By Jason KUROSU The Glendale Unified School District will continue operating at a deficit, according to a recent budget report from the district. At the Sept. 15 board of education meeting, GUSD Chief Business & Financial Officer Robert McEntire presented the district’s numbers for the 2014-15 and 2015-16 school years, showing that state-mandated costs have […]
By Jason KUROSU Continuing efforts to integrate bicycling into the community, nonprofit Walk Bike Glendale will be hosting a kids’ bike safety workshop. The event will be hosted in partnership with Dignity Health Glendale Memorial Hospital and Glendale Healthy Kids on Saturday, Sep. 12 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Pacific Community Center, […]
By Jason KUROSU A proposal that would raise state gas taxes and charge a vehicle fee to California drivers is unlikely to pass before legislative sessions end this Friday. Gov. Brown’s proposal would provide $3.6 billion annually for rehabbing roadways with a 6-cent gas tax increase and an 11-cent diesel tax increase. A $65 annual […]
By Jason KUROSU The Glendale City Council recently appointed Albert Abkarian to the city’s Civil Service Commission, but not without opposition from Glendale’s police union. Jason Ross, president of the Glendale Police Officers’ Association, spoke in opposition to the appointment at the City Council’s Aug. 25 meeting, stating that Abkarian filed a complaint against a […]
By Jason KUROSU A study to determine whether a sound wall can be constructed along the 210 freeway in La Crescenta could be in the works, according to city officials. Fred Zohrehvand of Glendale’s Community Development Dept. said that a sound wall project “has been on our radar for many years” for the area […]
By Jason KUROSU The Glendale Unified School District and the district’s teachers’ union have yet to reach a settlement on raising teacher salaries, after the two parties met on Wednesday for negotiations. GUSD teachers who sought a resolution to salary negotiations with the district attended the Tuesday night board of education meeting en masse, standing […]
By Jason KUROSU The Glendale Unified School District board of education heard a report on Tuesday regarding early start dates for the school year. The date for students and teachers to return to school has moved progressively earlier into August after a superintendent’s committee on calendar development recommended earlier start dates back in 2008. Assistant […]
By Jason KUROSU One of Glendale’s recent capital improvement projects garnered the city award recognition from a national civil engineering group this month. The Glendale Avenue Wastewater Capacity and Street Improvements Project replaced 2,000 feet of sewer mains along Glendale Avenue, patched up cracked sidewalks and road pavement, upgraded seven traffic signals, installed eight flashing […]
By Jason KUROSU The Scholl Canyon Landfill will have part of its irrigation system replaced after the Glendale City Council recently approved a slope repair project for the inactive portion of the landfill. The city council approved the Scholl Canyon slope repair project at its Tuesday night meeting, which will see the replacement of an […]
By Jason KUROSU The Glendale City Council continued its series of workboot meetings Tuesday afternoon with a closer look at the daily operations of the Los Angeles Glendale Water Reclamation Plant (LAGWRP), which has been jointly owned by the cities of Glendale and Los Angeles since 1973. Council members learned how the city handles sewage […]