Flower Shop

When Hevan Walton graduated from Hoover High School, she had little work experience and didn’t quite know what to do next. She got a job at the Verdugo Jobs Center, and now, three years later, 21-year-old Walton says she’s ready to forge her future when she starts Glendale Community College in the fall. “Before I got this job, I didn’t know anything about résumés or looking for jobs,” she said. “But just from helping people at the center, I’ve learned so much.

Ryan Carter MONTROSE -- Frank Roberts couldn't join a friend this year in polishing the Vietnam War Memorial in preparation for the Memorial Day ceremony today. But nothing -- not even a recent bout with pneumonia -- could stop the man known as "Mr. Montrose" from attending the tradition, which he and other local residents and business owners have worked hard over the years to preserve. "I'll be there even if I have to crawl," Roberts, 79, said, just back from a hospital room last week.

The following were taken from reports filed at the Glendale Police Department:    Concord Street and West Wilson Avenue: A 24-year-old man from Glendale was arrested Sunday on suspicion of possession of narcotics. After being pulled over for a suspected traffic violation, police say they found he had three Vicodin pills in his possession that he said belonged to his mother.  100 N. Brand Blvd.: A 54-year-old Glendale man was arrested Sunday on suspicion of being drunk in public and possession of a weapon.

NORTHEAST GLENDALE ? It used to cost about $25 for Leslee Grace to fill up the gas tank of her 1995 Toyota Camry sedan. Now, it costs almost $40, she said. "It's going to be an expensive Easter for me," Grace said as she filled up her tank in Glendale ? about halfway to her San Diego destination, where she will spend Easter with her family. "The gas on this trip alone is going to cost me an arm and a leg," she said. "The prices are ridiculous." Those sentiments are echoed by many at the pumps ?

Who's the biggest villain in musical theater these days? Not the Phantom of the Opera, nor Dr. Jekyll's alter ego, Mr. Hyde, although both have been plying their nefarious trades in one theater after another for the past several years. No, the most fearsome perpetrator goes by the deceptively feminine appellation of Audrey. Or, more accurately, Audrey II. And she's older than either of the musicals with the aforementioned evildoers. Audrey II is a plant, originally the central figure in the 1960 Roger Corman movie entitled "Little Shop of Horrors," which graduated to musical theater stardom in 1982 and later inspired a cinematic remake in 1986.

Robert Chacon Community service has been City Council candidate Larry Miller's focus for more than two decades. The list of groups and boards he has worked on is extensive. He has served on three commissions, seven boards of directors, been a member of multiple service groups and elected president of others. He has found time for these extra duties while running a flower shop and acting as a real estate investor. "I am someone that gets things done," Miller said.

Jackson Bell Garry Sinanian lost his taste for politics a few years ago after a failed run for the proposed Hollywood City Council left him outspent and outnumbered. Promising himself he would never run for an elected office again, Sinanian moved to Glendale in 2003 to focus on running his businesses and helping the community. But when he saw the antics of the current Glendale City Council -- where he said members inappropriately campaigned for the Americana at Brand, ignored the concerns of constituents and dampened free speech by pushing oral communications to the end of council meetings -- Sinanian reexamined that promise.

Darleene Barrientos Court officials are considering the city's request for a new trial in the lawsuit alleging police sexual harassment. Among its complaints, the city contends the plaintiffs, three female Glendale Police officers, improperly filed claims and that the jury was biased and incorrectly calculated its judgments in the case that awarded $3.5 million to the women. The officers alleged they suffered sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation.

JOYCE RUDOLPH It's back! The Glendale Symphony Orchestra will return Dec. 5 to The Alex Theatre stage with new musical director and conductor Norman Henry Mamey. On the program are pianist Roger Williams, The Angeles Chorale, singer Roslyn Kind and Los Angeles Opera principal artist, soprano Shana Blake Hill. Several youngsters will appear also, including 15-year-old cellist Leah Metzler, performing Aram Khachaturian's "Elegy," and 10-year-old pianist Sophia Keshishian, who will play the first movement of Dmitri Kabalevsky's Piano Concerto.

Darleene Barrientos A judge will decide today whether to throw out three of 11 judgments in a $3.5-million verdict a jury awarded to three female Glendale Police officers who claimed they suffered sexual harassment, discrimination and a hostile work environment. Glendale's defense lawyer, Irma Rodriguez Moisa, filed post-trial motions in July alleging three of the judgments found in favor of Glendale Police officers Katie Frieders, Renae Kerner and Jamie Franke were incorrectly brought to the jury.