By Julie BUTCHER The Tuesday night meeting of the Glendale City Council was almost entirely dedicated to the process of selecting a new mayor and then hearing detailed plans and visions from both the outgoing mayor, Zareh Sinanyan, and the newly selected mayor, Ara Najarian. According to the City, “Glendale has a council-manager form of […]
By Mary O’KEEFE In 2013, Home Advisor conducted a survey of over 2,000 adults, of whom 1,314 were identified as homeowners, asking them their fears or concerns when hiring a contractor for home repairs or improvements. Of those surveyed, 50% said they were most concerned about poor workmanship and 36% were concerned about fraud. Those […]
On Tuesday, the Senate Public Safety Committee passed SB 61, SB 172, and SB 376, all authored by Senator Anthony J. Portantino. SB 61 seeks to limit the purchase of firearms to one per month. The bill would limit the preceding 30-day period the purchaser had made another application to purchase a firearm. Among others, […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Four days before the Mueller Report was given to Attorney General William Barr, Congressman Adam Schiff held a town hall meeting sponsored by the Los Feliz Improvement Association where he predicted that, although he hoped the AG would release the full report, he was concerned that would not happen. Days earlier the […]
The Glendale Police Dept. is requesting the public’s assistance with identifying two suspects involved in a commercial burglary. On Friday, Feb. 22 at 4:43 a.m., a commercial burglary occurred in the 1300 block of East Colorado Street in the City of Glendale. The suspect vehicle parked next to the front of the business and a […]
On Friday, April 12, the Crescenta-Cañada Lions Club will host its second annual fundraiser to support The Fire House Youth Center, located on the grounds of St. Luke’s of the Mountains Episcopal Church. The event will run from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and will be open to the entire community at a suggested donation […]
By Charly SHELTON A new movement has come across the Glendale Unified School District in recent weeks. It’s called Schools Before Pools, referring to the allocation of Measure S funds to renovate Hoover High School’s pool and a future plan for renovating Crescenta Valley High School’s pool. But there are other projects for classrooms, facilities […]
By Lori BODNAR intern Now that spring has sprung, many might be sweeping up, pruning or gardening, and doing a bit of spring cleaning. Around 50 volunteers on Saturday pulled on some work gloves and took the idea of spring cleaning even further. Instead of tidying up just their own homes, they helped clean up […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A La Crescenta man and two others were arrested for allegedly using the Darknet to traffic narcotics. Joseph Gifford, 43, of La Crescenta, and Anh Pham, 49, and Carlos Gallardo, 59, both of Hawaiian Gardens, are facing federal criminal conspiracy charges that they conspired to use the Darknet to illicitly and secretly […]
Teacher’s Court Date Rescheduled On Wednesday, Glendale Unified School District teacher Christian Axelgard was in court where his lawyer requested and received a new court date of May 3. Axelgard has been charged with “the crime of child molesting violation” and child annoying. According to Glendale police spokesman Sgt. Dan Suttles, the teacher is accused […]