By Jason KUROSU Voter turn out was low – again – for Tuesday’s local election. “It was a little disappointing,” said Glendale City Clerk Ardashes “Ardy” Kassakhian. Around 20% of Glendale’s registered voters have participated in city elections over the past decade, a number that holds fairly steady when considering just the La Crescenta/Montrose/North Glendale […]
By Jason KUROSU and Mary O’KEEFE Glendale’s 2015 municipal election results show a number of incumbents reelected to their positions across the board, as Tuesday’s voters kept many of their representatives in place, as well as retaining the current at-large election process. These are preliminary results: Paula Devine has retained her seat on the Glendale […]
The City of Glendale has prevailed in a lawsuit filed against the State of California for the loss of more than $30 million in interest from loans made decades ago to the now-defunct Redevelopment Agency. The March 16 final ruling was in line with the court’s Feb. 13 tentative ruling but provided additional beneficial clarity […]
By Jason KUROSU After USC Verdugo Hills Hospital nurses voted recently to approve potential strike measures, a group of nurses made what they termed as one final plea to hospital management on Tuesday, bringing their grievances to the office of USC President C.L. Max Nikias. Among the documents the nurses delivered to Nikias’ office were […]
“I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.” ~Vincent Van Gogh As I begin this week’s Weather in The Foothills, so too has the rain begun to fall. With great anticipation I watch, hoping the much needed rain will add considerably to our meager seasonal […]
The Best Laid Plans… This was going to be a busy week. Elections were Tuesday and I had a little more studying to do before casting my ballot. There was a Hometown Country Fair meeting scheduled for this morning (I sit on the chamber of commerce board of directors and am overseeing the volunteer force). […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles County Sheriff Homicide Unit responded to the Hermit Falls area of Angeles National Forest at 9:30 a.m. regarding a “recreational accident.” An 18-year-old man, later identified as Jesse Yuth of Signal Hill, jumped 50 feet from the top of the fall into a pond below. “Two teens were with him […]
By Isiah REYES The Montrose Shopping Park Association invited Chief Assistant City Attorney of the City of Glendale Gillian van Muyden to answer questions from the board at its monthly meeting on April 2 concerning political speeches at the Harvest Market. The MSPA wanted to clarify the rules and regulations for political discourse, for example […]
By Jason KUROSU After a fourth consecutive year of drought and the lowest snowpack on record, Gov. Jerry Brown has instituted the state’s first ever mandatory water restrictions, which seek to reduce water use by 25% at each of the state’s 411 local water agencies by Feb. 28, 2016. Among the goals of the governor’s […]
By Mary O’KEEFE After running 120 miles through the desert, law enforcement members that participated in this year’s Baker to Vegas relay race are recovering from the run and the heat, and deciding on whether to run next year’s race. “This was my 14th or 15th year,” said Glendale Police Chief Robert Castro. This was […]