Glendale to hold public meetings on El Niño storm preparedness

A man came out into the El Niño storm prepared with a raincoat and umbrella, walking along the Central Park sidewalk in Glendale, on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2016. The storm is expected to continue throughout the week.

By Mark Kellam

Jan. 6, 2016 5:30 PM PT

The city of Glendale will hold town hall meetings in the coming weeks to help residents and businesses prepare for El Niño storms.

The first meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Monday at John Muir Elementary School, 912 S. Chevy Chase Drive, Glendale.

Another meeting will be held at 6 p.m. next Thursday at Glendale Community College’s southern campus, 1122 S. Garfield Ave., Glendale, in room MP 103.

A third meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Jan. 21 at the Center for Spiritual Living, 4845 Dunsmore Ave.

For more information, visit GlendaleFire.org or ElNinoReady.org.

Mark Kellam, mark.kellam@latimes.com

Twitter: @LAMarkKellam

Mark Kellam

Mark Kellam was city editor of the Glendale News-Press and Burbank Leader. He joined Times Community News in July 2011 as the business-politics reporter and was promoted to city editor in January 2013. Previously, he was an editor at the Los Angeles Daily News and managing editor at Champion Newspapers in Chino, Calif. Prior to that, he was an editor at Amos Suburban Newspapers in Dayton, Ohio, for several years. Kellam holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Indiana University.