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Political Landscape: Schiff to hold windstorm forum
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) will host a forum from 9 a.m. to noon Jan. 12 to look at the response to the windstorm that did tens of millions of dollars worth of damage to Pasadena and surrounding cities on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1.
The event will be held in...Tags: Southern California Edison Company, Washington, DC, Howard Berman, FEMA, Brad Sherman
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Congress cuts future funding for California's bullet train
The U.S. Senate approved a package of legislation Thursday night that eliminates future funding for high-speed rail projects, including the California bullet train.
The vote, coming after a similar vote in the House of Representatives, leaves the future...Tags: Jerry Brown, Elections, Mutual Funds, Politics
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CERT training should not be cut
The Glendale Fire Department’s CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) training program is an essential tool for our community. It should never be cut from the department's budget (“Fire Dept. plan would save city $2.5M,” May 26). CERT...Tags: California, Emergency Incidents, Emergency Planning, Fox Broadcasting Company, Disasters and Accidents
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Sherman wants Kadafi to pay U.S. costs
As the nation prepares to honor its veterans Monday, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) wants the military to look out for today’s combat troops by monitoring nearly 80 large burn pits near U.S. bases in Afghanistan and Iraq. On Wednesday, the House of...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Human Interest, NATO, Afghanistan, Local Elections
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Legislators send in their bills
Local representatives turned in a lot of paperwork leading up to the Feb. 18 deadline for California lawmakers to submit legislation for the 2011-12 session. The four lawmakers who represent all or parts of Glendale, Burbank and La Caņada Flintridge...Tags: Gun Control, Crime, Law and Justice, Human Interest, Interior Policy, Local Elections
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Possible conflict worries Schiff, Sherman
Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) and Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks) have been raising alarms about potential new hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed region on the border of Armenia and Azerbaijan where violence erupted for years after the fall of...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Turkey, Trade Dispute, Criminal Laws, Human Interest
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City expands background checks
Upgrading a safety program for city workers and residents, Glendale will now conduct national criminal background checks on all employees, volunteers and those who seek permits from the city. For the last 10 years, the Live Scan program, which uses...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Matt Doyle, Crime, Law and Justice, Criminals, Health and Safety at Work
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Armenian Genocide resolution may not face vote
A flurry of legislative activity has brought an Armenian Genocide recognition resolution to the brink of a vote in Congress, but it may not be enough as lawmakers prepare to adjourn for the year and Turkey again lobbies strongly to quash the effort. The...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Turkey, NATO, Politics, The Holocaust (1934-1945)
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Political Landscape: Decision keeps energy bills from increasing
Glendale and Burbank taxpayers quietly dodged what might have been millions of dollars in increased energy bills as a decision on clean energy policy by the California Air Resources Board favored their local utilities. On Dec. 16, the board issued...Tags: Sacramento, U.S. Senate, Crime, Law and Justice, Bob Goodlatte, Trials
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Gift of sight
For nearly 20 years, Glendale ophthalmologist Dr. Jerold E. Beeve and his wife, Dorothy, have made annual trips to Fiji to provide eye and health care to Fijians suffering from various eye ailments and diseases. On May 7, the National Ethnic Coalition...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Human Interest, Surgery, Defense, Nobel Prize Awards
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Turning the page for Congress
Natalie Queally could be recognizable on television Tuesday. While the rest of her friends begin their semester at Glendale High School, the 16-year-old junior will take the term off to live and work as a congressional page in Washington, D.C. "It's...Tags: U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Adam Schiff, Facebook
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So many reasons to vote for Colbert
Rep. Adam Schiff recently mailed a letter to Democrats in our 29th Congressional District, claiming that "misguided policies of the Bush administration had brought our economy to the brink of collapse." Since Bush left office, President Obama, with...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Democratic Party, Vehicles, U.S. Military, Washington (U.S. state)
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