By Jason KUROSU The City of Glendale is seeking local artists to design a pair of monument signs that will welcome outsiders to North Glendale. The entry signs will be placed at Lowell Avenue facing west and Pennsylvania Avenue facing east, marking the boundaries of the city of Glendale along Foothill Boulevard. In coordination with […]
By Brandon HENSLEY A local woman who suffered brain trauma earlier this year appears to be progressing. Scarantino’s Italian Inn held a fundraiser on Sept. 23 for Karla Bernabel, who was involved in a motorcycle accident in January while on her way to work, leaving her in a coma for weeks. Since she woke from […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Starbucks began their “Evenings” program, which offers beer and wine starting later in the day, at some of their locations. The first one was located in Seattle, Washington in 2010. The next year they expanded their program to several locations in Chicago and in 2012 they took the program to Atlanta and […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. has job openings for those who can pass the tests: physical, academic and psychological. “Recruitment is going great. We have had lots of [applicants] and we [average] 400 to 700 applications a week,” said LASD Assistant Sheriff Todd Rogers. “We routinely get 400 online applications but […]
“There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.” ~ Charles Dickens All of a sudden it seems to be getting darker at a much faster pace! As a person mesmerized by summer’s extended-light evenings, I am not a big fan of nature’s implementation of the sun’s dimmer switch. […]
By Charly SHELTON Tuesday night’s Glendale Unified School District semi-monthly board of education meeting had a running theme – teachers. The meeting was attended by dozens of teachers, many of whom were there to show support for fellow teachers during the contract disputes with the district. During each meeting, the GUSD board sets aside time […]
By Jason KUROSU A Sept. 28 film screening and panel discussion showcased the Fire House film project, a time capsule of a film that will span at least half a decade, conveying the pressures facing this generation of teenagers and the communication divide that can develop between kids, parents and educators. The Fire House, formed […]
Two women have been arrested for allegedly working as prostitutes in the city of Glendale. On Sept. 29 the Glendale Police Department’s Vice/Narcotics Unit conducted a prostitution sting at two locations in the city of Glendale. An undercover officer contacted Sunshine Massage in the 3500 block of Verdugo Road and scheduled an appointment for a […]
By Jason KUROSU The Glendale City Council held closed session talks Tuesday regarding the property at 2713 Honolulu Ave. in La Crescenta/Montrose, known as the former Rockhaven Sanitarium, as well as the Mountain Oaks area on New York Avenue. In its Oct. 6 agenda, the city council listed conferences to be held with real estate […]
By Charly SHELTON Twenty-seven billion dollars. That is how much was raised through a fee called a Development Impact Fee levied on all development in Glendale. Charged by the square foot on property built or demolished in the city limits to anyone who is building a new structure or adding footage to an existing structure, […]