By Brian CHERNICK City of Glendale officials struck a deal with St. Francis High School to enter into an agreement to use Glendale Sports Complex’s baseball field for the next 10 years. As part of the deal, St. Francis will pay for all facility improvements including the replacement of the current natural turf with a […]
By Brian CHERNICK Two newly installed Welcome to Glendale monument signs in the northern portion of Glendale have reignited a dispute between members of the community and residents of the unincorporated areas of La Crescenta. The two signs welcoming visitors into North Glendale, which were approved by Glendale City Council in May of last year, […]
By Brian CHERNICK Glendale Police Dept. has been witnessing a significant drop in identity theft reports filed since February with October achieving a nearly 50% reduction, year-over-year, bringing 2017 on pace to be one of the city’s lowest in a decade. According to the department’s Monthly Crime Statistics and Activity Reports, incidents of identity theft […]
Visitors to downtown Glendale will find a trolley that travels along Brand Boulevard to pick up passengers for holiday shopping and downtown dining. Riding the trolley is free of charge. The trolley will run through Jan. 15, Monday – Friday, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 7 […]
By Brian CHERNICK In order to comply with the California Voter Participation Rights Act (CVPRA), Glendale City Council voted Tuesday night to move the city’s local election date to March 2020 to align with statewide primaries, a move which extends some of the councilmember’s terms by 11 months. The change, which is mandated by legislation […]
Glendale resolved the Foothill Boulevard and Pennsylvania Avenue Wells Fargo fence issue by granting a variance with the condition that additional bollards be installed between the existing ones to reduce the possibility of a vehicle crashing through to the backyards below. We hope the city learns from this case that excess streamlining of complex planning […]
On Friday, Oct. 20 at approximately 9:26 a.m., a residential burglary occurred in the 4900 block of Pennsylvania Avenue in La Crescenta. A witness reported seeing two African-American males wearing black hoodies and gloves enter the residence. Glendale police officers arrived within a few minutes and a perimeter was established. Officers conducted a thorough search […]
By Brian CHERNICK Glendale City Council convened on Tuesday to revisit a hearing on a home and its owner Sonia Montejano who is seeking its registration in the Glendale Historic Registry. The Spanish Colonial Revival house located in in Montecito Park was approved unanimously by the Glendale Historic Preservation Commission in August and was presented […]
By Brian CHERNICK After months of organizing and collecting over 11,000 signatures, Glendale residents seeking rent stabilization hit their first roadblock after the city clerk found the submitted paperwork to have a number of technical issues and deemed it deficient. The City Clerk’s Office found sections lacked required titles, summaries and declarations on over 700 […]
By Mary O’KEEFE For the third consecutive year, the Glendale Police Dept. has added its support for breast cancer research, awareness and treatment. October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and Glendale police and fire have gone pink in support. GPD officers applied pink shoulder emblems to their uniforms, added pink to six motorcycles, air support […]