California
Glendale officials on Friday released documents stating that the city’s building maintenance superintendent was fired because of “gross misconduct” that included taking home city property and ordering employees to work on his personal projects.
Oct. 20, 1990
After a 10-month hearing--the longest in Glendale history--three civil service commissioners ruled last week that city officials were justified in firing a top maintenance superintendent accused of using city workers to do his personal chores.
Aug. 15, 1991
A Glendale city building maintenance superintendent, who was fired last week after a probe into misconduct allegations, is seeking reinstatement through Glendale Civil Service Commission hearings slated to begin this week.
Oct. 11, 1990
Before he was fired, a Glendale maintenance superintendent stole city property, forced workers to do his personal chores and allowed a supervisor to “terrorize” her employees, a city official asserted at a hearing for the superintendent.
Nov. 29, 1990
Politics
More than three decades after arriving in the United States, and one day after being appointed to a senior White House post by President Reagan, John O.
Feb. 21, 1987
World & Nation
Germany on Friday lashed back at U.S. criticism of its economic policies, raising the odds against the world’s largest economies agreeing on a common path.
April 25, 1992
Entertainment & Arts
Give author Charles Busch credit for telling all in his title “Vampire Lesbians of Sodom.”
Oct. 15, 1998
Theater review: An engaging tale about surfers vs. developers in the ‘60s premieres as a musical in progress in Newport Beach.
Jan. 15, 1997
Orange County Fair officials awarded their highest prize for photojournalism to Times photographer Gail Fisher, who won the sweepstakes after placing first in two categories, second in three categories and fourth in one category.
July 3, 1989
Movies
How sad it is to wake up on a Sunday morning, pick up The Times and find the front pages filled with violence around the world, the Metro section filled with violence in our neighborhoods and the Calendar pages filled with the violence of a critic’s tongue (“Land of the Blockbuster,” by Robert Koehler, Feb. 7).
Feb. 21, 1988