By Samantha SLAYBACK Earlier this year, the Arts and Culture Commission of Glendale put out its first requests for artists in a utility box mural project known as “Beyond the Box.” On May 17, the chosen artists set out to decorate 26 utility boxes in the city of Glendale along Brand Boulevard and Central Avenue. […]
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Glendale Police Department Traffic Unit conducted a DUI/Driver’s License checkpoint on August 29, 2014, at Brand Boulevard and Vassar Street between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. Checkpoints are placed in locations that have the greatest opportunity for achieving drunk and drugged driving deterrence and provide the greatest safety for officers and the […]
Photo by Mary O’KEEFE Hundreds Without Power, Roads Closed By Mary O’KEEFE At about 5:12 p.m. this afternoon, a driver who exited the 210 Freeway at La Crescenta Avenue was traveling northbound when a piece of equipment from a utility pole apparently fell onto the roof of her car. The driver was not injured. The […]
Labor Day weekend is coming up. For many Americans, that means an extra day off, backyard and beach barbecues, visiting friends and family, and the unofficial end of the summer season. Unfortunately, it also means a sharp increase in drunk-driving related fatalities. Now, through Labor Day weekend (September 1, 2014), the Glendale Police Department will […]
Advocates for street safety are celebrating as two landmark bills by Assemblyman Mike Gatto , which seek to curb the epidemic of hit-and-runs in California, have passed the legislature and are headed to the Governor’s desk. AB 47, which would create a “Yellow Alert” system to help catch hit-and-run offenders, passed the Assembly today by […]
Beyond The Box: A Utility Box Mural Program The last round of utility box murals went so well the city is going to have another round. Glendale Arts and Culture Commission will partner with The Big Draw LA to create murals on 11 locations in Montrose. Glendale Arts & Culture Commission encourages artists and community […]
By Mary O’KEEFE It has been five years since the hills above Tujunga, far north Glendale, La Crescenta and La Cañada Flintridge were ablaze. The fire that started as a small brush fire on Aug. 26, 2009 grew into the largest wildfire in California history. At containment on Oct. 16, 2009, the fire had burned […]