POLITICS
Glendale school board member Nayiri Nahabedian has ended her campaign for the state Assembly a week after losing by a 10% margin in a special primary election last week, her consultant said Tuesday.
Although her loss April 13 knocked her out of a special June 8 runoff contest, Nahabedian could have competed in another primary for the same seat — also to be held June 8 — ahead of the Nov. 2 general election.
Nahabedian will still appear on June 8 ballots as a candidate for the primary contest, even though voters will also be making a choice between Gatto and Republican Sunder Ramani for who should fill the remainder of the unexpired term ending Nov. 30.
BUSINESS
Homeowners throughout the region continued to struggle with mortgage payments during the first quarter of 2010, during which the number of foreclosure filings jumped 11%, according to a report from real estate tracking firm RealtyTrac.
Borrowers who owe far more than their homes are worth are finding it difficult to modify those loans, real estate agents and experts said, which partially explains the increase from the previous quarter.
The figures included homes in Glendale, Burbank, La Crescenta and La Cañada Flintridge.
Considered separately from loan defaults and foreclosures, the number of bank repossessions also surged throughout the region, growing 19%, according to RealtyTrac.
EDUCATION
Days after inking a tentative agreement with their teachers union that saves Glendale Unified about $12 million over three years, administrators on Tuesday said layoffs were still necessary to keep the district solvent.
Plans to potentially increase some class sizes in order to lay off 105 teachers would save the district an additional $15 million, officials said, but even then, Glendale Unified would still be only halfway toward meeting financial targets in 2012-13.
Without ongoing cost-cutting, the savings would only stave off the inevitable, officials warned.
The news didn’t go over well with Glendale Teachers Assn. members, parents and others who packed the school board meeting to protest the planned cuts.
After 36 years in Glendale Unified, Crescenta Valley High School Principal Linda Evans will retire this year.
Her last day as principal will be June 30, but she will work at the district office through November.
She leaves Crescenta Valley High as a nationally ranked and recognized high school in academic achievement, student activities and college- and career-readying programs.
