Parking Structure

A 64-year-old Tujunga woman who jumped from a five-story Glendale Galleria parking structure died from her injuries at a hospital Tuesday evening, police said. Brooke Moyer was pronounced dead about 6:10 p.m. Tuesday at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center after having jumped earlier that day from the Galleria parking structure adjacent to Nordstrom, Glendale Police Sgt. Tom Lorenz said. She suffered several broken bones to her lower body after falling 52 feet to a concrete sidewalk on Central Avenue, he said.

A 27-year-old Glendale man was arrested after he allegedly threatened a motorist, drove his pickup truck through a parking gate at the Americana at Brand and led police on a short pursuit, officials said. Bryan Sawicki was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, evading police, vandalism and reckless driving, according to Glendale police reports. A shopper told police that Sawicki was yelling inside an Americana at Brand parking structure elevator before he reportedly walked over to his car and also punched it. Witnesses also told police Sawicki was allegedly speeding inside the parking structure, where he became aggressive after a motorist honked her horn because she feared he might strike her car. Sawicki allegedly got out of Ford truck and kicked and punched her car before speeding away, according to police reports.

Bicyclists got their own parking structure Monday at the Metrolink station in downtown Burbank -- a secure building with 40 parking stalls, a repair stand and other features that officials say should entice more people to use public transit. A longtime gripe among cyclists in the L.A. region has been the lack of accommodations for their bikes at public transit hubs, but Burbank and state transportation officials on Monday touted the so-called Bike Stop a major leap in convenience.

An unattended piece of empty luggage shut down a parking lot at Glendale Community College Monday morning after the Los Angeles County Sheriff's bomb squad was called in to investigate. The luggage, discovered in Parking Lot C off East Mountain Street  at 7 a.m., was reported first to the college's police department, which called in Glendale police and later the bomb squad. “It turned out to be an empty piece of luggage,” said Glendale Community College Police Chief Gary Montecuollo.

Alecia Foster NORTHEAST GLENDALE -- The idea surfaced about four years ago, then disappeared. Now, Glendale Community College officials are reviving the idea of building a parking structure on campus. "It resurfaced when we decided there are some needs that can only be met by a bond measure," said Larry Serot, vice president of administrative services for the college. College officials are looking into placing a capital improvement bond on the March 2002 ballot in an effort to help meet the college's growth needs.

GLENDALE — Students will have to wait until December for full access to Glendale Community College’s new parking structure, nearly three months past the originally promised opening date. Most of the structure itself is complete, said Larry Serot, executive vice president of administrative services. But an 87-day delay in the construction of key access points to the structure will have students scaling multiple flights of stairs to and from the hilltop structure overlooking the campus, he said.

GLENDALE — Beginning in mid-2007, Glendale Community College will receive 390,000 kilowatt hours of solar energy a year — enough to power about 125 homes — following the City Council's approval of a contract for the construction of a photovoltaic system to serve the campus Tuesday. The system will consist of a carport-like roof, made up of several solar panels, that will be placed above the college's new parking structure. It will channel energy collected from the sun into the college.

NORTHEAST GLENDALE — Getting from the car to class just got easier at Glendale Community College, where many students on Tuesday welcomed the opening of an elevator tower that connects the new parking structure to the campus buildings down the hill. “It’s great,” said student Hovik Mkrtchian, stepping out of the top of the elevator tower on the way back to his car. “It’s much better than taking the stairs.” The elevator tower, which holds two elevators and is connected to the parking structure by a bridge, was supposed to be ready for use at the beginning of the fall semester when the $27-million parking structure was completed.

[Updated 6:53 a.m.: Police say the woman who jumped from five-story parking structure died from her injuries overnight in the hospital.] A woman who jumped off the five-story parking garage for Nordstrom on Central Avenue Tuesday afternoon was in “grave condition” as of Monday evening, police said. The woman, who police did not identify, fell 52 feet to a concrete sidewalk. Witnesses reported seeing her jump from the structure just south of Broadway at about 3:51 p.m. Northbound Central Avenue remained closed Monday afternoon as Glendale police investigated the incident.

DOWNTOWN — A fire broke out inside an SUV that was parked in a parking structure Wednesday afternoon and sent plumes of smoke into the sky, officials said. Glendale resident Kristina Sargsyan and her husband had finished lunch just after 3 p.m. Wednesday and were walking back to their Mercedes SUV, which was parked inside a parking structure on Orange Street and Broadway, when they saw their SUV on fire, she said. “We just saw all this smoke coming out, and we couldn’t open it,” she said while in tears.

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.

An unattended piece of empty luggage shut down a parking lot at Glendale Community College Monday morning after the Los Angeles County Sheriff's bomb squad was called in to investigate. The luggage, discovered in Parking Lot C off East Mountain Street  at 7 a.m., was reported first to the college's police department, which called in Glendale police and later the bomb squad. “It turned out to be an empty piece of luggage,” said Glendale Community College Police Chief Gary Montecuollo.

Faced with a statewide budget crisis, a high panel of judges agreed this week to allow 13 planned court construction projects, including an overhaul of Glendale's facility, to be reassessed in an effort to cut costs. The state's Court Facilities Working Group will look at trimming roughly $1.1 billion worth of planned projects by reducing square footage, renovating existing buildings, employing lower cost construction and assessing lease options, according to a state report. Officials also will prioritize the projects according to the greatest need.

Plans to turn the Jewel City Bowl into a parking lot for a new 110,000-square foot courthouse on Broadway are off the table, according to a state report, but courthouse construction may still jeopardize the longtime facility. Acquisition of the bowling alley proved to be too costly for state court officials, who decided to obtain the Board of Realtors site on Isabel Street for the new courthouse's secured parking structure, said Teresa Ruano, Administrative Office of the Courts spokeswoman.

Construction bids for a new transit center and parking structure at Bob Hope Airport came in under budget this week, a reversal in fortune for a project that was put on a diet last year after the first round of building proposals came in at far more than anticipated. In June, the so-called intermodal transit center - which will include facilities for rental cars and rail and bus lines to better connect passengers to the terminal - was scaled down after bids for the project came in $47 million to $75 million above the originally projected cost of $112 million.

Bicyclists got their own parking structure Monday at the Metrolink station in downtown Burbank -- a secure building with 40 parking stalls, a repair stand and other features that officials say should entice more people to use public transit. A longtime gripe among cyclists in the L.A. region has been the lack of accommodations for their bikes at public transit hubs, but Burbank and state transportation officials on Monday touted the so-called Bike Stop a major leap in convenience.

An Altadena woman who fell down while in a parking structure in the 200 block of East Green Street Wednesday afternoon remains in critical condition at Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena Police Lt. Diego Torres said late Thursday. The 45-year-old woman was found unconscious by police and fire personnel after they responded to a 911 call. She was taken to Huntington Memorial Hospital, where she was reported to be in critical condition. There were no signs of foul play and the reason for her fall is unknown, police said.

A 27-year-old Glendale man was arrested after he allegedly threatened a motorist, drove his pickup truck through a parking gate at the Americana at Brand and led police on a short pursuit, officials said. Bryan Sawicki was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, evading police, vandalism and reckless driving, according to Glendale police reports. A shopper told police that Sawicki was yelling inside an Americana at Brand parking structure elevator before he reportedly walked over to his car and also punched it. Witnesses also told police Sawicki was allegedly speeding inside the parking structure, where he became aggressive after a motorist honked her horn because she feared he might strike her car. Sawicki allegedly got out of Ford truck and kicked and punched her car before speeding away, according to police reports.

Thank you to the entire City Council for approving the Glendale Safe and Healthy Streets Plan (“Glendale clears path for pedalers,” April 20). In particular, I would like to single out Mayor Laura Friedman and Councilman Frank Quintero for their leadership and forward thinking. The only sour note of the entire evening was sounded by Councilman Dave Weaver, who reluctantly voted for the plan after a lengthy and negative speech. I encourage the citizens of Glendale to watch Weaver's comments via the archived video of the meeting on the GTV6 website or on my blog, http://tropicostation.blogspot.com.

A 64-year-old Tujunga woman who jumped from a five-story Glendale Galleria parking structure died from her injuries at a hospital Tuesday evening, police said. Brooke Moyer was pronounced dead about 6:10 p.m. Tuesday at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center after having jumped earlier that day from the Galleria parking structure adjacent to Nordstrom, Glendale Police Sgt. Tom Lorenz said. She suffered several broken bones to her lower body after falling 52 feet to a concrete sidewalk on Central Avenue, he said.