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Man cited for allegedly taking toy from donation box
A 21-year-old Glendale man who stopped by the Police Department to pay a parking ticket ended up leaving with a citation for petty theft after he took a Jenga game from a toy donation box for low-income families. Vruyr Nazaryan was cited Dec. 8 on...Tags: Personal Income, Human Interest, Theft
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Firefighters deliver scant donations
Firefighters delivered 144 toy bags Wednesday to children at the Head Start Riverdale program in Glendale.
Los Angeles-based TelePacific donated the decorative bags, which contained about 10 toys each, to the Glendale Fire Department.
Firefighters...Tags: Human Interest
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All aboard the Toy Express
A Metrolink train covered in some 50,000 sparkling lights stopped for adoring fans in Burbank and Glendale Sunday evening as crowds donated hundreds of toys for low-income families.
The Metrolink Toy Express, which benefits local nonprofits and agencies,...Tags: Charity, Autism
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Scouts chip in for Santa
With toy donations down this year, Glendale firefighters at Station 29 were more than elated Friday to accept gifts from local Boy Scouts for their annual Spark of Love Toy Drive. Dozens of Boy Scouts delivered toys to the fire station on Honolulu...Tags: Youth Organizations, Social Organizations
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Foul-mouthed baby? Or just baby talk?
A Glendale resident got what she said was an unexpected earful from a baby doll she planned to purchase at the Toys R Us in Burbank: the "B" word. To make matters worse, Carol Szilagyi, a 68-year-old grandmother and great grandmother, said she planned...Tags: Toys "R" Us, Inc., Abusive Behavior, YouTube
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Parent University is still in session
Despite the hectic nature of the holiday season, being a parent takes 365 days a year, so there is nothing nicer than a free gift that can make lasting impacts on family. Glendale Unified School District’s last Parent University class for 2011,...Tags: Entertainment, Holidays, Entertainment Events, Music, PTA
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Armenian national committee celebration nets toys, cash
The Glendale chapter of the Armenian National Committee collected 152 toys and $140 it will use to buy more toys as part of its Christmas celebration Wednesday at the Glendale Youth Center. Half of the toys will be given to the Glendale YWCA’s...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Holidays
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Firefighters, Metrolink kick off holiday toy drive
Firefighters across the region have kicked their Christmas toy drives into high gear in advance of Metrolink's Holiday Toy Express tour of 32 cities through mid-December.
Organizers are encouraging the public to drop new, unwrapped toys off at local...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Travel, Holidays, Entertainment Events, Christmas
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A day of Lego wizardry
Families swarmed the lawn of the Americana at Brand on Saturday for the unbeatable combination of Lego toys and Harry Potter paraphernalia.
The park at the center of the outdoor mall was the site of a Harry Potter Build-Off, a national competition in...Tags: Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Fiction, LEGO Group, J.K. Rowling , Czech Republic
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President led acclaimed campaigns
Lynne M. Doll, a Glendale resident and president of The Rogers Group, died Aug. 3 of a stroke at Glendale Adventist Medical Center. She battled cancer for three years and was in remission at the time of her death. She was 48. For more than 25 years,...Tags: Health, California State University, Northridge, Social Issues, Los Angeles Fire Department, Forest Lawn Memorial Park
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Fundraising on the downslide
GLENDALE — Nonprofit officials across the region have been able to meet an ever growing need for food and toys this holiday season, but they say they're worried about keeping up with the demand into next year. Donations for the Salvation Army...Tags: Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Rick White, The Salvation Army, Human Interest, Christianity
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I'm Just Sayin': Missing the dolls of yore
A couple of weeks ago, an article in the business section of the L.A. Times caught my eye. I normally don't read the business section, but it was the accompanying photograph that first got my attention. It showed Mattel's latest line of fashion dolls...Tags: Health, Halloween, Entertainment, Barbie (fictional character), Mattel Inc.
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