By Ted AYALA Glendale City Council Tuesday renewed a contract to continue the use of NextBus for Glendale’s fleet of Beeline buses. The contract with NextBus, which is a division of Cubic Transportation Systems, itself a part of the San Diego-based Cubic Corporation, would go into effect beginning July 1 and would end on June […]
By Ted AYALA Glendale City Councilmember Ara Najarian urged council on Tuesday night to consider adopting a resolution that would support the state’s push for tighter regulations on the fast-growing rideshare industries. Rideshare apps, such as for Uber and Lyft, allow customers to hail a ride from a swipe on their smartphones. Often proving to […]
By Ted AYALA If Le Salon de Musiques ever decided to adopt a mascot, German composer Xaver Scharwenka would likely be it. There has been no other musical organization in Southern California – or indeed in the United States – that has more ardently championed the music of this now mostly forgotten composer. Le Salon […]
By Ted AYALA Less than four years separate the death and birth respectively of the alpha and omega of Armenian music, Vartapet Komitas and Tigran Mansurian, so that they share much in common stylistically and spiritually should not come as too much of a surprise. Komitas, whose career spanned the closing years of the 19th […]
By Ted AYALA Glendale City Council candidate Paula Devine and Measure G were both the big winners of Tuesday’s special election, which was folded into the county and statewide election held the same day. The special election had been called by the city in order to elect a permanent successor to Rafi Manoukian, who had […]
By Ted AYALA Glendale Water & Power (GWP) is taking its new water rate structure on the road. And if their first public outreach meeting, which was held Wednesday night at the Sparr Heights Community Center, is any indication, they’re going to be facing some tough crowds. Raised eyebrows and frustrated outbursts met the efforts […]
By Ted AYALA A resolution transferring $20,607,000 in operating revenue from Glendale Water & Power (GWP) to the city’s general fund was approved by Glendale City Council Tuesday night amidst reservations from Mayor Zareh Sinanyan. The transfer is in line with a previous council resolution to scale back the amount of such funds transferred to […]
By Ted AYALA Walking amidst its beautiful trees, in the shadow of its lion-colored rolling hills, it’s hard not to think that Arbor Day was made with Two-Strike Park in mind. So it’s no surprise to learn that the Crescenta Valley Town Council has chosen the park as the site for its Arbor Day celebration […]
By Ted AYALA At first glance, the lives and works of composers Xaver Scharwenka and Frank Bridge seem to have little in common. During the height of Imperial Germany, Scharwenka carved out a wide berth for himself among the forefront of the musical luminaries of his day. His glittering compositions and just as glittering pianism […]
By Ted AYALA Mozart may have died a premature death, but in his 35 years of life he packed an enormous amount of creative activity. Virtually no genre in existence during his lifetime did he leave untouched: opera, symphony, string quartet, liturgical music, even works for musical clocks and choral canons on humorous texts that […]