By Ted AYALA The first steps were taken on Tuesday night towards building a facility that Glendale City Councilmember Dave Weaver referred to as a “Museum of Tolerance for Glendale.” City council voted unanimously to move forward with an exclusive negotiating agreement with the Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee (AGCC) to lease a property that sits […]
By Ted AYALA Athletes at the Glendale Sports Complex may soon be noticing a difference when their cleats hit the turf. Glendale City Council voted Tuesday night to replace the facility’s artificial turf. The current state of the turf, according to city staff, is now “beyond repair.” The artificial turf now used was installed in […]
By Ted AYALA Robert Thies is a pianist who – bless him – simply lets his instrument sing. There is nothing of the hoary carnival barker in his pianism, to say nothing of the sideshow. On the contrary. Here is a genuine aristocrat of the piano. Beethoven’s “Piano Concerto No. 4,” which he performed with […]
By Ted AYALA In a few days, the Santa Cecilia Orchestra under its music director Sonia Marie de Leon de Vega will be setting off on a new season and, with it, will be bringing local audiences brilliant performances along with engaging programs. On Sunday, for the first concert of its season, the orchestra will […]
By Ted AYALA Glendale City Council voted Tuesday night to pledge its support to a resolution put forward by the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) to eradicate bullying from their respective communities. The resolution comes as bullying has become a hot button issue across the country in recent years, with the issue garnering increased […]
By Ted AYALA Glendale City council issued a proclamation on Sept. 30 marking a historic occasion in the annals of local history: the centennial of the creation of Glendale Water & Power (GWP). In service since 1914, GWP was founded just under a decade after the city in 1906. After complaints over the poor service […]
By Ted AYALA 2014, the centennial of the opening shots of the “War to End All Wars,” has been a year of somber remembrance and reflection, widely observed in Europe, but barely registering in the consciousness of the average American. In the United States, World War I was quickly superseded by the legacy of the […]
By Ted AYALA Glendale City Council on Tuesday night presented to representatives of Glendale’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) a proclamation designating the month of October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The CSW was established in August 2003. Its mission statement declares that the organization “[advances] social justice and equity [to] ensure equality […]
By Ted AYALA The City of Glendale director of Public Works Roubik Golanian reported to city council on Tuesday afternoon recommendations and plans the city should undertake in order to mitigate the growing problem of vehicular-to-pedestrian safety. It’s an issue that has become a prominent complaint among residents and visitors to the city, a problem […]
By Ted AYALA Though the temperatures remain uncomfortably summer-like, autumn has indeed arrived and with it a whole new season of music. Among those organizations whose concert series are just getting underway is Le Salon de Musiques, which will launch its debut concert of the season on Sunday, Oct. 12 with music by John Ireland, […]