Television

CITY HALL ? Potential electioneering crossed with taxpayer-funded television ? and the controversy it created seven years ago ? could hamper Mayor John Drayman?s plans to reintroduce his colleagues to the public airwaves. His plans for a pre-taped television show on the city?s government-access channel, GTV6, would include all five City Council members as they respond to viewer-generated inquiries by holding interviews with various city officials and leaders. To do so, the City Council will have to reverse a policy established in 2001, when Councilman Dave Weaver?

Gary Moskowitz GLENDALE -- A week after Lorenzo Abundiz and Peggy Beeuwsaert went on their first date, Abundiz was diagnosed with cancer. Despite his offer for her to leave him, she stayed through all of the hospital visits and chemotherapy treatments. The two were selected last week from thousands of couples who submitted romantic tales of how they met for a contest put on by the ABC television show "Good Morning America." Abundiz and Beeuwsaert will be married June 22 in New York City's Times Square on national television.

Katherine Tolford, People NORTH HOLLYWOOD -- After being one of the family to generations of television viewers, actress and former Glendale resident Beverly Garland was officially adopted by the city of Los Angeles. Garland received a resolution from Los Angeles Councilman Joel Wachs declaring Jan. 19 "Beverly Garland Day." In conjunction with her golden anniversary in Hollywood, Garland received the Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters' Lifetime Achievement Award at a January luncheon held in her honor at the Sportsmen's Lodge in Studio City.

Judging by the response to my Aug. 20 column, I believe it's safe to say that everyone is now back from vacation. I was beginning to wonder what it was going to take to get some momentum going on a good argument. What finally got things rolling was a favorite subject of mine, for which I can thank Joe Bell for initiating. The Communications Act of 1934 forbade noncommercial broadcasters (in this case, stations such as KOCE) from airing advertisements defined as messages that "promote any service, facility or product" for profit.

Bobby Mauldin had only $21 in his pocket when he ran away from home at the age of 16. But running away with the little that he had didn’t stop him from achieving his goal of going to college. Mauldin, now 77, left to escape abuse, but he managed to make ends meet when he worked odd jobs and put himself through school. Despite his hardship, Mauldin dreamed of going to college to become a television reporter. He worked hard, saved his money and got into North Texas State College in 1949.

Alex Coolman GLENDALE -- Before the epic struggle of the New York Giants and the Baltimore Ravens gets underway Sunday, some local residents will be engaged in a struggle of their own: the quest to get access to a television to watch the Super Bowl. For some, nothing more is required than a twitch of the thumb on the remote control. But for many residents, access to the basic human right of football is still uncertain. At the Glendale jail, for example, some wretched inmates will be forced to go without so much as a glimpse of a field goal or the sweet twitter of a referee's whistle, according to police Sgt. Rick Young.

Magician John Gabriel will perform his "Magic Redefined" magic show at the Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd. in Glendale, on April 7 at 8 p.m. While most kids were sitting in front of the television, eyes locked on cartoons, John Gabriel was making magic. Today, his fascination with the art of illusion has made him a spectacle to watch on network television, from opening an NBC television special at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas to spectacular live shows. His romantic double levitation was also featured on NBC and was given the name by the industry as the "Greatest Illusion of the Year."

SNYDER Rosana Z. Ruiz, the daughter of Marco M. and Rosa E. Ruiz of Burbank, and James E. Snyder, the son of the late Edward Snyder and Louise Ratcliff of Willington, Conn., have announced their engagement. Rosana attended St. Francis Xavier Elementary School and Bellarmine-Jefferson High School. She graduated from UC Davis with a bachelor's degree and is working as a television account executive manager in Denver. James graduated from Bolton High School and earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Connecticut and his masters in business administration from the University of Colorado.

Claudia Peschiutta STRANGE BEDFELLOWS City streets aren't the only place to find Glendale Police Sgt. Rick Young these days. He made it into the home of one woman, who caught Young's comments on more than one local television news broadcast. "I went to bed with you on television last night and I woke up with you this morning," the woman said to Young Friday morning when she ran into him near the site of the Metrolink train crash on Grandview Avenue.

In a deal that underscores the growing importance of digital platforms for reaching young audiences, DreamWorks Animation said it is acquiring the YouTube teen network AwesomenessTV for $33 million in cash. Under terms of the agreement, DreamWorks will pay the up-front cash consideration and there are incentives that could ultimately make the acquisition ultimately worth as much as $117 million, if AwesomenessTV achieves certain performance goals over the next two years. "AwesomenessTV is one of the fastest growing content channels on the Internet today and our acquisition of this groundbreaking venture will bring incredible momentum to our digital strategy," DreamWorks Animation Chief Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg said in a statement.

Teacher evaluations and budget hurdles were among the topics submitted from the public for a forum that put the spotlight on the seven candidates vying for three seats on the Glendale Unified school board. The televised forum, hosted by the League of Women Voters of Glendale/Burbank on Wednesday, attracted about 20 people to the district headquarters, where candidates each were given up to one minute to respond to each question. Speaking on the teacher-evaluation process, incumbent Christine Walters said statewide test scores shouldn't be the only measurement of teacher effectiveness.

Well, it happened. It was inevitable, friends tell me. It's part of the parenting experience, or so the experts say. We got a TV for our son's bedroom. He can now play Call of Duty yelling out bizarre yelps in the comforts of his own room. Of course, the 3-hour limit of game playing on weekends (none during the school week) is still enforced. My wife and I held out for almost 14 years to make sure that our family had one television to allow for whole family viewing opportunities and to avoid having the kids seclude themselves behind locked doors.

The film and television industry in Los Angeles County has lost more than 16,000 jobs since 2004, mostly due to work migrating out of state, a new report revealed. Last year, the entertainment business generated 102,100 jobs in the county, down 14% from its peak of 118,200 jobs in 2004, according to a study released Friday by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. During the same period, L.A.'s share of overall jobs in the motion picture and video category fell to 51% from 60%. (The figures exclude employment in the music and post-production industries.)

DreamWorks SKG founders Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen are each donating $30 million to the Motion Picture & Television Fund, giving a major boost to the fundraising campaign for one of Hollywood's oldest charities. The total commitment of $90 million is part of a campaign launched earlier this year to raise $350 million for the fund and to support its charitable operations, including a nursing home for retired entertainment industry workers that was once slated for closure.

A 55-year-old man was charged with several counts Tuesday after he allegedly twice tried to run over three men with his Ford Thunderbird outside a 7-Eleven store in Glendale. Lloyd Morris, of Glendale, who allegedly hit one of the men with his car, faces three felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon, one count of resisting an officer and one count of hit-and-run in connection with the July 20 incident, according to a Los Angeles County Superior Court complaint. WATCH THE VIDEO HERE The alleged victims told officers that Morris approached them just before midnight outside a 7-Eleven in the 1100 block of East Broadway, opened the Ford's trunk and tried to sell them an old TV, apparently to get money to buy beer.

Capt. Matthew Luchetta sat in the hot seat and called out commands Thursday to fellow firefighters as he took stock of a smoky three-story apartment building on Cypress Street. But it could have just as easily been a plane crash, hazardous materials incident or brush fire. That's because the scene was playing out on a video projection. The rest of the team was observing the same scene on a television monitor in a separate room next door, responding to the calls over radio to simulate in-the-field teamwork.

Dick Clark, the legendary TV producer and host, died Wednesday of a heart attack. He had suffered a stroke in 2004 and had struggled with the effects ever since. The man known as "America's oldest living teenager," made rock music safe for Middle America and earned a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along the way. Clark hosted "American Bandstand" for more than three decades starting in the 1950s as well as game shows and "The Dick Clark Show" (1958-60). His "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" show marked its 40th anniversary this year.

Warner Bros.Television Group President Bruce Rosenblum said it is crucial that Nielsen come up with better ways to measure who is watching television. "This is our bread and butter," Rosenblum said during in a session at the National Assn. of Broadcasters convention here. The TV industry, he suggested, needs a more "efficient and effective measurement of all the places content is being watched. " Rosenblum cited Nielsen ratings for the CW Network as a particular source of frustration.

Kim Kardashian apparently wants more than just a regular table at the Carousel restaurant in Glendale. In an online clip for an upcoming episode for her sister's show, “Khloe & Lamar,” Kardashian revealed her newfound political ambitions: “I decided I'm going to run for the mayor of Glendale.” Representatives for the reality TV star did not immediately respond to requests for comment on her latest musings, published Tuesday by www.radaronline.com....