By Brian CHERNICK The future of Glendale’s Central Park cleared one of its first hurdles Tuesday night after Glendale City Council voted to approve the massive redesign of the park that is set to include the three-story Armenian American Museum. Council was presented with three design options that reimagined the layout of Central Park’s green […]
By Brian CHERNICK After a nearly nine-hour-long hearing on Tuesday, Glendale City Councilmembers voted 4-to-1 to halt plans to renovate the city’s natural gas-fired power plant while they explore renewable-energy alternatives. Hundreds gathered in and outside City Hall to protest the city’s $500 million project with over 400 individual submitted requests to speak on the […]
The Glendale Area Alumnae Panhellenic will hold its 70th annual scholarship luncheon on Saturday, May 5 at the Oakmont Country Club, 3100 Country Club Drive in Glendale. Founded in 1902, National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) is one of the oldest and largest women’s membership organizations representing more than 4 million women at 655 college/university campuses and […]
By Brian CHERNICK Glendale City Council failed to bring up a vote on a boutique hotel project design at the April 4 meeting after more than three hours of presentations, public comments and deliberation. The hearing regarded the design of a future Hotel Indigo, a six-story 140-room high-end establishment owned by the InterContinental Hotel Group […]
On March 14, the Glendale Police Dept. AB 109 Task Force conducted a probation compliance check in the 6700 block of Saint Esteban Street in the City of Tujunga. Glendale officers were conducting a compliance check involving 55-year-old Levon Vardanyan, a convicted felon on probation for fraud with search conditions. The AB 109 team learned […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Senator Anthony Portantino’s SB 972 passed the State Senate Education Committee on March 14 with bipartisan support. It will now go onto the Assembly and Senate for a vote. “I don’t anticipate any opposition,” he said. The bill requires public, charter and private schools to print a suicide prevention hotline number and/or […]
By Brian CHERNICK City of Glendale councilmembers on Tuesday night moved to consider amendments to the incentives, entitlements and permits provided for projects in Glendale’s downtown area after a proposal for an immediate moratorium was made by councilmember Ara Najarian. The rapid pace of construction of luxury apartments and mixed use complexes has been a […]
For year 2017, the City of Glendale received its 10th Growth Award by the National Arbor Day Foundation, which distinguishes Glendale as a Sterling Tree City USA; this makes Glendale one of only 14 cities in the State of California with that designation. Sterling communities are regarded as leaders in community forestry and are looked […]
By Brian CHERNICK A proposed “Right To Lease” ordinance that would require landlords to provide all prospective tenants with a one-year lease along with a possible “Year 2 Option,” which would provide tenants with a forecast into the following year’s rental cost, lost steam during Tuesday night’s Glendale City Council meeting. Currently, Glendale allows landlords […]
Glendale City Attorney Michael Garcia announced that his office has filed a criminal complaint in the Superior Court for Los Angeles County charging the owners of a property with the failure to obtain permits for the complete demolition of a potentially historic home in violation of both city and state codes. The five-count misdemeanor complaint […]