Tuesday, March 09, 2010


Obama declares federal disaster

Local agencies will be eligible for funds to pay for cleanup costs from Station fire.

President Obama declared the neighborhoods affected by the Station fire and subsequent debris flows a disaster area Monday, paving the way for federal assistance with cleanup efforts.

News

Schools prepare for pink slips

Glendale and Burbank unified school districts are on track to meet the first of several turning points in the teacher layoff process, one week after officials approved eliminating a combined 197 teaching positions.

Airport figures rise slightly

BOB HOPE AIRPORT — After a year of falling passenger numbers, Bob Hope Airport in January saw a slight increase in traffic compared with the same period last year, officials reported Monday.

Crown Books backs out of lease

DOWNTOWN — The 90,000-square-foot former home of Mervyn’s at the Glendale Galleria has turned into a “black hole” in the city’s retail core and will remain that way after a bookstore backed out of a one-year lease agreement at the site, officials said.

Politics

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Obama declares federal disaster

President Obama declared the neighborhoods affected by the Station fire and subsequent debris flows a disaster area Monday, paving the way for federal assistance with cleanup efforts.

Education

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In The Classroom:
Mummify like an Egyptian

The students in Carol Tensen’s sixth-grade class still eat chicken.

Business

Crown Books backs out of lease

DOWNTOWN — The 90,000-square-foot former home of Mervyn’s at the Glendale Galleria has turned into a “black hole” in the city’s retail core and will remain that way after a bookstore backed out of a one-year lease agreement at the site, officials said.

Public Safety

Police make hit-run arrest

GLENDALE — A Glendale resident was arrested Saturday after she allegedly struck an 86-year-old man in a crosswalk at Central Avenue and Lexington Drive with her Ford Thunderbird and then fled the scene.

Sports

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Complete domination

NORTHEAST GLENDALE — As Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies girls’ soccer Coach David London walked off the field Monday afternoon at the Glendale Sports Complex, he replied, “If that’s the No. 4 seed, I’d hate to see the No. 1.”

Golden Knights earn another lopsided win

SAN GABRIEL — John Moe is trying to get the message across that if he can’t start at catcher then he needs to get in someplace else.

Columns

A Balcony View:
Case begs question of accountability

This paper published a story March 4 about a local woman, Hasmik Khanbabayan, who filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the city. She claims her husband, Vahan Karapetian, allegedly died from injuries sustained when he fell off a porch at the historic Casa Adobe de San Rafael.

Entertainment

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Economy of motion

For those who have been lucky enough to enjoy a long, illustrious performance career, a turn behind the scenes can offer its own kind of magic.

Opinion

Mailbag: Bankruptcy disproves October editorial

More sad news on the front page of today’s edition, that the bankruptcy proceedings of the Galleria Galleria continue (“Mall owner gets new deadline,” March 6).

Mailbag: Resolution’s stagnancy an insult to Armenians

I just can’t believe we’re back in the same spot as we have been over the years (“Genocide bill moves through committee,” March 5). Once again, a congressional committee passed an Armenian Genocide resolution, and once again, it will probably fail, just this time with different characters involved.

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