early as possible.
Fascism is not inevitable.
Seven countries now generate 100% of their electricity from renewable sources, proving the transition is not theoretical but already operational. The barrier is no longer technology, but political will, investment priorities, and the courage to move faster.
Let me reiterate: If you successfully convince women that you have the power to destroy them *before* you abuse them, you can do this stuff for decades without anyone willing to go on the record, even after reporters learn about it and dig. Without a victim willing to speak, reporters have no story.
NEW: After months of being too scared to leave their homes, more than 500 children have returned to in-person classes at Columbia Heights Public Schools, a huge moment of celebration for school leaders in this Minneapolis suburb once swarming with ICE agents. www.huffpost.com/entry/minnea...
I've studied so many concentration camps through history that held vulnerable people in just this kind of crowded squalor. You demonize people, you demand more arrests, this is what you get. It already has its own budget and its own momentum, and is on track to go much further, unless we stop it.
Science is good. We should fund it.