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News | | February 15, 2012
The Crescenta Valley community turned out en masse Wednesday to celebrate the life of a boy that family members described as a doting brother, an outdoor enthusiast and a champion of the marginalized. “He always wanted to take care of the underdogs, the ones that were kind of left behind,” Cindi Rivas said of her nephew, Drew Ferraro, who authorities say committed suicide last week by jumping off a three-story building during lunch period at Crescenta Valley High School. “He would go over there and make himself one of them just because he didn't want them to feel uncomfortable.” The standing-room only crowd at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Tujunga included hundreds of students and staff from Crescenta Valley High, where the 15-year-old was a sophomore, as well as dozens of officers from the Los Angeles Police Department North Hollywood Division, where his father works.
NEWS
February 13, 2012
The Los Angeles County coroner's office has officially deemed the death of a 15-year-old student Friday at Crescenta Valley High School a suicide. Authorities say it appears that Drew Ferraro got a running start before jumping from a three-story building during the lunch hour. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A Los Angeles County sherrif's official said Drew left behind a suicide note, but declined to divulge its contents, saying only that it did address his intent and reasoning.
NEWS
| February 8, 2012
Glendale City Council members on Tuesday voted to raise the financial threshold for recusing themselves from voting on contracts that involve political donors, a move officials said would make the conflict of interest rules more in line with existing policies at City Hall. Under the new rules, City Council members will be required to recuse themselves from voting on contracts involving developers, subcontractors, investors or high-level employees who have donated to political campaigns if the contract is worth $50,000 or more.
NEWS
December 27, 2011
Sears Holdings Corp. plans to close between 100 and 120 Sears and Kmart stores after poor sales during the holidays, the most crucial time of year for retailers. The closings, reported today by the Associated Press , are the latest and most visible in a long series of moves to try to fix a retailer that has struggled with falling sales and shabby stores. In an internal memo Tuesday to employees, CEO and President Lou D'Ambrosio said that the retailer had not "generated the results we were seeking during the holiday.
NEWS
February 29, 2000
Paul M. Anderson LOS ANGELES -- It's now up to a jury acquit or decide how long a former California Highway Patrol dispatcher will spend in prison for allegedly murdering a Glendale woman. Emotions ran high among victims and even court officials Monday as the murder trial of Anthony Roy Shivers was handed to a jury. Most of the controversy revolved around Superior Court Judge James M. Ideman's decision to dismiss allegations that Shivers tortured his ex-girlfriend Jeanette Cohen before she died.
NEWS
July 15, 2000
Amber Willard SAN FERNANDO COURTHOUSE The attorney for a La Crescenta man who coached football at La Canada High School said Friday his client will consider a plea bargain offer on a child annoyance charge before returning to court next month. Sloan Bunting, who was head football coach at Monroe High School in North Hills before coming to La Canada High last year, is accused of taking provocative photos of a 15-year-old girl in a physical education office at Monroe, where he was a teacher, officials said.
NEWS
| November 18, 2011
A Glendale florist was arrested at his hillside home Thursday for allegedly using bank account information stolen from his customers to buy $1,900 in gift cards at Target stores in Glendale and Burbank. Vahik Ghookasian, owner of Daisy's Florist on the 1400 block of West Glenoaks Boulevard, allegedly bought the cards - which can be spent anywhere like pre-loaded debit cards - and then “purchased” items from his own store to pocket the money, police said. Glendale police detectives and Secret Service agents - experts in financial crime investigations - served search warrants just after 7 a.m. Thursday at Ghookasian's home on the 1600 block of Ridgeview Drive.
BUSINESS
| December 13, 2008
GLENDALE — Porto’s Bakery, flush with cash from continued success in Glendale and Burbank, is set to expand its operations as officials prepare to break ground on its newest location in Downey. Officials hope the 2.1-acre property will revitalize downtown Downey with a quick infusion of jobs and commerce, much as Porto’s has done for Glendale since 1993, when it opened a 20,000-square-foot site on Brand Boulevard, and for Burbank on Magnolia Boulevard. The Downey City Council on Tuesday approved a $750,000 agreement to bring the bakery downtown along with a stipulation that Porto’s provide at least 40 full-time jobs for the local workforce, though officials expect about 90 people to work at the location if current trends hold true.
SPORTS
| February 14, 2012
The following are updates on local athletes at the collegiate level. Sako Chapjian (Hoover, 2008) junior, Cal State Dominguez Hills baseball : Fresh off a history making run with Glendale Community College last season, the former Tornado has wasted no time in coming up clutch for Cal State Dominguez Hills. Chapjian announced his presence with a two-run home run in his very first at bat for the Toros, sending a one-out shot to left-center field in the first inning of an 8-7 season-opening victory Friday.
SPORTS
| February 18, 2012
Former Glendale Community College quarterback Hue Jackson was named an assistant coach with the Cincinnati Bengals on Friday. Jackson served as head coach of the Oakland Raiders, who finished 8-8 and in second place in the American Football Conference's West Division. Jackson, who played at Glendale college from 1983-84, was fired by the Raiders in early January. Jackson will begin his second coaching stint with the Bengals. He was on their coaching staff from 2004-06.
SPORTS
| February 13, 2010
GLENDALE — The expectations are clear for the Glendale Community College men’s and women’s track and field teams — compete for Western State Conference titles and send as large a contingent as possible to the State Championships in May. Both squads kick off their 2010 season at 8:30 a.m. today in the CSUN All Comers meet at Cal State Northridge. For the women’s team, the primary objective will be defending the conference crown it won last year, the program’s first since 1981.
NEWS
| December 24, 2010
GLENDALE — A 28-year-old Glendale man pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he struck and killed a 61-year-old prominent Glendale doctor who was walking to a patient's home on a house call, officials said. Prosecutors charged Edmond Grigoryan, who also goes by Vardan Hakobyan, with one felony count of gross vehicular manslaughter while he was allegedly driving under the influence of a controlled substance and hit Jacob Orphali on Oct. 12 in Glendale, according to a criminal complaint.
NEWS
May 8, 2002
Tim Willert NORTHWEST GLENDALE -- A 21-year-old Glendale man who allegedly broadsided a car while trying to evade police, was arrested Tuesday following a foot chase. Allen Shakvaladyan was arrested on suspicion of felony evading and felony hit-and-run, Glendale Police Sgt. Kirk Palmer said. Shakvaladyan was being held Tuesday in the Glendale City Jail on $80,000 bail. He faces additional charges for allegedly tossing a loaded gun into some bushes, Palmer said.
SPORTS
| October 11, 2011
The following are odds and ends from the local sports scene. JACKSON, RAIDERS EARN EMOTIONAL WIN The end of an era — with the Oakland Raiders and the National Football League — came Saturday when iconic Raiders owner Al Davis died. He was 82. One of Davis' last major moves came in January and it involved a local tie. Davis gave Coach Hue Jackson , a former Glendale Community College quarterback, his first head-coaching job in January. Jackson landed the role after leading Oakland's offensive resurgence last season.
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