Residents Upset with Billboard Decision

By Brian CHERNICK The Glendale City Council on Tuesday expressed its solidarity with residents after an hour of statements from residents in response to Americana at Brand’s decision to reject a request to use billboard space to advertise a documentary film that focused on the Armenian genocide. Residents urged council members to take action against […]

Glendale Police Respond to Fatal Shooting

Glendale Police Respond to Fatal Shooting

By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale Police Department homicide detectives continue their investigation into the murder of a Montrose woman that occurred on Tuesday night. Glendale police have released the name of the woman that was shot and killed in the parking garage beneath her Montrose Avenue apartment. Hy Soon Oh, 67, owned South Los Angeles business […]

Time Extended to Rockhaven Developer

By Brian CHERNICK Glendale City Council voted on Tuesday to provide an additional 12 months to the development company responsible for revitalizing the Rockhaven Sanitarium in northern Glendale in order for it to complete its Exclusive Negotiation Agreement (ENA) with the city. Gangi Development’s need for the extension comes after lenders backed away from funding […]

Glendale Police Arrests Arson Suspect

On July 30, the Glendale Police Dept. arrested a 51-year-old San Pedro man who caused fire to a church located in the City of Glendale. The initial incident occurred on the evening of July 6 just before midnight. An unknown suspect caused fire to the Faith Center Church located in the 1600 block of South […]

Kedikian Nomination Narrowly Approved

By Brian CHERNICK The nomination of Roland Kedikian to the Glendale Water & Power commission was narrowly confirmed at the Glendale City Council meeting on Tuesday after passionate speeches were given by Councilman Vrej Agajanian – who nominated Kedikian – and Ara Najarian, who opposed the nomination. Agajanian’s vote to nominate was joined by those […]

Task Force Part of GRIT

By Brian CHERNICK Glendale’s effort to build, nourish and retain better business relationships throughout the city took a major step last month with the announcement of an outreach program GRIT – the Glendale Relationship Initiation Team. Operating out of the city’s Economic Development Department, GRIT will work as a task force performing block-by-block outreach meetings […]

Permitting Process Being Reviewed by GUSD

By Mary O’KEEFE At Tuesday’s Glendale Unified School District board meeting, two parents asked the board to take another look at the permits that had been rejected from Franklin Elementary School, a magnet school. They spoke of when they first arrived at Franklin and had signed an agreement to stay through sixth grade, something both […]

GAMC and White Memorial Medical Center Join LANES

Glendale Adventist Medical Center and White Memorial Medical Center are partnering with Los Angeles Network for Enhanced Services (LANES) to deliver better, more efficient health care to the communities they serve. Through the collaboration, the hospitals executed a contract with LANES to support secure information exchange between hospitals, community-based clinics, and health plans in Los […]

Mega-meeting Held by Council

By Brian CHERNICK The entire Glendale City Council reconvened Tuesday for a nearly six-hour meeting after a two-week hiatus. The bulk of the time was spent hearing the appeal of the Design Review Board’s (DRB) approval of a 2,515 square-foot hillside single-family residential project at 1410 Colina Drive. The project, which was initially proposed in […]

Area Alumnae Panhellenic Announces 2017 Scholarship Awards

The Glendale Area Alumnae Panhellenic is a community-based organization encompassing the Glendale, Burbank, La Cañada, La Crescenta, Sunland and Tujunga areas, with member volunteers from any of the 26 sororities recognized by the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC). Established in 1947, the group’s charter is to support today’s young women from our area in their pursuit […]