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 […]
By Brian CHERNICK Speaking from the UN Climate Conference in Bonn, Germany, California Assemblymember and former Glendale City Councilmember Laura Friedman took to Facebook to discuss the happenings at the conference and take questions from constituents. In her post, Friedman called on Glendale to continue leading the way toward more renewable energy sources and away […]
By Brian CHERNICK Glendale City Council on Tuesday voted to maintain the current status of prohibition of the commercial sale and cultivation of marijuana within the city. Council asked staff to return within a year with further reports to provide additional information for councilmembers to make a decision on whether to lift the ban. To […]
By Brian CHERNICK The City of Glendale will continue to gather public comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the proposed overhaul of the Grayson Power Plant until Monday, Nov. 20. The original public review period was extended past its original 45 days to allow more people to participate in the development of […]
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 […]
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 Residents flooded city hall on Monday night during a special meeting of the GWP commission to express their concerns with the city’s proposed project to upgrade Glendale’s aging natural-gas power plant. Stantec consultants presented the report to Glendale Water & Power, which discussed the expected impact of noise, greenhouse gases and other […]
By Brian CHERNICK The Glendale Police Museum project hit two roadblocks when it failed to receive bids satisfactory to Glendale City Council’s budget of $125,000 and when City Council rejected staff’s request to appropriate additional funds for the project. The staff requested that the budget for the Museum be more than doubled to a total […]