Outs

Sadly, last December, a 20-year-old lost his mind and vented his rage on the world. The hearts of those of sound frames of mind continue to ache from the loss. In time, however, the emotional impact will lessen. Looking back, our vision and minds will clear. Only then will we realize that we cannot control the demons that live in the minds of the few. Last week, the impulsive decision to ban a tradition in Glendale was as manic as the Newtown shooter himself. Nevertheless, four votes, based on fear, not facts, prevailed.

A 25-year-old Los Angeles woman was arrested early Monday when she allegedly threatened three men with a knife after a small food fight inside In-N-Out restaurant, police said. Nancy Perez was arrested about 12:44 a.m. after she allegedly pulled a small knife from her pocket and swung it at three men who she claimed were making fun of her and her girlfriend, according to Glendale police. The men - two of them 30 years old, the other 23 - were seated at a booth near Perez and her girlfriend inside the In-N-Out in the 300 block of Harvey Drive, when Perez reportedly thought they were staring and giggling at her and her girlfriend so she walked over to confront them.

NORTH HOLLYWOOD - For the first 30 minutes of Monday evening's pivotal Mission League match between the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy soccer team and host Harvard-Westlake, the teams went back and forth to the tune of a scoreless stalemate. But over the last 10 minutes of the opening half, the Wolverines took a decisive edge and a two-goal blitz in a two-minute span turned the match for good, as Harvard-Westlake handed the Tologs their first loss of the season with a 3-0 victory.

Former Councilman John Drayman's unfinished construction permit issues have become a drain on city resources as building officials try to bring his condominium into compliance more than a year after the issues were brought to light. “It's a burden,” Glendale Building Inspector Stuart Tom said in an interview this week. “It's been going on for over a year.” A former political darling who fell from grace after he was indicted for allegedly embezzling $304,000 from a Montrose business association last year, Drayman has been fumbling through permit issues ever since city officials discovered he remodeled his condominium in 2010 without the proper paperwork.

LOS ANGELES - The Holy Family girls' basketball team suffered through a horrendous shooting performance in the first half of its Horizon League opener Thursday afternoon against Sacred Heart of Jesus. As a result, the Gaels fell behind by nine. However, it appeared Holy Family was poised to pull out if its shooting funk early in the third quarter when it converted its first three shots from the field and cut the deficit to six. But the Gaels followed the three makes with five straight misses and the Comets took full advantage.

They may have lost the war, but Glendale officials have won a battle over millions of redevelopment funds. Last week, state finance officials agreed to give Glendale nearly $3 million it had denied in mid-December. Although Sacramento lawmakers ended redevelopment in February, the Department of Finance is still giving roughly 400 defunct redevelopment agencies throughout California money to pay for previous obligations. City officials lauded the news Monday. Without the money, the city could have been slapped with a lawsuit, adding another headache to the already complicated dissolution process.

Many times in the news business, truth ends up being stranger than fiction. And in Glendale, 2012 was full of stories that no doubt had people talking around the water cooler. A man dressed in a skintight zebra-print outfit at the Glendale Galleria allegedly harassing a group of girls? A woman mistakenly taking her Mercedes up the Verdugo Wash at 70 mph? Yes, all of these and more happened in 2012. Here's a reminder of some the more shocking head-scratchers. Glendale Galleria bans man in feather boa A 44-year-old Hollywood man was banned from the Glendale Galleria in August for allegedly sexually harassing a group of teenage girls at the mall while dressed in a zebra-print spandex outfit complete with a feather boa and fedora.

Glendale got introduced to a whole a new meaning for "knock knock" in 2012, and became the focus of international media coverage after becoming the object of desire for two television stars - Kim Kardashian and a black bear with a taste for residential trash. Hardship struck at City Hall and other local agencies. And tragedy hit Glendale Unified. The year 2012 was all over the map. So lest we forget, here's a look back at some of the bigger stories of the past year. No longer third The city of Glendale - long-known as the third most populous city in Los Angeles County - lost that rank to Santa Clarita following that city's annexation of several unincorporated communities.

Cool and breezy conditions are expected to give way to another rainstorm later this week, but forecasters say it should be mostly clear and brisk by New Year's Day and the all-important Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena. Gusty northwest winds were expected for some areas through Thursday morning with most of the region experiencing fair weather Thursday and Friday, said experts with the National Weather Service in Oxnard. Many areas will experience 15- to 25-mph winds, they said, and the Antelope Valley and the mountains should see west to northwest winds of up to 45 mph. A winter weather advisory was issued for Thursday until 10 a.m., with blistery snow showers expected on north facing mountain slopes in Los Angeles and Ventura counties.

The spirit of the holidays came in with a rush of wonderful music, dance and humor at the “Holiday Spectacular” performance by the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles last weekend at the Alex Theatre in Glendale. The show featured students from the Creative Planet School of the Arts, who joined chorus members on stage in singing and dancing classic holiday songs like “Joy to the World” and “Chanukah, O Chanukah,” and songs from around the world such as “Betelehemu,” a traditional Nigerian Christmas carol.