Today, Rep. Adam Schiff, the Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement after voting against H.R. 4038, the American SAFE Act: “Concerns about security after the nightmare we saw in Paris are understandable, and safety must come first. As the Ranking Member on the Intelligence Committee, I continually review […]
By Jason KUROSU A petition to repeal the city of Glendale’s Utility Users Tax has received the requisite number of signatures to be considered for approval or placement on a municipal ballot measure, city officials said Tuesday. The issue came before the Glendale City Council Tuesday night when the petition was certified, having received more […]
By Jason KUROSU As Barack Obama’s second term winds down, supporters for the prospective 45th President of the United States have begun campaigning for their candidates, including recent support in Glendale for Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders. The local chapter of Sanders’s campaign effort, Glendale for Bernie, set up shop outside the Glendale Community College campus […]
By Charly SHELTON The bi-weekly Glendale Unified School District board of education meeting was held on Nov. 3 and the main focus for many in attendance was the petition for a charter school in the district to specialize in foreign language immersion. The district’s current dual language immersion program is Foreign Language Academies of Glendale, […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Rockhaven has been a rollercoaster ride for both city officials and the nonprofit organization Friends of Rockhaven since the city purchased the site in 2008. At that time there were talks of the property becoming a library and park, but those plans gave way when the economy began to suffer. In 2014 […]
By Jason KUROSU The Glendale City Council voted to delay increased drought rates for Glendale Water & Power customers for at least six months, after conservation efforts by Glendale residents and the city’s curtailing of imported water purchases prevented the need to raise rates. At the city council’s Tuesday night meeting, GWP General Manager Steven […]
By Charly SHELTON Motorcycles and music and food and motorcycles – all for a good cause. This pretty much summarizes the 32nd – and final year – of the largest and longest running one-day charity motorcycle ride in the world: Love Ride. Since 1984, Love Ride has been held annually to raise money for charities […]
The Glendale Police Dept. would like to inform the residents of Glendale about a recent scam used to commit a residential burglary. On Oct. 7 at approximately 10 a.m., a resident in the 4600 block of Lowell Avenue in La Crescenta received a knock on the door. The suspect explained he was hired by a […]
By Jason KUROSU The Glendale City Council unanimously approved unblending healthcare rates for current and former city employees, a change that the city says will help avoid damaging effects to Glendale’s budget, but has former employees upset at a decision they say will greatly increase their medical costs. The city’s long practice of blended healthcare […]
The City of Glendale’s Public Works and Community Services & Parks Departments will begin a 2-month landscaping project of City Hall beginning Saturday, October 10, 2015. The landscaping project will remove trees which are in poor health and / or crowding native trees out of sunlight and water. New trees, native to California, will […]