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Phil Jackson 's book tour continues on Wednesday with "An Evening With Phil Jackson in Conversation With John Salley . " Hosted by the Alex Theatre in Glendale, Jackson will discuss his memoir, "Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success. " Jackson writes about his formative years with the New York Knicks , his run of six titles with the Chicago Bulls and his two sets of championship teams with the Lakers . Salley played for Jackson with the Lakers and Bulls. Continue reading > > -- Eric Pincus, Los Angeles Times

Prosecutors charged two Glendale men on Friday for assaulting a homeless man, officials said. Oganes Manvelyan, 23, and Vahan Kiourktzian, 22, each face one count of assault with deadly weapon in Wednesday's attack of the homeless man, according to Jane Robison, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney. She said the alleged attack came for no apparent reason. The pair initially claimed the homeless man began harassing them, but a police investigation revealed that was not true, Glendale Police Sgt. Tom Lorenz said.

A Hollywood woman who was convicted in May for selling bogus Disneyland tickets to families , was arrested this weekend and charged for the third time in Glendale after allegedly peddling drugs from her mother's condominium, police said. Alisa Yenokyan, 22, was also charged with two counts of possessing a controlled substance for sale and one count of possessing ammunition following her arrest on Sunday, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney's office. She and two men - Oganes Davityan, 22, and Eduard Hakopyan, 26 - were taken into custody about 4 p.m. in connection with drug sales after police received an anonymous tip about suspicious people hanging around the 300 block of West California Avenue, according to Glendale Police Sgt. Tom Lorenz.

Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man who allegedly forced a woman to touch his genitals Monday outside a Ralphs supermarket in Glendale. The man reportedly approached the woman at 6 a.m. as she was entering her parked car at Ralphs in the 1200 block of North Central Avenue, according to Glendale police. While she was still seated in the driver's seat, the man reportedly grabbed her left wrist and told her, "Don't be scared. I haven't seen you in weeks.

It hasn't quite sunk in yet for John Huh that he's on the verge of completing the grand slam tour of major championships within the first 18 months of his burgeoning career. The 2008 Crescenta Valley High graduate has already participated in the British Open, PGA Championship and the Masters. Now, he's set to participate in the United States Open. Huh will make his inaugural appearance in the 113th U.S. Open, when he tees off at 4:51 a.m. PDT Thursday at Merion Golf Club's East Course in Ardmore, Pa. "It's going to be great to be a part of this and competing against a lot of the best players in the world," said Huh, last year's PGA Tour Rookie of the Year.

A 55-year-old Glendale transient faces possible assault charges after he was arrested Monday for allegedly threatening to stab a local florist with a pair of scissors, police said. The man - who gave his name to police as Farrel Bear - apparently goes by multiple aliases and was taken into custody on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and threatening to stab the owner of Buzzy Bee Flowers in the 100 block of West California Avenue, according to Glendale police. [Updated 5 p.m.: A police spokesman said Los Angeles County prosecutors declined to file charges against Bear.

As has frequently happened, another letter appeared in this paper decrying the shortcomings of Bob Hope Airport (“ Why LAX is successful ,” June 5) re: the lack of non-stop flights, as well as the ticket prices offered and the cost of parking. All nothing new, but has anyone thought about some of the practicalities involved? Consider the reason for not offering many non-stop flights. It depends on the size of the aircraft. Larger aircraft have greater fuel capacities, which means longer distances can be flown.

Ted Boeke and Karlsen Termini set their standards high entering their senior seasons on the baseball diamond. Boeke of Crescenta Valley High and Termini of Flintridge Prep knew they would each be counted on to lead their respective teams at the plate in a quest to win a league championship. Boeke and Termini both got the job done and were subsequently rewarded for their hard work, as they each received All-CIF first-team accolades after the CIF Southern Section office unveiled the first teams for the seven divisions on Tuesday afternoon.

Andrew Vaughan uses his smartphone to do everything. He texts, checks emails, plays games - and reports quality-of-life issues to the city? After seeing a pothole next to his condominium for two weeks, he opened up the MyGlendale app on his Android phone, snapped a picture and off went his report to City Hall via an application he downloaded on his Nexus 4. Within about three days it was fixed. Same story for a burnt out traffic light he reported, only that time, city crews were out the same day. "These things that I've submitted, I really don't know of any other way to do it," said the engineer, who happened across the app during a search for Glendale-related products online.

GLENDALE — A 20-year-old Tujunga woman was arrested Tuesday after police say a nearly three-month investigation showed she was texting at the time she drove through a stop sign and killed an 80-year-old Glendale resident in a crosswalk. The woman, Ani Voskanian, was taken into custody at her home Tuesday morning on one felony count of gross vehicular manslaughter, Glendale police Sgt. Tom Lorenz said. "This is not one of those things in which you intended to go kill someone…This is one those things that your actions carry serious consequences," Lorenz said.

In the highly competitive world of Section 8 housing assistance, Glendale officials say there have been reports of people promising people a highly coveted voucher in exchange for money. The suspects, city officials say, have gone so far as opening phony Section 8 application offices and sending people posing as inspectors to a victim's housing unit. Qualifying for Section 8 housing assistance requires applicants to meet a strict set of federal income criteria and it is illegal to sell the vouchers, officials warned.

A recent revelation that Leslie Combs Brand, the so-called Father of Glendale, probably fathered two children with a secret mistress came as a shock to many, but local history enthusiasts are downright delighted. Longtime Los Angeles Times columnist Cecilia Rasmussen, who concluded her “L.A. Then and Now” history column with the piece on Brand on April 6, backed up her scoop with a DNA test that linked Brand to a descendant of his alleged mistress, Birdie Esther Carpenter Gordon.

Authorities are investigating the cause of a fire in a building in downtown Glendale Monday that reignited hours after firefighters knocked down the original blaze . Two firefighters suffered minor injures while battling the first blaze early Monday morning in the 200 block of North Brand Boulevard at 12:16 a.m., said Glendale Fire Department spokeswoman Brandy Villanueva. Firefighters on that call arrived to discover the second floor of the two-story building on fire. The building's first floor is commercial, with the second story containing eight apartments, only one of which had been rented out, Villanueva added.

GLENDALE — Friends and family of a 36-year-old Glendale student who drowned Saturday in Lake Piru said he dreamed about becoming a licensed vocational nurse. Los Angeles resident Roberto Barros Jr. was taking several courses at Allied Medical & Health Services Inc. in the 700 block of South Central Avenue to become a nurse. "He was so happy because this is the first time he would make something out of his life," said Celeste Olavarria, his aunt, who was also serving as foster mother.