By Julie BUTCHER This week the Glendale City Council approved two 25-year agreements with the Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA) purchasing 30MW and 12.5MW of geothermal energy at a reportedly affordable $68 per megawatt hour, taking another significant step towards advancing the city’s goals to move toward more renewable power. SCPPA is a nonprofit […]
By Julie BUTCHER Glendale takes its local elections seriously as demonstrated by the number and variety of council candidate forums that were held across the city in advance of Election Day on Tuesday, March 3. “But this one’s the granddaddy of them all,” Northwest Glendale Homeowners Association (NWGHA) board member Sam Engel boasted as he […]
By Julie BUTCHER The subject of rain at Rockhaven kicked off this week’s Glendale City Council meeting. “Is the city taking adequate precautions to protect the buildings at Rockhaven from these storms?” asked Councilmember Paula Devine. City manager Yasmin Beers attempted to assure the council that roofs have been patched and tarps deployed “each season, […]
By Julie BUTCHER This week’s meeting of the Glendale City Council started with an informational report from a Metro (transit agency) expert on the electrification of buses as the city plans for an electric bus pilot for its Beeline buses. Marc Manning, senior director of vehicle engineering and acquisition, added that he also oversees Metro’s […]
By Julie BUTCHER Mayor Ara Najarian opened Tuesday evening’s meeting of the Glendale City Council with two “feel-good stories that often go untold.” On Jan. 24, he shared, the Glendale police department’s homeless outreach team helped a homeless family of eight who were living in their car near Glendale Boulevard and Monterey Road. Najarian listed […]
By Julie BUTCHER “I can’t wrap my head around 35 stories. That would dwarf our tallest buildings; at 22 stories, this would be 50% taller,” said Glendale Mayor Ara Najarian, sharing his concerns about the proposed 348-unit, 350- foot, primarily residential project proposed for Brand Boulevard and Maryland Street that would straddle the 134 Freeway. […]
By Julie BUTCHER At its first meeting of 2020, the Glendale City Council approved next steps on a new hotel at 515-523 North Central, picked colors for the new food truck court outside the Glendale Galleria, and took bold action, following the testimony of numerous members of the public, to attempt to limit new 5G […]
Three suspects have been arrested in the July robbery and attempted murder in the parking lot of Zone Club Laser Tag in the 800 block of N. Glendale Boulevard. On July 20, an attempted murder and robbery took place near the intersection of North Glendale Avenue and East Glenoaks Boulevard in the parking lot of […]
By Julie BUTCHER Glendale city officials will revisit the ordinance drafted over the summer to limit vacation and short-term rentals, such as those offered through companies like Airbnb and VRBO, in early December at the council meeting on either Dec. 3 or Dec. 10. The draft ordinance was introduced in July and would have banned […]
By Julie BUTCHER At a short and routine council meeting, held on the first floor of Glendale City Hall because an out-of-order elevator made the second floor – and the Council chambers – inaccessible, the body adopted a version of a sidewalk vending ordinance at issue for several meetings. It also voted to implement the […]