Rick White

The percentage of local school-age children living in poverty is increasing even as programs designed to meet their needs erode amid ongoing federal and state budget cuts. The poverty rate among children ages 5 to 17 living within Burbank Unified...

With its safety record, bustling business environment and “perfect night-to-day activities” — as a recent Sunset magazine article described it — you can't find too much to complain about in the self-sustaining suburb of Glendale....

With Thanksgiving just days away and donations down, local food pantries are scrambling to fill the shelves to feed thousands of needy families. A protracted recession has forced some organizations that typically provide a bounty of holiday supplies to...

The Glendale Salvation Army has been feeding the community a Thanksgiving meal for more than 15 years, and on Thursday, they continued that tradition. Dozens of people lined up inside the Salvation Army from midday to enjoy a hot holiday meal with...

Summer break provides a respite from coursework and testing, but for some school-age children it can also mean more than two months without a nutritious meal. During the recent school year, Burbank and Glendale schools provided free and reduced-price...

SOUTH GLENDALE — With fewer donations coming in and demand continuing to rise, local food pantry operators say their supplies have reached dangerously low levels. In recent weeks, Salvation Army Glendale has seen the shelves of its food bank...

GLENDALE — With the holiday season coming to a close, local food pantry operators are looking nervously to their stock shelves. In the months surrounding Thanksgiving and Christmas, churches, service groups and other organizations typically host...

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...

CITY HALL — Payment extensions granted to Glendale Water & Power customers increased last year as residents continued to struggle to pay their utility bills, officials said this week. The utility granted 24,547 extensions last fiscal year —...

GLENDALE — Better coordination of health and social services available in Glendale is a top priority to better battle local health issues, a group of community leaders said Wednesday. Several dozen representatives from local health-care and...

CITY HALL — Local nonprofits will now have a shot at roughly $850,00 in federal grants after the City Council this week opened the application period. For the 2011-12 fiscal year, Glendale is expecting to receive about $3.8 million in Community...

With demand for food assistance remaining high, local food pantries and service providers say they have seen increased demand in the days leading up to Thanksgiving. "When our pantry manager told us last week we had given out 120 Thanksgiving baskets...