Najarian and Friedman Retain Seats; Sinanyan Clinches Third By Ted AYALA Glendale’s hard-fought 2013 election finally came to a close Thursday afternoon when the city clerk’s office announced the final results. City staff began the morning by canvassing over 3,400 vote-by-mail and provisional ballots before the count began at 2 p.m. With only very thin […]
Tragedy in Boston and the death of civic leader subdue proceedings. By Ted AYALA The ceremony that marks the inauguration of newly elected public officials to the city is often a moment for jubilation. But Monday’s ceremony in many respects proved to be one touched by sorrow and loss, both personal and on a broader […]
By Ted AYALA Election Day in Glendale was over a week ago, but some candidates aren’t quite ready to uncork the victory champagne or concede defeat just yet. Holding the balance of a number of key races are nearly 3,500 ballots that could not be counted on Election Day for various reasons. The processing of […]
By Ted AYALA Strong winds swept through Southern California starting Monday, continuing into Tuesday evening, leaving rattled nerves and broken branches strewn about streets. Though these powerful windstorms tend to be associated with Santa Ana winds, Stuart Seto, weather specialist with the National Weather Service (NWS), said that this system was different. “These are northwesterly […]
By Ted AYALA It was a quiet Glendale City Council meeting that Mayor Frank Quintero presided over on Tuesday. The meeting was one that had a dual significance for the mayor. At the meeting’s start the YWCA of Glendale bestowed upon Quintero a certificate of appreciation for his work on behalf of the Glendale Veterans’ […]
By Ted AYALA “It is a fact,” the Danish composer Carl Nielsen once wrote, “that he who brandishes the hardest fist will be remembered longest.” Naming off a list of artists – including J.S. Bach, Beethoven, Michelangelo and Henrik Ibsen – Nielsen praised these men as fighters who left their imprint on history by remaining […]
Election night 2013 ends with Najarian, Friedman, and Sinanyan in lead; estimated 4,000 provisional ballots yet to be counted. By Ted AYALA The night dragged on, but the spirits of the two-dozen city staffers and volunteers at Election Day headquarters never ebbed. Beginning at 8 p.m., ballots submitted in Tuesday’s city election were processed and […]
By Ted AYALA Glendale City Council voted Tuesday in favor of embarking on a project to give park-deprived South Glendale a boost for its scarce public space. Maple Park would enjoy improvement by way of additions that would give the nearly 90-year-old park a modern facelift. It would be a further enhancement of the park […]
By Ted AYALA Amidst the furor in the races for the GUSD school board and city council, the race for the city clerk’s office might be overlooked by some voters. In the aforementioned races, the purpose of the positions up for grabs is clear to voters. The duties of the city clerk’s office, on the […]
By Ted AYALA Residents of South Glendale have long complained over the area’s lack of open public spaces. Glendale City Council on Tuesday took a step to rectifying this problem, approving a proposal for a 28-acre park that would cover sections of the 134 Freeway. According to a city report on the project, dubbed “Space […]