Today, Thursday, Rep. Adam Schiff announced the House Appropriations Committee had passed an FY 2014 Commerce, Justice and Science appropriations package that included $1.315 billion for planetary science within NASA’s budget. Earlier this year, it was announced that the Obama Administration was requesting $1.217 billion for planetary science. With the bipartisan support of Chairman Frank […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Former Glendale City Councilman John Drayman appeared in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday. Drayman is facing 28 felony charges including charges of embezzlement of funds from the Montrose Shopping Park Association. L.A. Superior Court Judge Stephen Marcus has set the trial to begin on Sept. 20. The September date is when […]
By Kevork KURDOGHLIAN Tuesday’s Glendale Unified School District board meeting brought another round of revisions to the district’s 2013-14 budget. The budget, which underwent its first revision using Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) estimates, still contains a multitude of unknown variables. “There are still a lot of uncertainties with the LCFF,” said Superintendent Dick Sheehan. […]
By Ted AYALA Members of the Crescenta Valley High School cycling team were met with applause on Tuesday afternoon when the Glendale City Council presented the team with a commendation for its highly successful season. The team, which was founded only five years ago, won its first statewide championship in northern California in May when […]
By Jason KUROSU On Saturday, Brand Boulevard will be swamped with cars (like those pictured above), but not scooting along an inch at a time in some state of gridlock bumper-to-bumper traffic, but on display for the 20th Annual Cruise Night. Over 250 cars will be featured from Broadway to Milford Street, starting at 5:30 […]
The Glendale Area Alumnae Panhellenic announced its 2013 scholarship recipients. Each year the organization raises money through a benefit luncheon in the spring to provide scholarships for area high school girls going to a four-year college or university, as well as to eligible college undergraduates who are members in good standing of one of the […]
By Ted AYALA On Tuesday the Glendale City Council approved 4-1 the inclusion of a monument honoring Korean “comfort women” – women who were coerced or forced into prostitution for the Japanese military during the final years of the Pacific War – as part of the city’s plan to renovate its Central Park. The monument […]
Glendale Adventist Medical Center (GAMC) has been selected as July’s Fire Starter of the Month by Studer Group, an international outcomes-based healthcare consulting firm that works with hundreds of hospitals and healthcare organizations to improve clinical, service and operational outcomes. The Fire Starter of the Month is a prestigious award that Studer Group bestows upon […]
The Insurance Brokers and Agents of Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena held their local qualifying tournament for the Trusted Choice Big “I” Junior National Golf Championship on June 25 at the Oakmont Country Club. The low qualifier was Blake Meek of Pasadena, shooting 78 in windy conditions. Meek will be playing golf for Loyola Marymount University […]
By Michael YEGHIAYAN The City of Glendale has joined a number of cities across California with the implementation of an ordinance banning the use of carryout plastic bags at large food retailers. The ordinance, which took effect on July 1, will also require smaller food retailers to follow suit at the end of the year. […]
