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Marine biology taught at Baja field station
Glendale Community College is offering two summer courses in Baja California at the college’s field station. GCC has been holding classes in the Baja California peninsula of Mexico since 1974. Introduction to Marine Biology (Biology 125) paired...Tags: Arts and Culture, University of California, Mexico, Colleges and Universities, Science and Technology
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Heavyweight champion lived in Glendale
Jess Willard, who reigned as the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion from 1915 to 1919, lived on Blanchard Drive in Glendale for many years. Recently, Willard’s grandson, Jim Mace, of Carmichael, Calif., saw a photo of his grandfather’s house...Tags: Arts and Culture, Kansas, Texas, Animals, Heavyweight
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It's time to take on the unions
Closing libraries, raising fees, bleeding the fund for capital improvements dry — those are just some of the money-saving proposals that have come up at City Hall during the weeks of preliminary budget talks. In the coming days, the City Council...Tags: Public Officials, Budgets and Budgeting, Unions, Government, Employees
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Hoover Band played at important venues in mid-1950s
Bill Russell has fond memories of his years at Hoover High School. As a member of the school band, Russell and his fellow players marched down Main Street at the just-opened Disneyland, performed for the audience at the annual Hoover vs. Glendale game...Tags: Homes, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Disneyland Park, Television Industry, PTA
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Auto dealer gave back to community
Don Packer, who owned a car dealership on Brand Boulevard for many years, was well known not just for his cars, but for his philanthropy. “He was an icon around Glendale,” said Jarrett Anderson, who was associated with him professionally...Tags: Homes, High School Sports, Glendale (Los Angeles, California), John Calvin, U.S. Army
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Police budget allocations are disproportionate
The truth is that our public employees have already endured pay cuts. More than $20 billion in cuts have been absorbed by California public schools alone during the last three years, dragging the economy further down. We must step up and stop more...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Glendale (Los Angeles, California), Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, California
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City seeks donations to save Rose Parade float
City officials this week established a special fund to encourage private donations to fund the city’s annual float entry in the 2012 Tournament of Roses Parade. Glendale is currently the second-longest float entrant, but with $80,000 in city...Tags: Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Public Officials, Government, Human Interest
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Managers pay up to help balance budget
CITY HALL — City managers and department executives have agreed to pay a bigger chunk of Glendale’s rising tab for employee health-care and pension plans, a move that is expected to save City Hall about $760,000. The Glendale Management Assn....Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Matt Doyle, Interior Policy, Employees, Collective Contract
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Officials tussle over rail crossing
GLENDALE — Los Angeles County transportation officials may have earmarked $6.6 million for safety upgrades to the Doran Street rail crossing, but state officials say they will continue push to have it closed, citing the danger posed by a nearby...Tags: Emergency Planning, Vehicles, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Disasters and Accidents, Glendale (Los Angeles, California)
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Study: Smoking down, obesity up
The rate of smoking in the greater Glendale area has dropped to below 10%, according to a new study released this week.
The Glendale Community Needs Assessment, required by law every three years, identifies health trends to help Glendale Adventist...Tags: Overweight, Weight, Breast, Health, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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New district maps signal vast change
The potential for sweeping change among the region’s political districts was brought into sharp focus Friday with the release of preliminary redistricting maps by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission. Among the changes proposed in the...Tags: David Dreier, Democratic Party, Dario Frommer, San Gabriel, San Dimas
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Home of the Week: A foothill estate built for grand entertaining
A 1929 Spanish Colonial Revival in La Caņada Flintridge, built for entertaining on a grand scale, served as the summer home for George Grant Hoag, an early vice president of J.C. Penney Co.
Original blueprints, held by the current owners, show that the...Tags: Elections, Real Estate, Human Interest, Los Angeles, Bars and Clubs
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