By Julie BUTCHER “It’s only 450 pages,” quipped Glendale councilmember Vrej Agajanian about the proposed housing plan the council reviewed at its Tuesday night meeting. “I was trying to read it but it’s too difficult.” City staff wrote, “The Housing Element is one of eight state-mandated elements of … Glendale’s General Plan. The Housing Element […]
Male with Prior Felony Conviction Found in Possession of Loaded Handgun – Arrested On Jan. 15 just before 9 p.m., officers assigned to Glendale PD’s Patrol Bureau consensually contacted a male on the 3500 block of Verdugo Road who was putting gas into his vehicle with a gas can, and asked if he needed a […]
The City of Glendale (City), in its role as Lead Agency, has completed a 2022 Final Environmental Impact Report (2022 FEIR) for the Grayson Repowering Project described below. City Council will consider certification of the 2022 FEIR during a public hearing on Feb. 8, 2022. Notice Of Public Hearing: City Council will consider certification of […]
The Glendale Unified School District Board of Education unanimously approved a term limits proposal. Board President Shant Sahakian first proposed term limits for elected school board members in May 2018. Over the course of several meetings, he advocated for term limits and argued that it would be a good governance practice that expands and diversifies […]
To Flush or Not to Flush For my entire life (a good couple of years to be sure) I’ve heard the warnings not to flush anything down the toilet except toilet paper. I remember back in the ’70s (I think it was) when feminine products were touted as being “flushable;” however, it wasn’t too long […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, designated by the United Nations. On Jan. 27, 1945 the Soviet Armed Forces entered Auschwitz, Birkenau and Monowitz and liberated 7,000 prisoners – most of whom were ill and dying, according to United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. “As Soviet forces approached the Auschwitz concentration camp complex, […]
On Jan. 23 at about 9 a.m. Glendale police officers responded to the 2000 block of Verdugo Boulevard in Montrose concerning a male who appeared to be under the influence of alcohol inside a U-Haul van. When officers arrived they located the man and the van. Officers discovered the 27-year-old man from La Crescenta had […]
By Bethany BROWN Glendale Unified School District teachers and students had the opportunity to hear via Zoom sessions from survivors of the holocaust on Tuesday, Jan. 25 and Wednesday, Jan. 26. All 10th grade world history classes were required to participate each period and participation by other classes at the middle and elementary schools was […]
By Dwight SITYAR Beginning in the summer of 2001, Rick Chew, Don Tubbs, Bob Vacca, Tom Stires, Brent Unger, Gail Frey, Ron Lee and Gary Evans met every Saturday morning at the parking lot between the UA Theaters and the Starbucks in La Cañada. Each one drove their hot rods. Rick Chew suggested, “We should give ourselves a […]
The economy depends about as much on economists as the weather does on weather forecasters. ~ Jean-Paul Kauffmann, French journalist and writer This past week has been a beautiful one in spite of its ferocious Santa Ana winds … cool enough so you know it’s winter and warm enough so you know you’re in Southern […]