Glendale

Having already captured three Western State Conference and Southern California championships, Grace Zamudio would next like to make a name for herself statewide. The Glendale Community College standout distance runner will seek to complete the task when she takes to the track Friday and Saturday at the California Community College Athletic Assn. Track and Field State Championships at College of San Mateo. The sophomore will look to close out her fabulous career at Glendale by attempting to win the 10,000-meter race Friday and the 5,000 and 1,500 on Saturday.

Over the next five years, Glendale may still face multi-million dollar budget gaps, even if revenues from property and sales taxes continue to climb at a steady rate, city officials said at a budget meeting Tuesday. But unlike in recent years, the shortfalls may not be as difficult to surmount as they've been in years past, thanks to a variety of ways to increase revenues, including new taxes, officials said. Rather than the $15.4-million and $18-million gaps of the past two years, respectively, the city may see deficits of $1.2 million to $11.3 million over the next five years, according to a city report.

Former City Councilman John Drayman - indicted on embezzlement, fraud and more than two dozen other charges last year - will have to wait two more months before finding out when he'll get his day in court.  Drayman, who maintains his innocence, said after a pre-trial hearing Tuesday morning at a courthouse in downtown Los Angeles that he is looking forward to the trial. “I'm kind of anxious to get there,” he said. Drayman was indicted by a grand jury in May 2012 for allegedly embezzling at least $304,000 over the course of about seven years from the weekly farmers market in Montrose, the proceeds of which benefit the quaint shopping area along Honolulu Street.

Kenneth Landon's letter from May 3 is devoid of logic. Landon claims that the city clerk's inability to publish ballots in the Korean-language “disenfranchised” Korean-speaking voters. There is not a single documented incident of a Korean-speaking Glendale-voter who claims he or she was discouraged from voting because he did not receive a Korean-language ballot. Voter outreach and disenfranchisement are completely different terms. When a government encourages people to vote, that is voter outreach.

A 22-year-old man on Monday jumped to his death from the top level of the Hilton Glendale, police said. Witnesses reported seeing the man, who wasn't immediately identified, about 7:30 p.m. on the exterior of the hotel's top level patio near West Glenoaks Boulevard and Arden Avenue, police Sgt. Tom Lorenz said. Authorities identitifed the man as Tigran Stepanyan. The man, who was from Glendale and not staying at the hotel, then suddenly jumped off the patio, landing on Arden, Lorenz said.

What kind of a job is the Glendale City Council doing? Does the City Council really represent the citizens of Glendale? Let's look at the Council's agenda: 1) It is refusing to stop taking $21 million annually in transfers from the fund-drained Glendale Water and Power Department, an action which is clearly in violation of the charter. That money is used to pay for some of the city's public services. If the time ever comes when the city admits it is in the wrong, it will have to pay back huge amounts of that money to the GWP. This illegal transfer began in 1941 with “a reasonable portion” being taken each year from the GWP. That amount has now grown to $21 million annually for well over 10 years.

A 19-year-old Los Angeles man was stabbed twice in his arm, possibly by his brother, on Saturday near the Glendale Galleria, police said. The man, whose name wasn't released, told police he was jumped at about 8:32 p.m. and stabbed twice in the left arm by two men, but declined to talk about the incident, according to Glendale Police Sgt. Tom Lorenz. A witness, however, reported seeing something different. The witness told police the man was arguing and fighting with his brother inside a van just before officers arrived to the scene.

Two sisters who were fighting with each other on Saturday allegedly decided to take their rage out on a police officer by punching and kicking him, officials said. The sisters - Delmi Carranza, 21, and Patricia Carranza, 28 - were fighting and screaming at each other about 7:41 p.m. on the porch of a home in the 600 block of Arden Avenue, according to Glendale police. They were reportedly fighting because the father of Delmi Carranza's baby was allegedly having an affair with her sister.

DineEquity Inc. isn't a name that would be familiar to most people, but they've probably eaten at one of the Glendale company's well-known restaurant chains: Applebee's and IHOP . The first International House of Pancakes opened in 1958 in Toluca Lake, a family-friendly place that inspired the IHOP Corp. chain and introduced children to colored syrups and gooey, whipped-cream-covered chocolate-chip pancakes. That company acquired the larger Applebee's chain in 2007 and became DineEquity the following year.

GLENDALE — Hoover High starting pitcher Orlando Marin threw five straight balls to start Friday's home baseball game against rival Glendale. After a walk, a single, a sacrifice and an error, the Nitros held a two-run lead on the Tornadoes and it looked like a long day ahead. Then Marin got in his groove. After giving up two early runs, the senior captain was dominant. Marin allowed three hits and walked three over five innings while striking seven. Hoover went on to defeat Glendale, 12-2, to close the season in the teams' Pacific League finale.