City officials this week got an earful from a group of local residents who said they are fed up with months of noise, dust and traffic associated with construction on the Walt Disney Co.’s massive creative campus.
At the City Council meeting on Tuesday, residents on the 1300 block of Truitt Street said they have asked Disney and city officials to ease the effects of construction on a new childcare facility being built a mere 30 feet from their homes.
City officials — who told the residents they had passed their concerns to Disney officials and were unaware they had not been resolved — agreed to set up a neighborhood meeting with all stakeholders to address the issues.
The residents cited constant beeping and other construction noise, in addition to dirt and dust, truck traffic and cramped parking. The worst, they said, included a week of earthquake-like conditions during demolition and dirt compactions that left cracks and other damage to their homes.
“All of these issues are happening on a daily basis,” said resident Kevin Barry. "We really feel we are not getting the help we need.”
The construction is part of an expansion project on Disney's 125-acre campus in northwest Glendale that currently includes the headquarters of KABC-TV and two 125,000-square-foot buildings completed on Flower Street in 2006.
City officials have long lauded the development as a major boost to the city’s industrial corridor. But on Tuesday, council members took a harsher stance, agreeing with the residents that construction conditions could improve.
“I’ve been driving around the neighborhood for months now, and it’s been a mess,” said Councilman Frank Quintero.
A Disney spokeswoman on Wednesday countered that the company had adhered to city requirements and the project’s development agreement.
The residents urged the City Council to consider enacting stricter regulations on private construction projects to protect residents in the future.
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From the Glendale News-Press
SOUTH GLENDALE — Shortly after noon on Thursday, Glendale resident Jermin Tulgar carefully sorted through several bags of groceries as she sat in a front office of Salvation Army Glendale.
Within each bag she found a variety of food products, including bread, cereal, granola bars and a sampling of canned soups, sauces and vegetables.
A regular client of the Salvation Army's food pantry, Tulgar is one of nearly 300,000 Los Angeles County residents who receive monthly food assistance, according to a report released Thursday by the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank.
From April to June, an average 284,131 people were served each month by one of the 500 Los Angeles County food pantries, which are in turn served by the regional food bank.
That's an increase of about 20% compared to the same period last year, and a nearly 50% increase over two years, officials said.
... Continue Reading: Local food pantries see higher demand
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From the Burbank Leader
When Janet Borden met her husband, Steve, decades ago as students at North Hollywood High School, he drove a 1956 Chevrolet.
On Saturday, the Bordens, who have been married for 39 years, sat by a different '56 Chevy that Steve spent six years restoring.
"He's always worked on cars, from the moment I met him until now," she said.
Borden's cream- and maroon-colored Chevy Nomad was one of hundreds of cars that filled a blocked-off Magnolia Way on Saturday for Burbank's fourth annual vintage car show and street festival, "Be-Boppin' in the Park."
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