By Ted AYALA Tallies of property damage, incidences of violence, and deaths – direct and collateral – always brutal: in these ways are wars often remembered by those who observe them as well as those who feel its brunt. But it’s in the way that the residue of warfare seeps into the consciousness of […]
By Ted AYALA Earlier this month, Glendale City Councilmember Ara Najarian was reelected to his seat on the board of directors of the Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA) despite his staunch and often very vocal opposition to the proposed extension of the 710 Freeway. When Najarian’s name was nominated for reelection to his seat in December, […]
By Ted AYALA Awhile back – actually nearly a decade ago – I remember having a discussion with a customer that came in to buy a clutch of classical CDs at the record store that I was working at back when I was in my late teens. I looked over his purchases: Beethoven, a few […]
By Ted AYALA As I type this article I’m enjoying an unusually warm March morning. The high in my area is projected to be in the mid-80s – quite a turnaround from the bone-chilling cold that enveloped Southern California as recently as last week. There is something about warm weather that has always struck me […]
By Ted AYALA Candidates running for office in the upcoming municipal elections April 2 were allowed to speak to the public Tuesday night at a forum hosted and moderated by the Montrose-Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce. The forum, which was a three-tiered affair that began with candidates running for the school board, then the position […]
By Ted AYALA Supporters of the long-running Glendale Gun Show were disappointed by the Glendale City Council’s decision on Tuesday to move forward with implementing an ordinance that would effectively ban the show within the city limits. The ordinance in question, which had been suggested by Councilmember Rafi Manoukian in the wake of last year’s […]
By Ted AYALA In August 2011, the Glendale City Council adopted a plan to adopt fare increases on its municipal Beeline bus system. On Tuesday, it moved forward to cancel the fare increase that would have taken place on July 1. “At this point, based on fare-box revenue and our [revenue] projections going forward, we […]
By Ted AYALA Conductor James DePreist, celebrated conductor and recipient of the National Medal of Arts, died at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. on Feb. 8 from complications stemming from a heart attack suffered in March 2012. He was 76. DePriest had been serving as artistic advisor to the Pasadena Symphony following the abrupt end […]
By Ted AYALA Glendale continues to enjoy a slide in crime rates, announced Glendale Police Chief Ron de Pompa at Tuesday night’s Glendale City Council meeting. Numbers presented by the GPD demonstrate a continuing downward shift in crimes. Violent crimes dropped by 10%; property crimes 12%. Overall, the crime rate dropped 12% in 2012. “This […]
By Ted AYALA The United States Postal Service (USPS) stunned many across the nation Feb. 6 when it announced it was ending delivery of first-class mail effective August of this year. The beleaguered agency has suffered in recent years from a society that has rendered the USPS on unsure footing in a culture increasingly reliant […]