A 58-year-old woman was arrested after she allegedly threatened a social worker earlier this week with a kitchen knife, police said.

Conjecture has long driven the legend of Montrose

Robert Newcombe, author of the recently published "Images of America, Montrose," spent countless hours searching through microfilm trying to verify information that has been handed down to local historians for years.

Demand far outstrips available grant funding in Burbank

The City Council this week divvied up roughly $141,000 in federal grants to 14 local agencies, but the amount available was far less than what was requested.

Region's film and TV jobs jump 8% in April over last year

Hollywood had another good month, at least when it comes to producing local jobs.

Glendale Restaurant melee brings arrest

A restaurant patron was arrested Saturday after he allegedly refused to pay for his $46 squid and steak dinner that he claimed was "too rare," and then assaulted workers who tried to stop him from fleeing, police said.

JPL begins work on two new missions to Mars

Less than a year after the rover Curiosity's successful landing on Mars, scientists and engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are at work on two new missions to the Red Planet.

Police subdue man with Taser following rampage in Glendale

A 45-year-old man faces multiple misdemeanor charges after allegedly going on a rampage Monday in the Riverside Rancho area of Glendale. He entered multiple properties, eventually ending up on a resident's rollout bed, refusing to leave until police arrived and arrested him, officials said.

Glendale Galleria Bloomingdale's development goes green

People driving or walking around Brand Boulevard and Broadway in downtown Glendale are seeing something unusual — a giant green cube on the southwest corner of the intersection.

La Cañada Flintridge

Although the La Cañada school board this month approved a contract extension for childcare services with the Child Educational Center, some community members question whether enough parent input was sought before the decision was made.

It's time for fiesta days in La Cañada Flintridge

Residents will take to the streets to celebrate the community's heritage and local businesses this weekend in the 40th annual Fiesta Days.

La Cañada may limit alcohol sales

In the interest of protecting surrounding neighborhoods from noise and possible drunk drivers, La Cañada Flintridge City Council members want to limit the hours that customers can buy alcohol from stores.

John Goddard, poses in November 2005 with an artifact he collected on one of his adventures. Goddard died May 17 in a Glendale hospital. 'Real life Indiana Jones,' adventurer John Goddard dies at 88

John Goddard, the La Cañada Flintridge adventure-seeker who earned the nickname “the real life Indiana Jones,” has died. He was 88.

The City Council on Tuesday signed off on plans to bring a Hilton Garden Inn to Burbank, hailing the proposed hotel as a “great project” for the city.

Woman convicted of selling fake Disneyland tickets arrested at Glendale Sephora

A 22-year-old Hollywood woman convicted earlier this month of selling bogus Disneyland tickets was arrested again this weekend after she allegedly punched a loss prevention worker who caught her stealing beauty cream from the Sephora at the Americana at Brand.

Hoover tennis' Oleg Simonyan ready for next big test

While not patrolling the tennis court, Oleg Simonyan has been busy elsewhere around Glendale seeking ways to improve his game.

Video: Bear roams Sun Valley neighborhood, spooking horses

Neighborhood fences and police cars proved no match for a bear in Sun Valley, where it hopped into backyards and roamed into horse corrals Wednesday morning before being tranquilized.

After more than a year of hand-wringing and headaches on the part of the city, the California Department of Finance has given Glendale the go-ahead to use about $17 million in bond money and take back nearly $66 million in loans from its former redevelopment agency.

Pet of the Week: Bunny 'Emma'

Emma, last week's Pet of the Week, is still available for adoption.

GWP smart-meter fix almost done

Since the massive rollout of roughly 120,000 digital utility meters that began in 2010, Glendale Water & Power officials now have just 53 of them to tweak, down from 919 in September of last year.

Home prices in Burbank continued to surge last month, with sharp price increases since February as a severely limited number of homes for sale has created fierce competition among buyers, according to the latest real estate report.

Burbank police riders honor fallen officers

When Kathleen Jackson felt like she couldn't pedal her bicycle any longer, she grabbed for a picture of fallen Burbank Police Officer Matthew Pavelka hanging around her neck for inspiration.

On the Town: Burroughs Bowl puts students center stage

From the Hollywood Bowl, the Greek Theater and the John Anson Ford Amphitheater to Burbank's own Starlight Bowl, Burbankers have no shortage when it comes to selecting a nearby venue for an evening of star-canopied music.

Inspection costs increase for transportation center

Bob Hope Airport officials say they are grappling with higher than expected inspection costs tied to the construction of a new $112.6 million transportation center.

The white '91 Mustang was wasted. Dead. A heap of scrap worth barely more than the gas Bob Thomas spent to go and see it.

Firefighters on Monday were able to knock down a 1-acre brush fire above DeBell Golf Club.

Glendale will host a series of community meetings to discuss a schedule of electricity rate increases that city officials say are needed to pay for badly needed infrastructure upgrades and to improve the utility’s financial footing.

A 49-year-old Burbank man was arrested after his neighbors caught him slashing their car tires on camera, police said.

Just one week after touting its strength to advertisers and declaring it wasn't worried about new competition from Fox Sports, ESPN is cutting its staff.

Newton R. Russell, a veteran state senator known as an expert on California's complex public pension system and a stickler for upholding legislative rules, died Saturday of lung cancer at his La Cañada Flintridge home, his family said. He was 85.