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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: Glendale (Los Angeles, California), Science, Arts and Culture, History, Mexico
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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: Wages and Pensions, Employees, Glendale (Los Angeles, California), Public Officials, Government
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Woman helped form club for the blind
There’s an old saying that if you want something done you should ask a busy person to do it. That certainly applies to a Glendale resident named Alice James, who in 1939 brought together a group of people who then went on to form the Foothill...Tags: Fay Wray, Glendale (Los Angeles, California), Los Angeles, Arts and Culture, Movies
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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: Glendale (Los Angeles, California), Arts and Culture, Los Angeles, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), History
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There's nothing wrong with renting
While reading the article about Habitat for Humanity (“Nonprofit builds homes for 5 families,” June 5), I couldn’t believe what I read. First of all, to build 6,250 square feet with mostly donated labor for $1.1 million is out of line,...Tags: Cook County Government, Homes, Kenny Loggins, Apartments, Rentals
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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: University of California, Berkeley, Homes, Glendale (Los Angeles, California), John Calvin, Los Angeles
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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: Chevy Chase, Glendale (Los Angeles, California), Crimes, Budgets and Budgeting, California
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Ron Kaye: A legislative system gone awry
I don’t know how to break this bad news to you, but for all the fun and games our legislators are having in Sacramento these days, the joke is on us — the taxpayers, the residents, workers and students. They may turn to fisticuffs at the...Tags: Los Angeles, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Budgets and Budgeting, Executive Branch
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Thanking today's veterans with help
There is a tendency on Memorial Day, even now with U.S. troops stationed across a restive Middle East, to focus on the past. With two World Wars, Vietnam, the Korean War and other military conflicts under our collective belt, there is certainly much...Tags: Memorial Day, Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Planning, Los Angeles, Korean War (1950-1953)
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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: Obesity, Heart Disease, Social Sciences, Glendale (Los Angeles, California), Cancer
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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: Glendale (Los Angeles, California), Health, Unions, Budgets and Budgeting, Pension and Welfare
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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: Disasters and Accidents, Glendale (Los Angeles, California), Los Angeles, Emergency Planning, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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