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Glendale, California

Administration
Full nameCity of Glendale
Official nameCity of Glendale
Settlement typeCity
CountryUS United States
StateCalifornia California
CountyLos Angeles
IncorporatedFebruary 16, 1906
Government
TypeCouncil-Manager
City CouncilMayor Ara Najarian (R)
Frank Quintero
John Drayman
Laura Friedman
Dave Weaver
City AttorneyScott H. Howard
City TreasurerRonald t. Borucki
City ManagerJames E. Starbird
Geography
Total Area30.7 sq mi (79.5 km2)
Land Area30.66 sq mi (79.4 km2)
Water Area0.04 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation522 ft (159.1 m)
Demography
Total Population207902 (May 1, 2010)
Density (pop.)2614.16/km2 (6770.7/sq mi)
Other information
Time zonePST (UTC-8)
- Summer (DST)PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP code91201-91210, 91221, 91222, 91225, 91226
Area code818
FIPS code06-30000
GNIS feature ID1660679

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Glendale ( ) is a upper middle class city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. According to Mapping L.A. by the Los Angeles Times, the average income in Glendale is $57,112 which is considered about average for the County of Los Angeles. It lies at the eastern end of the San Fernando Valley, is bisected by the Verdugo Mountains, and is a suburb in the Greater Los Angeles Area. The city is bordered to the northwest by the Sun Valley and Tujunga neighborhoods of Los Angeles; to the northeast by La Cañada Flintridge and the unincorporated area of La Crescenta; to the west by Burbank and Griffith Park; to the east by Eagle Rock and Pasadena; to the south by the Atwater Village neighborhood of Los Angeles; and to the southeast by Glassell Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. The Golden State, Ventura, Glendale, and Foothill freeways run through the city. The city is policed by the Glendale Police Department.

As of the 2000 census, the city population was 194,973. Since then, there have been estimates of 201,326 by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2004, 207,007 by the California State government in 2005, and 207,303 as listed by the California Department of Finance in 2009 , making it the third largest city in Los Angeles County and the seventeenth largest city in the state of California.

Glendale is famous for having helped-in conjunction with Burbank -- father the emerging age of aviation, with its now retired Grand Central Airport.

Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery contains the remains of many celebrities and local residents. It is famous as the pioneer of a new style of cemetery.

Glendale is home to one of the largest concentrations of Armenian-Americans in the United States. One quarter of Glendale is Armenian-American.

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DineEquity, Inc. Announces Signing of $950 Million Senior Secured Credit Facility - MarketWatch (press release) Tweet this news
MarketWatch (press release)--About DineEquity, Inc. Based in -Glendale-, -California-, DineEquity, Inc., through its subsidiaries, franchises and operates restaurants under the Applebee's ... - Date : Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:07:07 GMT+00:00
Mark Boone Junior cleared in cop assault case - Monsters and Critics.com Tweet this news
Monsters and Critics.com--The Sons of Anarchy and Batman Begins star - real name Mark Heidrich - was arrested August 24 in -Glendale-, -California- during a routine traffic stop. ... - Date : Sat, 09 Oct 2010 20:26:33 GMT+00:00
Six generations of Maiers lived in Glendale - Glendale News Press Tweet this news
Glendale News Press--The power of the press led Joseph Maier to -Glendale-. Born in 1845 near Stuttgart, Germany, the young boy read about the -California- Gold ... - Date : Sat, 09 Oct 2010 06:48:01 GMT+00:00
Elderly Man Survives Fall From Second Story Parking Garage - KTUL Tweet this news
KTUL--It happened in -Glendale-, -California- Friday. The 83-year-old man suffered only a minor head injury and scratches after the incident, in which his car ended ... - Date : Fri, 08 Oct 2010 21:16:17 GMT+00:00
DineEquity, Inc. Announces Signing of $950 Million Senior Secured Credit Facility - MarketWatch (press release) Tweet this news
MarketWatch (press release)--Based in -Glendale-, -California-, DineEquity, Inc., through its subsidiaries, franchises and operates restaurants under the Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar ... - Date : Sat, 09 Oct 2010 00:57:19 GMT+00:00
Papian, Experts Discuss Legal Powers of Treaty of Sevres - Asbarez Armenian News Tweet this news
Asbarez Armenian News---GLENDALE-, -CA--Ara Papian, an international law specialist and the foremost expert on the Treaty of Sevres, spoke to a packed audience at the Glendale Public ... - Date : Thu, 07 Oct 2010 20:54:58 GMT+00:00
Come together - Pasadena Weekly Tweet this news
Pasadena Weekly--For more information, visit ci.-glendale-.-ca-.us/UnityFest2010.asp The ninth annual Unity Fest Glendale 2010 street fair is from 11 am to 4 pm Sunday on Brand ... - Date : Thu, 07 Oct 2010 18:02:50 GMT+00:00
New Vegas venue for boxing - fightnews.com Tweet this news
fightnews.com--Bernetsyan is one of the top amateurs to come out of Armenia and now trains in -Glendale-, -CA-. Griffin sports a solid 6-3 record with 2 knockouts (KOs) and ... - Date : Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:26:15 GMT+00:00
Police target distracted drivers - Glendale News Press Tweet this news
Glendale News Press---California- Highway Patrol and -Glendale- police will step up enforcement on drivers using cell phones, eating, reading or doing anything else that may make ... - Date : Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:25:40 GMT+00:00
Dr. Ellsworth (Doc) Earle Miller - Redlands Daily Facts Tweet this news
Redlands Daily Facts--In 1921, Ellsworth made it west to -Glendale-, -California- where he attended school in the Glendale and Los Angeles areas. Ellsworth received his Bachelor's ... - Date : Wed, 06 Oct 2010 01:54:03 GMT+00:00

# Employer # of Employees
1 City of Glendale 2,216
2 Glendale Adventist Medical Center 2,126
3 Nestlé 1,521
4 Glendale Memorial Medical Center 1,433
5 Glendale Community College 1,408
6 Public Storage 1,111
7 Glendale Unified School District 1,085
8 Walt Disney Imagineering 928
9 Acco Engineering Systems 824
10 Diagnostic Laboratories 740

Local Government :
City Department Director
City Manager James E. Starbird
Assistant City Manager Robert K. McFall
Deputy City Manager Yasmin Beers
Director of Glendale Water & Power Glen O. Steiger
Police Chief Ron De Pompa
Fire Chief Harold Scoggins
Director of Public Works Stephen Zurn
Director of Finance and Administrative Services Robert Elliot
Director of Human Resources Matthew Doyle
Director of Development Services Philip Lanzafame
Director of Planning Hassan Haghani
Director of Information Services Edward Fraga
Director of Community Services and Parks George Chapjian
Director of Library Services Cindy Cleary

Greater Los Angeles Area

Global city (3.8 million pop.)Los Angeles
LA area regionsAntelope Valley * East Los Angeles * Gateway Cities * Greater Hollywood * Harbor Area * San Fernando Valley * San Gabriel Valley * South Bay * South Los Angeles * West Los Angeles
Large satellite cities (>200k pop.)Anaheim * Glendale * Irvine * Long Beach * Riverside * San Bernardino * Santa Ana
CountiesLos Angeles * Orange * Riverside * San Bernardino * Ventura
Metropolitan areasLos Angeles �Long Beach �Santa Ana * Riverside �San Bernardino �Ontario * Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
LandformsHigh Desert * Los Angeles Basin * Low Desert * Pomona Valley * San Fernando Valley * San Gabriel Valley * Santa Ana Valley * Santa Catalina Island * Santa Clarita Valley * South Bay
Bodies of waterArroyo Seco * Lake Arrowhead * Ballona Creek * Big Bear Lake * Coyote Creek * Los Angeles River * Lake Perris * Rio Hondo * San Gabriel River * San Pedro Bay * Santa Ana River * Santa Clara River * Santa Monica Bay

Armenian diaspora

Armenians per country
Former Soviet UnionAzerbaijan (Nakhijevan (non-diaspora)) * Belarus * Estonia * Georgia (Abkhazia / Javakheti / Tbilisi) * Kazakhstan * Kyrgyzstan * Latvia * Lithuania * Moldova * Russia * Tajikistan * Turkmenistan * Ukraine (Crimea) * Uzbekistan
AmericasArgentina * Brazil * Canada * Nicaragua * United States * Uruguay * Venezuela
EuropeAlbania * Austria * Bulgaria * Belgium * Czech Republic * Denmark * Finland * France * Germany * Greece * Hungary * Italy * Macedonia * Malta * The Netherlands * Norway * Poland * Romania * Serbia * Spain * Sweden * Switzerland * United Kingdom
Middle EastBahrain * Cyprus * Egypt * Iran * Iraq * Israel * Jordan * Kuwait * Lebanon * Qatar * Syria * Turkey * United Arab Emirates
AsiaAfghanistan * Bangladesh * Burma * China * India * Indonesia * Malaysia * Pakistan * Singapore
AfricaEthiopia * Sudan
OceaniaAustralia
Communities
United StatesGlendale, California * East Washington Village, Pasadena, California * Little Armenia, Los Angeles, California * Old Armenian Town, Fresno, California * Watertown, Massachusetts
Middle EastAnjar, Lebanon * Aramo, Syria * Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem * Avzrog, Iraq * Bourj Hammoud, Lebanon * Kesab, Syria * Mezher, Lebanon * New Julfa, Isfahan, Iran * Vakıflı, Samandağ, Turkey * Yacoubieh, Syria
EuropeAdler, Sochi, Russia * Alfortville, Paris, France * Avlabari, Tbilisi, Georgia * Nor Nakhijevan, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Related topics
SubgroupsHamshenis * Cherkesogai



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