Glendale

By 2017, property-tax revenue totaling roughly $700,000 from 20 new downtown developments is anticipated, a sum that at least one council member scoffed at this week as being lower than expected. Once the 20 projects start generating property tax revenues, Glendale could make an average $35,000 per development, which Councilman Ara Najarian on Tuesday called paltry. “I am surprised when I look at the list of those projects,” Najarian said. “Those are just drops in the bucket.” Glendale officials expect budget gaps into the millions over the next five years, and this year is no different.

The real estate market in Glendale appeared to stall a bit last month as median home prices fell for the first time in over a year, despite a continued small number of homes for sale and a bevy of potential buyers, according to the latest real estate report. The median price of a single-family home fell 1.6% compared to March 2012, from $578,000 to $569,000, according to statistics compiled by Realtor Keith Sorem with Keller Williams Realty in Glendale. The median price of a condominium increased, however, rising 26%. The median price climbed from $255,000 a year ago to $322,000 last month.

Elmer Armstrong, of the Platters, performs for the residents at Scholl Canyon Estates in Glendale where the retirement community was transformed back into the 1950s on Tuesday, January 31, 2012. -- Tim Berger

Burbank and Glendale city firefighters put out an apartment fire in the 500 block of Irving in Glendale Tuesday afternoon. It was orginally reported that there were people possibly trapped inside, but authorities found no victims and the fire was conatined to one unit in the two-story building. -- Ross A. Benson, Special to Times Community News

Hmmm…let me get this right. The city of Glendale is cutting services to its citizens, asking city employees to take pay cuts and contribute more to the pensions, but they are essentially giving away a prime piece of downtown property valued at $2.5 million to bring in a new theater (“More choices for Glendale movie-goers,” Dec. 6)? Oh yeah, I forgot, it will attract residents with more cultured tastes to patronize local business. I guess common-folk taste ain't good enough and we ain't got the money to buy tickets.

Ronald Radke, the lead singer of the rock band Falling In Reverse, was arrested Monday morning at his home in Glendale on an outstanding warrant for alleged domestic assault. The Los Angeles County district attorney's office had issued the warrant after Radke's girlfriend told Glendale police that he had physically assaulted her at their home on May 1, Sgt. Tom Lorenz said. Radke, 28, was arrested without incident and was later released on a $30,000 bail bond, officials said.

Reports of an activated fire sprinkler system at a downtown Glendale office building was actually a broken water coupling. Most firefighters that descending on the building in the 200 block of North Brand Boulevard at about 11:35 a.m. have been called off as some crews remain to clean up the water.

Chase bank will open a new branch at 224 W. Colorado St. in Glendale on Thursday. The ribbon cutting ceremony starts 11:00 a.m. and will be performed by Chamber of Commerce president, Judy Kendall. Representatives from supervisor Mike Antonovich and Congressman Adam Schiff and bank executives will also be present for the event.  This will be the third Chase branch in Glendale. The new branch will be open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday.   - -Katie Landan , Times Community News Twitter: @katielandan

Police will conduct a sobriety checkpoint Friday at an undisclosed location in Glendale. Officers will also check motorists for valid driver's licenses at the grant-funded checkpoint. Glendale police arrested 611 motorists on suspicion of DUI during the first six months this year - a higher number compared to the same period last year that was attributed to stepped-up enforcement efforts. Officers made 356 DUI arrests from January to June last year, according to the Police Department.

Wake up! Do more research and less name calling. Regarding the Sept. 1 letter, “Pay no attention to nutty fringe groups,” I am a member of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and believe that they do a lot of good work for the protection of animals. I suggest your readers look further into how humans make a buck by terrorizing and slaughtering animals. That's what is really nutty. What does an elephant have to do with Glendale anyway? I grew up in this city and a circus theme as a New Years float has no correlation.