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Sports | | January 28, 2012
Thanks to a benchmark season in which it placed second in arguably the most difficult conference in the state before qualifying for the state tournament for the first time in the program's history, expectations are now at their highest for the Glendale Community College men's golf team. That's precisely the way Glendale college Coach Greg Osbourne wants it to be. The Vaqueros struggled at times throughout the first half of last season before encountering a streak of good fortune which ultimately led to them faring quite well in the ultra-competitive Western State Conference, taking second in the Southern California Regionals and finishing seventh in state.
SPORTS
| January 26, 2012
NORTHEAST GLENDALE - From the first spot in the Glendale Community College's women's tennis team's singles lineup to the third, there figures to be plenty of competition. Having Sofia Tavitian, Samantha Sismundo and Sevana Zargarian occupying those spots will also likely net the Vaqueros many points, leaving Glendale college Coach Bob Donaghy the good fortune of tailoring his lineup to the team's needs. The trio started the season off on the right note Thursday afternoon, as it combined to lose only one game in Glendale college's 7-2 nonconference victory against College of the Sequoias.
NEWS
January 21, 2000
Michael Sainz GLENDALE -- Behind Talin Isagholi and Susie Francis, the Glendale High girls' soccer team used a dominating first half, to come away with a 6-0 victory over Hoover High at Moyse Field Thursday in a Pacific League match. Isagholi and Francis scored two goals each in the first half and were also backed by a Nitro defense that did not allow one Tornado shot on goal. The Nitros (7-4-1 overall, 2-3 in league) peppered first-half Tornado goalkeeper Tonya Rogel with a barrage of 12 shots on goal.
NEWS
| January 29, 2012
The overall crime rate in Glendale and Burbank dropped in 2011, a trend police credited to targeted enforcement efforts and strong community involvement. Serious crimes decreased 7% in Glendale and 6% in Burbank, according to the latest statistics. Violent crimes include homicide, rape, aggravated assault and robbery, while the property crimes include burglary, thefts, auto thefts and arson. “The key is to be able to intervene rapidly,” Glendale Police Chief Ron DePompa said of spotting crime trends before they become more serious.
SPORTS
| December 11, 2008
Midway through the afternoon inside the tiny Crescenta Valley High gymnasium, Ed Goorjian would gather his athletes around in a huddle following a practice with son Greg not too far away bouncing or shooting a basketball. It became almost a common occurrence throughout the years. The Crescenta Valley boys’ basketball team would routinely roll up victories and make lengthy postseason runs with a star-studded cast that would eventually move on to bigger things on the collegiate stage and in the working world.
NEWS
| October 14, 2010
GLENDALE — Fifteen people in Glendale and Burbank were arrested early Wednesday in connection with a major healthcare fraud scheme — most of who were accused of being associated with a crime enterprise that submitted more than $100 million in bogus claims to Medicare. Another four Glendale residents — Pogos Satamyan, 31, Andranik Satamyan, 20, Grisha Sayadyan, 59, and Allen Sayadyan, 30 — were arrested in addition to three other Van Nuys residents on suspicion of establishing at least eight fraudulent medical clinics in the Los Angeles region and submitting more than $17 million in fake claims to Medicare, according to federal indictments.
NEWS
| December 17, 2011
About an hour into the first night of an experimental homeless shelter at Glendale's National Guard Armory, volunteers and staff outnumbered clients about two to one. “It's smaller, way smaller,” said Steven Elliott, a 52-year-old homeless man who stayed at the armory last winter when people lined up at the door to take refuge from the cold. The long lines and chaotic quarters have been replaced by a mostly empty armory due to a new shelter program sponsored by Glendale and Burbank - and Scott McLeod, a 52-year-old who normally sleeps under an awning outside a Glendale church, didn't mind.
NEWS
| January 30, 2011
The Burbank Leader on Friday filed a lawsuit against the city of Burbank for refusing to disclose detailed information about millions of dollars in merit-based bonuses paid to employees during the past three years. Burbank officials initially provided a lump sum amount for fiscal year 2009-10, broken down by each employee or bargaining group that totaled $1 million in bonuses out of a budgeted $1.87 million. Glendale paid out roughly $1 million in bonuses to mid-level department managers and their executives between 1999 and 2008 and made the per-employee information available on its website.
NEWS
November 17, 2011
The preliminary hearing for a 27-year-old Tujunga man charged with fatally shooting his cousin and dumping her body on the Foothill (210) Freeway was postponed Thursday. The hearing for Aram Sarukhanyan was rescheduled for Jan. 12 in the Los Angeles County Superior Court in Pasadena. Sarukhanyan is charged with one count of murder for shooting his cousin, Adrine Arzumanyan, at least once in chest on April 29 before she was pushed from the car and on to the freeway, officials said.
THE818NOW
July 26, 2011
Good news for motorists slapped with red-light tickets in Los Angeles. If you got the citation under the city's controversial camera program , you can ignore your ticket. You read that right. After a three-hour City Council committee hearing Monday on the future of the much-debated photo enforcement system, the session ended with a recommendation to stop issuing citations at the end of the month and "phase out" the program. The tickets are part of a "voluntary payment program" without sanctions for those who fail to submit fines, said Richard M. Tefank, executive director of the city's Board of Police Commissioners.
NEWS
January 26, 2012
Glendale police and public works crews decided to bring in a crane during the rush hour commute to hoist the sedan out due to the slippery conditions in the channel caused by flowing water. ___________________________ FOR THE RECORD : An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was working to remove the car from the wash. In fact, it was Glendale police and public works crews. __________________________ The woman, who wasn't immediately identified, entered the wash about 11 a.m. after reportedly confusing the concrete-lined channel for a freeway on-ramp, officials said.
THE818NOW
January 24, 2012
An 18-year-old Burbank resident was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of assault with a dealy weapon after allegedly hitting a restaurant employee in the head with a skateboard while attempting to flee without paying his bill, police said. John Douglas Benne was having lunch with an unidentified 18- to 20-year-old male at Frontier Wok on Hollywood Way Saturday afternoon when both teens attempted to leave without paying the bill, Sgt. Darin Ryburn said. “They were leaving and an employee shouted, 'They didn't pay their bill, they didn't pay their bill,'” Ryburn said.
NEWS
| May 1, 2011
Glendale resident Adrine Arzumanyan is the woman who was allegedly shot, killed and then pushed out of a car Friday onto the side of the 210 Freeway. Arzumanyan's relatives gathered Saturday morning at her ground-floor apartment in a complex off Glenoaks Avenue, some sobbing uncontrollably. Her brother, Vic Arzumanyan, said that investigators had provided little information about the case, and that the family did not know the identity of the Glendale man who was with his sister.
NEWS
| March 18, 2008
Jodee Blanco was tormented so relentlessly by her classmates when she was in middle school and high school that she once tried to bring a kitchen knife to school to exact her revenge on her fellow students. Luckily, her mother found the knife in her book bag and took her to the hospital to get her help instead. More than 20 years have passed since Blanco graduated from high school, and now she spends her time talking to students around the country about her own experiences and the dangerous effects of bullying.
SPORTS
| September 28, 2011
PASADENA - For the first time this season, Jenise Vargas joined the Flintridge Prep girls' tennis team. And it came in a Prep League match against rival Pasadena Poly on Wednesday. Vargas, who has been dealing with a wrist injury this season, picked up one win in her return, but it was enough to help the Rebels defeat the Panthers, 10-8, at CalTech. The victory evened Prep's league record after falling to Westridge, 10-8, on Monday. Poly's record fell to 5-2 (0-1 in league) in its league opener.
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