818 Roundup: Students plant flowers to commemorate Armenian Genocide; ‘Superbug’ case not cause for alarm
First grade teacher Hooshik Garabedian brings a flat of forget-me-not flowers for first grade students to plant at Chamlian Armenian School, where 1st and 8th grade students planted 100 flowers in Glendale on Tuesday, March 24, 2015. The flowers are the emblem of the 100th Year of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide.
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To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, eighth-graders and first-graders at Vahan & Anoush Chamlian Armenian School planted 100 forget-me-not flowers in garden beds on the La Crescenta campus.
Shredding of two varieties -- skating and rock-and-roll -- were on display at Burbank’s Valley Skate Park Friday night, during the annual “Spring Break Skate Fest,” which featured skate contests and performances by local youth bands.
While treatment of the single case of the “superbug” reported last week at USC-Verdugo Hills Hospital continues, county health department officials said one case is not cause for alarm.
Chevy Chase Country Club will get a 15,000-square-foot expansion after the Glendale City Council on Tuesday granted approval of the overhaul, which club owners hope will make the venue more economically viable and help replenish diminished membership.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) recently honored four local women -- from Glendale, Burbank, La Crescenta and La Cañada Flintridge -- as Women of the Year in his district.
A survey sent out to all faculty and staff at Glendale Community College last November shows that the majority of respondents think that administrators, students, faculty and staff are working together for the good of the college.
Authorities seized more than 200 marijuana plants and arrested three people while serving a search warrant at a suspected grow house in Burbank where three young children were present, police said.
- The Disney Store in the Glendale Galleria, the first Disney Store to ever open, turns 28 on Saturday, and to celebrate nearly three decades in the mall, the business will be giving away prizes and hosting various activities throughout the day.