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Darabedyan (8-1) will make his debut against former WEC lightweight champion "Razor" Rob McCullough (17-5, 8-3 in WEC).
This is a huge step in the career of the 22-year-old Darabedyan, who will fight McCullough in a three-round lightweight (155 pounds) bout that will air as part of the main card on Versus.
The WEC, which features lighter weight classes, is owned by Zuffa, the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
The card will be headlined by a featherweight title fight between champion Mike Thomas Brown and challenger Jose Aldo. Also on the card will be Manny Gamburyan, Darabedyan's training partner at Glendale's Main Event Gym among other places, fighting Leonard Garcia.
For more information, see www.hyefighters.com or www.wec.tv.
City of Hope is hosting a "Walk for Hope" this Sunday, a 5k run (or 2K walk, if you want to take a more leisurely route) in Duarte near the City of Hope campus. Their goal is to reach $1 million in fundraising.
As their website says:
Walk for Hope is a national breast cancer walk series that raises millions of dollars in support of breast cancer research, treatment and education programs at City of Hope.
Walk for Hope is about action. It is a statement from our community that no one will ever fight this disease alone. Our Walkers are advocates for those who turn to City of Hope for help when they need it most. The money raised saves lives. Join the fight against breast cancer and walk with us toward a world without breast cancer.
The start location is at the City of Hope's campus (here). Free parking is at Santa Anita Park (here) with shuttles going to and from the starting/finishing line.
Parking opens at 7 a.m. Registration costs $40 and opens at 8 a.m. The race will start at 10 a.m.
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[caption id="attachment_3097" align="alignnone" width="480" caption="Kindergarten students, from left to right, Ani, Liliya and Rebecca (no last names allowed) pretend to play a guitar while "The Wandering Minstrel" Paul Tracey plays a real one during musical presentation by Tracey at Verdugo Woodlands Elementary School in Glendale on Friday, October 23, 2009. Tracey encourages children to read through his musical stories.(Raul Roa/News-Press)"]
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[caption id="attachment_3081" align="alignnone" width="528" caption="Illustrator/artist Dave DeVries talks with Miguel Sardinos after putting the finishing touches on a blown-up rendition of a sketch by the 5th grader during assembly at Emerson Elementary School in Burbank on Friday, October 23, 2009. Devries, who has done artwork for Unviersal Studios and Marvel and D.C. Comics, showed students how to laugh at their fears by creating monsters with paint. (Raul Roa/Leader)"]
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[caption id="attachment_3082" align="alignnone" width="590" caption="Fourth and fifth graders attended assembly demonstration by illustrator/artist Dave DeVries at Emerson Elementary School in Burbank on Friday, October 23, 2009. Devries, who has done artwork for Unviersal Studios and Marvel and D.C. Comics, showed students how to laugh at their fears by creating monsters with paint. (Raul Roa/Leader)"]
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A live grenade was found at GCC Garfield campus on Thursday. Click on photo for a gallery. [caption id="attachment_20908" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Crowds were evacuated after a live granade was found by construction workers at the Glendale Community College Garfield Campus construction site on Thursday, September 2, 2010. (Raul Roa/News-Press)"][/caption]
Menagerie: The Art of Animals exhibit at Forest Lawn Glendale [caption id="attachment_20898" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="Andreas Deja's wire sculpture of a frog is part of the Glendale Forest Lawn Museum exhibit "Menagerie: The Art of Animals," in Glendale on Thursday, September 2, 2010. (Raul Roa/News-Press)"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_20904" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="A member of the L.A. County Bomb Squad prepares to detonate a live grenade that was found by construction workers at the Glendale Community College Garfield Campus construction site. (Raul Roa/News-Press)"][/caption] [Updated 2:54 p.m. Bomb squad officers have detonated the grenade device in a pit covered with sandbags. No injuries were [...]
From the Glendale News-Press Rachel Keown has gone from rookie to record-holder. The newly-minted motorcycle racer, who works at Harley-Davidson of Glendale, broke the speed record for a 1,000 cc motorcycle this week at the BUB Racing Inc. Motorcycle Speed Trials at Bonneville Salt Flats outside Salt Lake City. The final results won’t become official [...]
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A state bill that increases the minimum age to start kindergarten passed the state Legislature Tuesday. To begin kindergarten, students must turn 5 years old by Sept. 1 of the school year. Previous law set the minimum at 5 years by Dec. 2 of the school year. If signed into law by the governor, it [...]
From the Glendale News-Press GLENDALE — A Glendale man who was stabbed last week after a road-rage incident was recovering from his injuries at home Tuesday, police said. The man was released Saturday from a local hospital after having sustained a stab wound that sliced his liver, Glendale Police Det. Keith Soboleski said. “He is [...]
Two hikers were rescued by helicopter Sunday night after reporting they got lost while trekking the Verdugo Mountains, police said. They called emergency dispatchers for help, but the calls kept disconnecting, police said. A helicopter was dispatched about 11 p.m. to the area to look for the hikers, who were severely dehydrated. The helicopter crew [...]
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