By Julie BUTCHER At an afternoon meeting on Tuesday, the Glendale City Council authorized the procurement of a new system to track land use and other city processes. Releasing an RFP to solicit proposals for the new Land Management System (LMS), as the City’s chief information officer Jason Bradford explained, will allow the city to […]
By Julie BUTCHER Glendale Water & Power (GWP) general manager Steve Zurn addressed the Glendale City Council on Tuesday to give an update on what he called “an unprecedented event” which interrupted power to many of its customers. “We experienced over the last little more than a month some incidents that occurred at one of […]
A representative from Los Angeles County Public Works/Regional Planning will make a presentation tonight, Thursday, Sept. 5 at 6:30 p.m. at the Land Use Committee meeting of the Crescenta Valley Town Council. Los Angeles County is in the process of developing several housing initiatives for the unincorporated areas of the county. The presentation centers around […]
By Julie BUTCHER This week the Glendale City Council accepted an $18.5 million grant from the State of California for a bridge over the Los Angeles River as part of the ongoing Riverwalk project. According to design documents, Phase 3, “otherwise known as the Glendale-Los Angeles Garden River Bridge Project, includes the planning, development, design, […]
By Mary O’KEEFE There seem to be new scam warnings issued almost every day. Criminals use a variety of scenarios to persuade and even threaten their chosen victims into giving them information and money. Southern California Gas recently released an alert to customers warning them of a utility earthquake valve scam. According to SoCalGas, the […]
A former bank branch manager at Wells Fargo pleaded guilty on Monday to one felony count of bank fraud for using his position to help launder proceeds of a tax fraud and identity theft scheme that used false identities and bogus Republic of Armenia passports to fraudulently obtain $14 million in tax refunds from the […]
By Julie BUTCHER On Tuesday night the Glendale City Council voted unanimously to adopt a significantly modified plan for retooling the Grayson Power Plant using a mix of clean and renewable energy along with the much scaled-back utilizing of natural gas. Last year, Glendale Water and Power (GWP) proposed to rebuild the 80-year-old plant’s geothermal […]
By Julie BUTCHER With the noise from the anti-Grayson demonstration outside echoing into the chambers, the Glendale City Council met on Tuesday night, welcoming back former mayor and councilmember Frank Quintero. Quintero was appointed by the rest of the council to fill the seat of Councilmember Zareh Sinanyan who resigned to serve as the High […]
In response to predictions of a long and hot summer, GWP is taking steps to ensure it can continue to provide reliable power to its customers. With transmission constraints and inability to rely on locally generated power from its Grayson Power Plant, GWP wants to avoid any interruptions in service and is counting on its […]
The Alex Film Society, The Glendale Historical Society and Glendale Arts are joining forces to celebrate the Jewel City’s unique contribution to Hollywood, its studios and the stars that called Glendale their home. On Saturday, July 13 at 7:30 p.m., a special event fundraiser will be hosted at the iconic Alex Theatre featuring vintage film […]