Glendale, California#Law enforcement

Native Americans lived along the Glendale Narrows of the Los Angeles River, known to the Tongva people as Paayme Paxaayt ("West River"),{{Cite web|url=https://larivermasterplan.org/about/river-history/indigenous-peoples-of-the-la-river-basin/|title=Indigenous Peoples of the LA River Basin|author=County of Los Angeles|access-date=May 7, 2025}} for thousands of years before the arrival of European settlers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/glendale-news-press/opinion/tn-gnp-1015-intersections-descendants-of-the-tongva-look-to-their-past-story.html|title=Intersections: Descendants of the Tongva look to their past|work=Glendale News-Press|author=Liana Aghajanian|date=October 15, 2012|access-date=May 7, 2025}} Villages in the Glendale–La Crescenta-Montrose area included Ashwaangna, Hahamongna, Maungna, Tujunga and Wiqanga.{{Cite web|url=https://www.glendaleca.gov/our-city/visitors/historic-glendale|title=Historic Glendale|access-date=January 15, 2025}}{{Cite web|url=https://glendalehistorical.org/still-standing-1|title=Still Standing After All These Years, Part I: The Tongva, the Mission and the Verdugos|author=Katherine Peters Yamada|access-date=January 15, 2025}}

In 1769, the Portolá expedition established a permanent Spanish presence in the area.{{Cite web|url=https://glendalehistorical.org/still-standing-1|title=Still Standing After All These Years, Part I: The Tongva, the Mission and the Verdugos|author=Katherine Peters Yamada|access-date=May 7, 2025}} Many of the native inhabitants were displaced in 1771 for use as slave labor for the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel. This migration, together with European diseases such as syphilis, measles, and smallpox, depopulated their communities.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cvhistory.org/histsites/histsites.htm|website=Historical Society of Crescenta Valley|title=History of the Crescenta Valley| access-date=May 7, 2025}}

In 1784, José María Verdugo, a corporal in the Spanish army from Baja California, received the Rancho San Rafael from Pedro Fages, the Province of Las Californias' Lieutenant Governor,{{Cite web|url=https://www.cvhistory.org/histsites/histsites.htm|website=Historical Society of Crescenta Valley|title=History of the Crescenta Valley| access-date=May 7, 2025}} which was confirmed in 1798 by Governor Diego de Borica. Rancho San Rafael was a Spanish concession, of which 25 were made in California. Unlike the later Mexican land grants, the concessions were similar to grazing permits, with the title remaining with the Spanish crown.Beck, Warren A., Haase, Ynez D. (1974). Historical Atlas of California. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.

In 1798, Verdugo retired from the military and began expanding his ranch operations. Soon he had nearly 2,000 head of cattle, 670 horses and 70 mules. With the help of his son, Julio, he built several adobe structures for various uses. Workers grew crops such as grains, peppers, oranges, figs, grapes and pomegranates, and also made wine.

File:Catalina Verdugo Adobe.jpg is the city's oldest building. Construction began in 1828.]]

The 1821 Treaty of Córdoba established Mexican independence from Spain at the end of the Mexican War of Independence.Archer, Christon I. "Wars of Independence" in Encyclopedia of Mexico. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn 1997, pp. 1595–1601.

When Jose Maria Verdugo died in 1831, his estate was divided between his son, Julio, and his daughter, Catalina.

In 1843, the Mexican government, claiming that the Verdugo family was not using the 5,832-acre portion of Rancho San Rafael situated in the Crescenta Valley to graze his herds, granted that portion to Ygnacio Coronel, who named it La Cañada Atras de Rancho Los Verdugos ("The Canyon Behind the Verdugo Ranch").{{Cite web|url=https://www.cvhistory.org/histsites/histsites.htm|website=Historical Society of Crescenta Valley|title=History of the Crescenta Valley| access-date=May 7, 2025}}

The 1847 Treaty of Cahuenga established American control of Alta California at the end of the Mexican–American War.{{Cite book |last=Guinn |first=James Miller |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KyFPAAAAYAAJ |title=Historical and biographical record of southern California: containing a history of southern California from its earliest settlement to the opening year of the twentieth century |publisher=Chapman pub. co. |year=1902 |page=50 |access-date=September 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318040525/https://books.google.com/books?id=KyFPAAAAYAAJ |archive-date=March 18, 2023 |url-status=live}} With the cession of California to the United States following the Mexican–American War, the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1852,{{Cite web |title=United States. District Court (California : Southern District) Land Case 381 SD |url=http://content.cdlib.org/view?docId=hb109nb422&chunk.id=c01-1.3.6.4&brand=oac |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714042733/https://oac.cdlib.org/view?docId=hb109nb422&chunk.id=c01-1.3.6.4&brand=oac |archive-date=July 14, 2021 |access-date=October 25, 2022}} confirmed by the Commission in 1855, and the grant was patented to Julio and Catalina Verdugo in 1882.{{Cite web |title=Report of the Surveyor General 1844 – 1886 |url=http://www.slc.ca.gov/Misc_Pages/Historical/Surveyors_General/reports/Willey_1884_1886.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504094306/http://www.slc.ca.gov/Misc_Pages/Historical/Surveyors_General/reports/Willey_1884_1886.pdf |archive-date=May 4, 2009}}

In 1861, Julio Verdugo took out a mortgage to build a larger house. Unable to make the loan payments, the family was forced into bankruptcy proceedings. In 1871, the court divided the ranch into several parcels to satisfy the many claims against the Verdugos.

The court gave Benjamin Dreyfus, of California, the largest allotment: more than 8,000 acres, which later became Eagle Rock and Tropico. Andrew Glassell and Alfred Chapman were awarded the great Rancho La Cañada and more than 2,000 acres of what is now Highland Park and York Valley. David Burbank was awarded 4,607 acres, and his property eventually became the neighboring city of Burbank.

The arrival of the railroad in Southern California set off a real estate boom. In 1883, soon after Atwater Village was settled, the Atwater Tract Office brought train service to the area.{{Cite news |last=Creason |first=Glen |date=June 18, 2021 |title=The Secret, Sordid History Of Threemile House, A Den Of Iniquity On The Edge Of 1890s LA |url=https://laist.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/the-secret-sordid-history-of-threemile-house-a-den-of-iniquity-on-the-edge-of-1890s-la |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025185638/https://laist.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/the-secret-sordid-history-of-threemile-house-a-den-of-iniquity-on-the-edge-of-1890s-la |archive-date=October 25, 2022 |access-date=December 9, 2021 |agency=LAist}} On March 11, 1887, Erskine Mayo Ross, Cameron E. Thom, and several others, filed the first plat for Glendale, described as "Pasadena's first and only rival."{{cite web|url=https://glendalehistorical.org/still-standing-2|title=Still Standing after all these Years, Part II: The Early Settlers and the Village of Glendale, 1870s to 1890s|author=Katherine Peters Yamada|access-date=January 16, 2025}} It was bounded by First Street (now Lexington Drive) on the north, Fifth Street (now Harvard Street) on the south, Central Avenue on the west, and the Childs Tract on the east.{{Cite web |date=July 2006 |title=Historical Resources Technical Report for the Glendale Downtown Specific Plan EIR City of Glendale, California |url=http://www.glendaleca.gov/home/showdocument?id=12686 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115172937/http://www.glendaleca.gov/home/showdocument?id=12686 |archive-date=January 15, 2016 |access-date=July 8, 2021 |website=City of Glendale}} Concurrently, to the southwest formed Tropico.{{Cite web |last=Masters |first=Nathan |date=June 16, 2014 |title=The Lost City of Tropico, California |url=https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/the-lost-city-of-tropico-california |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002003326/https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/the-lost-city-of-tropico-california |archive-date=October 2, 2019 |access-date=December 25, 2020 |website=KCET}}

File:Glendale-Brand-1915.jpg streetcar stops to pick up and drop off passengers in 1915.]]

The city officially incorporated in 1906.{{Cite web |url=https://www.glendaleca.gov/government/about-us#:~:text=The%20City%20of%20Glendale%20was,US%20Census%202017%20Population%20Estimates |title=About Us|access-date=January 16, 2025}} Also that year, Forest Lawn Cemetery opened.Kath, Laura. Forest Lawn: The first 100 years, Tropico Press, 2006.

An important civic booster of the era was Leslie Coombs Brand (1859–1925), who partnered with Henry E. Huntington to bring the Pacific Electric Railway, or the "Red Cars", to the area. The Glendale–Burbank Line, which was operational from 1904 to 1955, ran from Downtown Los Angeles to Burbank via Glendale. At the railroad dedication celebration, Brand spoke of "his early dreams coming true, in which he pictured a country home in close proximity to the city." Brand also owned Glendale Light & Power Company, the Miradero Water Company, and the Consolidated Water Company.{{Cite web |title=Glendale-Burbank Line |url=http://www.erha.org/pewgb.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114163234/http://www.erha.org/pewgb.htm |archive-date=January 14, 2009 |access-date=October 25, 2022}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.brandlibrary.org/history|title=History of Brand|access-date=January 16, 2025}}

The architecture firm of Anderson and Murdock won a contract to construct a new city hall in 1910, and it was completed in 1912.{{Cite web |url=https://glendalehistorical.org/still-standing-11|title=Still Standing after all these Years, Part 11: Glendale Police Enforcement 1908 - 1915: A Pool Hall and Jensen Arcade; Plus Alcohol and the Casa Verdugo Restaurant|author=Katherine Peters Yamada|date=2024|access-date=January 16, 2025}}

Pioneering endocrinologist and entrepreneur Henry R. Harrower opened his clinic in Glendale in 1920, which for many years was the largest business in the city.

Following the 1922 demolition of the Atwater Tract Office, Southern Pacific Railroad constructed the Glendale Southern Pacific Railroad Depot.{{Cite web |title=Glendale, CA (GDL) |url=https://www.greatamericanstations.com/stations/glendale-ca-gdl/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025185639/https://www.greatamericanstations.com/stations/glendale-ca-gdl/ |archive-date=October 25, 2022 |access-date=October 25, 2022}} Glendale was served by the Southern Pacific Railroad's Coast Daylight daytime and Lark overnight passenger trains.

The Hotel Glendale, a six-story beaux-arts building which boasted 160 rooms and two elevators, became Glendale's tallest building when it opened in 1925.{{cite web |title=Hotel Glendale |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail/d80e8293-bceb-4b39-af76-e440b8fc1187 |publisher=National Park Service}} Its location, at the intersection of Broadway and Glendale Avenue, was chosen because of its proximity to several transportation lines.{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/glendale-news-press/news/tn-gnp-xpm-2009-02-27-gnp-yamada27-story.html|work=Glendale News-Press|author=Katherine Yamada|title=VERDUGO VIEWS|date=February 27, 2009|access-date=January 16, 2025}}

The Alexander Theatre opened in 1925, and featured vaudeville performances and silent films on a single screen.{{Cite web |last=Holly Andres |date=September 2, 2021 |title=Historic Alex Theatre in Glendale celebrates its 96th year with an open house on Sept. 4 |url=https://www.dailynews.com/2021/09/02/historic-alex-theatre-in-glendale-celebrates-its-96th-year-with-an-open-house-on-sept-4/ |access-date=August 14, 2024 |website=Los Angeles Daily News |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814230336/https://www.dailynews.com/2021/09/02/historic-alex-theatre-in-glendale-celebrates-its-96th-year-with-an-open-house-on-sept-4/ |url-status=live}}

File:TWA DC-1.jpg at Grand Central Airport, circa 1933]]

The Grand Central Airport opened in 1929. Within a year, the enterprise was sold to the Curtiss-Wright Flying Service,{{Cite web |url=http://grandcentralair.glendaleca.gov/images/timeline/23_curtis_wright_flying_svc_01_1930_big.gif |title=Curtiss-Wright Flying Service |access-date=2017-06-07 |archive-date=2017-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108005116/http://grandcentralair.glendaleca.gov/images/timeline/23_curtis_wright_flying_svc_01_1930_big.gif |url-status=dead}} managed by C. C. Moseley, a co-founder of the future Western Airlines. It became the city's largest employer. It was also at Grand Central that Moseley established the first of his private flying schools, Curtiss-Wright Technical Institute (later renamed Cal-Aero Academy).

The Renaissance Revival-style Glendale Main Post Office opened in 1934.{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Doug|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-12-22-gl-846-story.html|title=Downtown Glendale post office is a powerful symbol of grace and stability. |newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=December 22, 1988|access-date=January 20, 2025}}

Several Works Progress Administration projects were constructed in Glendale during the 1930s, including Glendale Community College's John A. Davitt Administration Building (1937){{cite web|url=https://livingnewdeal.org/sites/glendale-community-college-glendale-ca/|website=Living New Deal|title=Glendale Community College – Glendale CA|access-date=January 20, 2025}} and the Glendale Civic Auditorium (1938).{{Cite web |url=https://livingnewdeal.org/sites/civic-auditorium-glendale-ca/|website=Living New Deal|title=Civic Auditorium – Glendale CA|access-date=January 20, 2025}}

The Second World War proved to be a boon to Glendale as Southern California became a major staging area for the Pacific War. Grand Central Airport served as a training facility for pilots and mechanics,{{Cite web |url=https://www.laconservancy.org/learn/historic-places/grand-central-air-terminal/|title=Grand Central Air Terminal|access-date=January 15, 2025}} while a foundry on San Fernando Road produced airplane parts.{{Cite web |url=https://www.laconservancy.org/learn/historic-places/moonlight-rollerway/|title=Moonlight Rollerway|access-date=February 26, 2025}}

In 1941, the city launched a municipal bus system named Glendale City Lines.{{cite web |url=https://www.chicagorailfan.com/bcloshis.html|title=MAJOR BUS COMPANIES SERVING LOS ANGELES|access-date=February 26, 2025}}

In 1942, a new Glendale City Hall, a Works Progress Administration project in the PWA Moderne style, was completed on the site of Glendale's first permanent City Hall from 1912.{{Cite web |url=https://livingnewdeal.org/sites/city-hall-glendale-ca/|website=Living New Deal|title=City Hall – Glendale CA|access-date=January 16, 2025}} In 1943, the Los Angeles County Superior Court opened a courthouse in Glendale.{{Cite web |url=https://www.lacourt.org/generalinfo/aboutthecourt/GI_AC004.aspx|website=Los Angeles County Superior Court|title=Historical Perspective|access-date=February 3, 2025}}

File:Last Day of Glendale–Burbank Line Service (June 19, 1955).jpg

In October 1953, the Glendale–Burbank Line came under the purview of Metropolitan Coach Lines, which initiated a series of service reductions. Interurban service ended in 1955, bringing an end to Glendale's streetcar suburb era.{{Cite news |date=June 20, 1955 |title=L.A. Subway Closes After Special Trolley Car Trip |page=8 |agency=Los Angeles Times |url=http://libraryarchives.metro.net/DPGTL/Glendale-Burbank%20line/LST%20run.pdf |access-date=January 15, 2025}}{{cite book |url=https://libraryarchives.metro.net/DPGTL/pacificelectric/1958-history-of-rail-passenger-service-operated-by-pacific-electric-since-1911.pdf|title=A History Of The Rail Passenger Service Operated By The Pacific Electric Railway Company Since 1911 And By Its Successors Since 1953|author=Laurence R. Veysey|date=1958}}

With the proliferation of jet aircraft, Grand Central Airport's relatively short 3,400-foot runway was unable to accommodate modern aircraft. In 1959, the airport shut down.{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/ca3102/|title=Grand Central Air Terminal, 1310 Air Way, Glendale, Los Angeles County, CA|access-date=January 16, 2025}} In 1961, Walt Disney purchased a large portion of the closed airport to establish a creative workshop for employees working on the construction of Disney theme parks and attractions worldwide. Initially named WED Enterprises, the team came to be known as Walt Disney Imagineering.{{cite news|last1=Kleinbaum|first1=Josh|title=Bringing magic to San Fernando|url=http://articles.glendalenewspress.com/2004-05-12/news/export10340_1_grand-central-creative-campus-disney-imagineering-disney-and-city-officials|access-date=February 26, 2025|work=Glendale News Press|publisher=Tribume Publishing|date=May 12, 2004|archive-date=December 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229033104/http://articles.glendalenewspress.com/2004-05-12/news/export10340_1_grand-central-creative-campus-disney-imagineering-disney-and-city-officials|url-status=dead}}

Until as late as the 1960s, Glendale was a sundown town, which meant that non-white people were required to leave city limits by a certain time each day or risk arrest and possible violence.{{Cite web |last=Crouch |first=Angie |date=October 13, 2020 |title=City of Glendale Apologizes for Its History as a 'Sundown Town' |url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/city-of-glendale-apologizes-for-its-history-as-a-sundown-town/2443011/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118151026/https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/city-of-glendale-apologizes-for-its-history-as-a-sundown-town/2443011/ |archive-date=January 18, 2021 |access-date=January 11, 2021 |publisher=NBC Los Angeles}} This was achieved through, among other methods, racist housing covenants and police intimidation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-10-15/glendale-racist-past-sundown-town-apology|work=Los Angeles Times|title=Glendale confronts its racist past, apologizing for ‘sundown’ laws|author=Lila Seidman|date=October 15, 2020|access-date=March 28, 2025}}

In 1964, Glendale was selected by George Lincoln Rockwell to be the West Coast headquarters of the American Nazi Party. In 1965, an anti-Nazi political demonstration co-sponsored by several groups, Christians Against Bigotry, Anti-Nazi Congress of America, and Jewish Survivors of Concentration Camps, featured actor Ronald Reagan as a speaker. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors became involved, amending a law regarding the activities of subversive groups, which was originally drafted in 1941 to control the German American Bund.{{Citeweb|url=https://glendalereckoning.org/NazisinGlendale/|title=Nazis in Glendale|website=ReflectSpace|access-date=March 27, 2025}} After a legal battle with the city of Glendale, the party moved their headquarters to El Monte in 1966.{{Cite news |date=February 16, 2018 |title=From the Archives: A protest at Nazi headquarters in El Monte |url=https://www.latimes.com/visuals/photography/la-me-fw-archives-protest-at-nazi-headquarters-in-el-monte-20171005-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009184539/https://www.latimes.com/visuals/photography/la-me-fw-archives-protest-at-nazi-headquarters-in-el-monte-20171005-story.html |archive-date=October 9, 2020 |access-date=October 13, 2020 |work=LA Times}}{{Cite web |date=January 4, 2014 |title=The American Nazi Party's attempts to establish itself in the South Bay |url=http://blogs.dailybreeze.com/history/2014/01/04/the-american-nazi-partys-attempts-to-establish-itself-in-the-south-bay/?doing_wp_cron=1602629332.1215291023254394531250 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014144634/http://blogs.dailybreeze.com/history/2014/01/04/the-american-nazi-partys-attempts-to-establish-itself-in-the-south-bay/?doing_wp_cron=1602629332.1215291023254394531250 |archive-date=October 14, 2020 |access-date=October 13, 2020 |publisher=The Daily Breeze}}

The emergence of increasingly visible ethnic groups — including Armenians, Cubans, Filipinos and Koreans — changed the official discourse in Glendale. In 1972, C.E. Perkins, then city manager, encouraged the Rotary Club of Glendale to prepare itself as the city could no longer remain isolated in an increasingly diverse America.{{Cite book |last=Arroyo |first=Juliet |title=Glendale, 1940–2000: Images of America |date=2006 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=0738531073}} Through the 1970s, concurrent with increasing immigration into Glendale, was the city's rapid urbanization.{{Cite news |url=https://elvaq.com/campus/2008/06/05/glendale/|work=El Vaquero|title=Glendale|author=Edwin Lopez|date=June 4, 2008|access-date=January 15, 2025}} During this era, the Glendale Freeway and the Ventura Freeway were constructed. The Glendale Galleria shopping mall opened in 1976, and was further expanded in 1982.{{cite web|title=Glendale Galleria owners launch major makeover of mall - latimes|website=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/la-xpm-2012-apr-30-la-fi-property-report-20120430-story.html|access-date=January 21, 2025}}

In the 1980s, many single-family homes in south Glendale were demolished for apartment and condominium construction. This construction boom resulted in Glendale's population growing at a rate 60% higher than that of the county at large, turning the city into a denser, younger and more cosmopolitan urban center.{{Cite news |last=Rodriguez |first=Gregory |date=June 16, 1996 |title=Glendale's 'Racist Shadow' Shrinks as City Transforms Itself |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-06-16-op-15622-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108213253/http://articles.latimes.com/1996-06-16/opinion/op-15622_1_city-officials |archive-date=January 8, 2019 |access-date=January 21, 2025|work=The Los Angeles Times}} In 1983, Larry Zarian was elected as the city's first Armenian city council member, and in 1986, he became the city's first Armenian mayor.{{Cite web |url=https://www.glendaleca.gov/government/city-hall/mayors-gallery |title=Mayors' Gallery |website=glendaleca.gov |access-date=January 21, 2025}} In 1984, the city revived municipal bus service with the Glendale Beeline.{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-10-30-gl-8607-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|title=Beeline Bus Routes to Be Extended by 2 Miles|date=October 30, 1986|access-date=February 25, 2025}}

By 1990, Glendale was, proportionately, more immigrant than either the city or county of Los Angeles, with 45% of its residents being foreign-born. By the mid-1990s, Glendale's Anglo-American population had been surpassed by Armenians and Latinos. Some Anglo-American residents, largely fueled by anti-Armenian sentiment, decried the increased density in South Glendale.{{Cite news |last=Rodriguez |first=Gregory |date=June 16, 1996 |title=Glendale's 'Racist Shadow' Shrinks as City Transforms Itself |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-06-16-op-15622-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108213253/http://articles.latimes.com/1996-06-16/opinion/op-15622_1_city-officials |archive-date=January 8, 2019 |access-date=January 15, 2025|work=The Los Angeles Times}}

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By the 2000s, Glendale had outgrown its "bedroom community" reputation as an urban area of its own, in large part due to the Americana at Brand outdoor shopping and residential community. The new development was opened to the public in 2008, featuring 75 shops, restaurants, apartments, condominiums, and an 18-plex cinema.{{Cite news |last=Vincent |first=Roger |date=April 25, 2008 |title=An outpost of glitz in Glendale |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-apr-25-fi-americana25-story.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190910145955/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-apr-25-fi-americana25-story.html |archive-date=September 10, 2019 |access-date=July 18, 2021 |work=Los Angeles Times}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.sfgate.com/la/article/living-in-california-first-mall-with-housing-19824132.php|work=SF Gate|author=Tessa McLean|title=This may be the future for California's 'dead' malls|date=October 15, 2024|access-date=January 15, 2025}} In 2023, Americana at Brand owner Caruso claimed that the lifestyle center had "replac[ed] blighted properties and ignit[ed] a wave of higher-end housing, retail, office space and hotel development in Glendale."{{Cite news |url=https://caruso.com/newsroom/press-releases/2023/the-americana-at-brand-celebrates-15-years-as-glendale-icon/|title=The Americana at Brand Celebrates 15 Years as Glendale Icon|date=July 6, 2023|access-date=January 15, 2025}} Since opening, the center has expanded its offering of luxury goods, adding Bottega Veneta, Byredo, Chanel, David Yurman, Golden Goose, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Tiffany & Co. and Yves Saint Laurent stores.{{Cite web|url=https://us.fashionnetwork.com/news/The-americana-at-brand-strengthens-luxury-offering-for-15th-anniversary,1585982.html|work=Fashion Network|title=The Americana at Brand strengthens luxury offering for 15th anniversary|author=Alexis Chenu|date=December 3, 2023|access-date=January 15, 2025}}{{Cite web|url=https://americanaatbrand.com/shopping/|title=Shopping|access-date=January 15, 2025}}

In response to the Americana at Brand's opening, the Glendale Galleria underwent an extensive renovation in 2012.{{cite web|url=https://la.curbed.com/2012/4/25/10376764/hard-work-of-modernizing-the-glendale-galleria-has-begun|title=Hard Work of Modernizing the Glendale Galleria Has Begun|date=April 25, 2012|publisher=Curbed Los Angeles|access-date=January 21, 2025}} By 2014, the construction of thousands of luxury apartments in downtown Glendale raised fears of gentrification.{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/glendale-news-press/news/tn-gnp-glendale-city-council-approves-housing-goals-20140130-story.html|work=Glendale News-Press|title=Glendale City Council approves housing goals|author=Brittany Levine|date=January 30, 2014|access-date=January 15, 2025}} The post-Americana development boom has also included several hotels, such as a Hampton Inn & Suites (2016),{{Cite news |url=https://vistainvestments.com/hampton-inn-suites-construction-begins-in-glendale-ca/|title=Hampton Inn & Suites Construction Begins in Glendale, CA|date=January 22, 2015 |access-date=January 15, 2025}} a Hyatt Place (2017),{{Cite news |url=https://la.urbanize.city/post/hyatt-place-topped-out-glendale|title=Hyatt Place Topped Out in Glendale|work=Urbanize LA|author=Steven Sharp|date=September 1, 2017|access-date=January 15, 2025}} The Glenmark (2020){{Cite news |url=https://www.hotel-online.com/press_releases/release/azul-hospitality-group-opens-the-glenmark-glendale-a-tribute-portfolio-hotel/|title=Azul Hospitality Group Opens The Glenmark, Glendale, A Tribute Portfolio Hotel|date=July 23, 2020|access-date=January 15, 2025}} and a Hotel Indigo (2025).{{Cite news |url=https://la.urbanize.city/post/hotel-indigo-under-construction-515-n-central-ave-glendale|title=Hotel Indigo under construction at 515 N. Central Ave. in Glendale|date=August 2, 2024|access-date=January 15, 2025}} There has also been an increase in "luxury wellness" in Glendale, including Alo Yoga{{Cite web |url=https://americanaatbrand.com/shopping/alo-yoga/|title=Alo Yoga|access-date=April 28, 2025}} and Lululemon{{Cite web |url=https://americanaatbrand.com/shopping/lululemon/|title=Lululemon|access-date=April 28, 2025}} athletic apparel stores; an Equinox health club;{{Cite web |url=https://www.equinox.com/clubs/southern-california/the-valley/glendale|title=Glendale|access-date=April 28, 2025}} and an upcoming Erewhon Market grocery store, "a stone's throw from a lower-cost competitor, Whole Foods Market."{{Cite web |url=https://www.sfgate.com/la/article/erewhon-new-la-locations-20054400.php|work=SF Gate|title=Luxury LA grocery chain Erewhon plots 3 new Southern California locations|author=Farley Elliott|date=January 24, 2025|access-date=April 28, 2025}}{{Cite web |date=2025-01-22 |title='Erewhon 2.0' is coming with three new locations opening in 2025 |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-01-22/erewhon-to-open-three-new-stores |access-date=April 28, 2025 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}

File:Glendale California From Forest Lawn.jpg and the Verdugo Mountains in the background]]

Glendale is located in the southeastern San Fernando Valley. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{convert|79.212|km2|mi2|1|abbr=on|order=flip}}; {{convert|30.5|sqmi|km2}} of it is land and {{convert|0.13|sqmi|km2}} of it (0.43%) is covered by water. Glendale is the fourth largest{{Cite web |title=News {{!}} City of Glendale, CA |url=https://www.glendaleca.gov/Home/Components/News/News/8496/16 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914081909/https://www.glendaleca.gov/Home/Components/News/News/8496/16 |archive-date=September 14, 2022 |access-date=September 14, 2022 |website=www.glendaleca.gov}} city within Los Angeles County. It is bordered to the north by the foothill communities of La Cañada Flintridge, La Crescenta, and Tujunga; to the south by the Atwater Village and Glassell Park communities incorporated by the city of Los Angeles; to the east by Pasadena and Eagle Rock (also incorporated within Los Angeles); and to the west by Griffith Park and the city of Burbank. Glendale is located {{convert|10|mi|km}} north of downtown Los Angeles.{{Cite news |last=Texeira |first=Erin |date=June 25, 2000 |title=Ethnic Friction Disturbs Peace of Glendale |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jun-25-mn-44684-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305231927/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/jun/25/news/mn-44684 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |access-date=July 18, 2021 |work=Los Angeles Times}}

Several known earthquake faults criss-cross the Glendale area and adjacent mountains, as in much of Southern California. Among the more recognized faults are the Sierra Madre and Hollywood faults, situated in the city's northern and southwestern portions, respectively. Additionally, the Verdugo and Raymond faults intersect through the city's central and southeastern areas. The San Gabriel fault, meanwhile, is located northeast of the city. Roughly {{convert|75|mi|km}} northeast of Glendale is a major portion of the San Andreas Fault known as the "Big Bend", where quake-recurrence tracking shows major activity roughly every 140–160 years. The closest portion of the San Andreas is actually {{convert|29|mi|km}} from Glendale. The last major quake along the southern San Andreas was recorded in 1857.

File:Forest Lawn and Verdugo Mountains.jpg and the Verdugo Mountains]]

In the 1971 San Fernando earthquake, which took place along the western edge of the Sierra Madre Fault, surface ruptures were nearly {{convert|12|mi|km}} long, including one portion a few miles northwest of Glendale. Most of the damage was in the northern San Fernando Valley, though 31 structures in Glendale suffered major damage and had to be demolished, plus numerous chimneys collapsed. The 1994 Northridge earthquake had an epicenter about {{convert|18|mi|km}} from Glendale. The city suffered severe damage to a public parking structure and sections of the Glendale Galleria parking structures and exterior columns incurred damages.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110717013745/http://www.ci.glendale.ca.us/pdf/HMP/HMP_Sec-6_Earthquakes.pdf Ci.glendale.ca]}} City of Glendale report

Glendale has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa), with hot summers and mild winters with occasional rainfall. The highest recorded temperature in Glendale was {{convert|115|°F|°C}} on September 6, 2020. The lowest recorded temperature was {{convert|17|°F|°C}} on February 15, 1990. The warmest month is August and the coolest month is January.

The annual average precipitation is just over {{convert|21|in|mm}}, mostly falling between November and April. Rainfall totals are highly variable from year to year, with the wettest years (sometimes over {{convert|30|in|mm}} of rainfall) usually associated with warm El Niño conditions, and the drier years (sometimes under {{convert|10|in|mm}} of rainfall) with cool La Niña episodes in the Pacific.

The hills and mountains of northern Glendale very rarely have snow, owing to its warmer temperatures during the winter. It may only occur about every five to ten years. The last time it snowed was February 26, 2011, in which snow accumulation of approximately {{convert|3|in|cm}} occurred and sleet was present. Frost sometimes occurs at night from late November to early March. Heavy rains and thunderstorms are also common during the winter. The spring brings temperate weather, with little rain. The summer is usually fairly warm, with highs from {{convert|85|°F|°C}}, to the low 100s (40 °C). Summer is usually very dry, but thunderstorms can come from Arizona, bringing high humidity into the area. These rare days cause heat indices over {{convert|120|°F|°C}}. Fall often brings clear and dry weather, but can be gusty due to the Santa Ana winds, blowing in once or twice a year from October to December. Santa Ana winds can reach up to {{convert|70|mph|km/h}}, with gusts up to {{convert|100|mph|km/h}} in mountain passes and canyons. Thunderstorms occur very rarely and they are accompanied by gusty winds and hail.{{Cite web |title=Forecasts |url=http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/91205 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128210904/https://weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/91205 |archive-date=November 28, 2018 |access-date=December 1, 2018}}

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1860–1870{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Almeda County to Sutter County |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-12.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Tehama County to Yuba County |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1880-1890{{Cite web|title= 1890 Census of Population - Population of California by Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1890/bulletins/demographics/134-population-of-ca.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}
1900{{Cite web|title= 1900 Census of Population - Population of California by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/bulletins/demographic/10-population-ca.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1910{{Cite web|title= 1910 Census of Population - Supplement for California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ca.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1920{{Cite web|title= 1920 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1920/bulletins/demographics/population-ca-number-of-inhabitants.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}
1930{{Cite web|title= 1930 Census of Population - Number and Distribution of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1930/population-volume-1/03815512v1ch03.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1940{{Cite web|title= 1940 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch03.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1950{{Cite web|title= 1950 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-1/vol-01-08.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}
1960{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - General population Characteristics - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-d.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1970{{Cite web|title= 1970 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ca1-01.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1980{{Cite web|title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_caAB-01.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}
1990{{Cite web|title= 1990 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}

2000{{Cite web|title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-6.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 2010{{Cite web|title= 2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}
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Glendale first appeared as a city in the 1910 U.S. Census part of the now defunct Burbank Township (pop 3,018 in 1900).

As of 2024, Glendale hosts a Census-estimated population of 187,823, down 8,720 (–4.4%) from the 2020 United States census count of 196,543. At the 2020 census, the age distribution was 22.9% under 18, 58.7% from 18 to 64, and 18.4% who were 65 or older.{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/glendalecitycalifornia,losangelescitycalifornia,CA/POP010220|title=QuickFacts: Glendale city, California; Los Angeles city, California; California|access-date=September 25, 2024}}

As of 2021, Glendale's population includes:{{cite web|url=https://www.glendaleca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/71891/638385123529600000|title=2022-2023 Report on the Status of Women and Girls in Glendale|author=Mount Saint Mary's University|access-date=September 25, 2024}}

• 54,000 children under the age of 18 years,
• 10,100 women who live alone,
• 7,000 men who live alone, and
• 730 women and men who are in same-sex relationships, either as married or unmarried couples.

{{see also|History of Armenian Americans in Los Angeles}}

File:Armenian Genocide memorial at St Marys Armenian Apostolic Church in Glendale.jpg memorial]]

Glendale has one of the largest communities of Armenian descent in the United States.{{Cite news |last=Rath |first=Arun |date=April 25, 2015 |title=The Armenian Diaspora Remembers And Mourns |url=https://www.npr.org/2015/04/25/402229648/the-armenian-diaspora-remembers-and-mourns |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027231029/https://www.npr.org/2015/04/25/402229648/the-armenian-diaspora-remembers-and-mourns |archive-date=October 27, 2020 |access-date=April 5, 2018 |work=NPR News}}

Armenian families have lived in the city since the 1920s, but the surge in immigration escalated in the 1970s. Armenian Americans are well integrated into the city, with many businesses, several Armenian schools, and ethnic/cultural organizations serving this ethnic group. Beginning in the late 1970s, as a result of the Lebanese Civil War and the Iranian Revolution, a dramatic influx of Armenians began to arrive in Glendale.{{Cite web |last=McCormick |first=Chris |date=April 4, 2016 |title=Armenian Exceptionalism |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/04/glendale-armenians/475926/ |access-date=August 19, 2024 |website=The Atlantic |archive-date=February 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214064631/https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/04/glendale-armenians/475926/ |url-status=live}}

Beginning in the late 1980s, with assistance from family and friends already there, Armenians from the former Soviet Union began arriving. In the Glendale Unified School District, by 1988, along with students from the Middle East, they had become the largest ethnic group in the public schools, now having a larger number than Latinos.{{Cite news |last=Clifford |first=Frank |last2=Roark |first2=Anne C. |date=May 6, 1991 |title=Racial Lines in County Blur but Could Return: Population: Times study of census finds communities far more mixed. Some experts fear new ethnic divisions |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-05-06-mn-917-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329034651/https://articles.latimes.com/1991-05-06/news/mn-917_1_black-population |archive-date=March 29, 2014 |access-date=July 10, 2021 |work=Los Angeles Times}}

By 1999, about 25% of the population spoke Armenian and there were many Armenian businesses.{{Cite news |last=Gettleman |first=Jeffrey |author-link=Jeffrey Gettleman |date=February 6, 1999 |title=Armenian Artists Stranded in Glendale |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-feb-06-me-5390-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140328121606/http://articles.latimes.com/1999/feb/06/local/me-5390 |archive-date=March 28, 2014 |access-date=July 10, 2021 |work=Los Angeles Times}}

According to the United States 2000 Census, Glendale is home to 65,343 Armenian Americans{{Cite web |last=American FactFinder, United States Census Bureau |title=U.S. Census Bureau – Ancestry:2010 – Glendale city, California |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_SF4/B01001/1600000US0630000/popgroup~513 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212093800/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_SF4/B01001/1600000US0630000/popgroup~513 |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |access-date=March 18, 2013 |publisher=Factfinder.census.gov}} (making up 34.1% of the total population), increasing from 1990 when there were 31,402 Armenian Americans in the city.{{Cite web |date=September 8, 2002 |title=Armenian Population Up Valley, Glendale And Burbank Show Big Percentage Hikes |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/ARMENIAN+POPULATION+UP+VALLEY,+GLENDALE+AND+BURBANK+SHOW+BIG...-a091245026 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716000624/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/ARMENIAN+POPULATION+UP+VALLEY%2c+GLENDALE+AND+BURBANK+SHOW+BIG...-a091245026 |archive-date=July 16, 2017 |access-date=January 29, 2011 |publisher=Thefreelibrary.com}} As of 2005, one-third of Los Angeles' estimated 153,000 Armenians (or 51,000, around a quarter of Glendale's 205,000 residents) lived in Glendale. At that time, Armenians held a majority on the Glendale city council,Shields, Nicholas. "[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-apr-07-me-election7-story.html Armenians Will Hold a Majority on Glendale Council] ." Los Angeles Times. April 7, 2005. Retrieved March 28, 2014. and it had done so since that year. By 2005, the Armenian population was 40% of the total population.{{Cite news |last=Covarrubias |first=Amanda |date=August 8, 2005 |title=New Era for Glendale Armenians |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-aug-08-me-armenian8-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128034356/http://articles.latimes.com/2005/aug/08/local/me-armenian8 |archive-date=January 28, 2013 |access-date=July 10, 2021 |work=Los Angeles Times}}

In 2014, a Glendale Police Department spokesperson, stated, "In five to eight years, the [Armenian] community went from a few thousand to about 40,000." Levon Marashlian, an instructor of Armenian history at Glendale College, stated that in the early 1990s Glendale's Armenian community became the largest in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, surpassing the Armenian community of Hollywood. Alice Petrossian, the GUSD director of intercultural education, stated that Burbank lies within the middle of other Armenian communities, so it attracted Armenians. There are also a great number of Armenian immigrants from Iran who, due to the religious restrictions and lifestyle limitations of the Islamic government, immigrated to the US, many to Glendale since it was where their relatives resided.

In 1994, a new headquarters of the Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region opened in Glendale. ANCA Chairman Raffi Hamparian stated "One could look at it cynically and say they're coming because this is an election year, but on the other hand[,] the Armenian community has a lot of friends, because we're active in the public life of many cities[.]"{{Cite news |last=Ryfle |first=Steve |date=October 27, 1994 |title=Glendale: Armenian Center to Celebrate Opening |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-10-27-me-55263-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140328121542/http://articles.latimes.com/1994-10-27/local/me-55263_1_armenian-community |archive-date=March 28, 2014 |access-date=July 10, 2021 |work=Los Angeles Times}} In 2004, the Armenian Cultural Foundation started planning for an educational and recreational youth center in south Glendale. In 2009, upon the center's completion, the various Armenian Revolutionary Federation-aligned organizations — such as the Armenian National Committee of America, the Armenian Relief Society, the Armenian Youth Federation and Hamazkayin — moved to this new facility.{{Citation |title=About the Center |url=https://gycglendale.org/about-the-center/ |access-date=August 6, 2024 |archive-date=August 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806184258/https://gycglendale.org/about-the-center/ |url-status=live}}

The Armenian Assembly of America's Western Region office is in Glendale.{{Citation |title=Contact Us |url=https://www.armenian-assembly.org/contact-us |access-date=August 6, 2024 |archive-date=August 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806182556/https://www.armenian-assembly.org/contact-us |url-status=live}}

The Armenian General Benevolent Union serves Glendale through its Pasadena-based Pasadena-Glendale chapter.{{Citation |title=Pasadena-Glendale Chapter |url=https://agbuwesternregion.org/pasadena-chapter/ |access-date=August 6, 2024 |archive-date=August 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806184605/https://agbuwesternregion.org/pasadena-chapter/ |url-status=live}}

Homenetmen, a non-aligned sport and scouting organization, started its Glendale Ararat chapter in 1983. Since 1996, the chapter has been located in neighboring Glassell Park.{{Citation |title=History of Ararat |url=https://www.ararat.org/about-us/history-of-ararat/ |access-date=August 6, 2024 |archive-date=August 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806190751/https://www.ararat.org/about-us/history-of-ararat/ |url-status=live}}

In the 1930s, Glendale prevented the Civilian Conservation Corps from stationing African American workers in a local park, citing sundown town ordinances that both cities had adopted.{{Cite book |last=Loewen |first=James W. |author-link=James W. Loewen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=abhIDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT81 |title=Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism |date=2005 |publisher=The New Press |isbn=978-1-62097-454-4 |location=New York City |access-date=March 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318040521/https://books.google.com/books?id=abhIDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT81 |archive-date=March 18, 2023 |url-status=live |via=Google Books}}

The Mexican American community was established in Glendale by the 1960s. The late 1980s and early 1990s also saw increases in Mexican American population as Glendale offers higher-quality education in a safer suburban environment away from the city.

Several Korean cities have sought to create business and cultural relationships with Glendale.{{Cite web |date=December 31, 2012 |title=S. Korea pursues closer ties with Glendale |url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/glendale-news-press/community/tn-818-1231-s-korea-pursues-closer-ties-with-glendale-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824235930/https://www.latimes.com/socal/glendale-news-press/community/tn-818-1231-s-korea-pursues-closer-ties-with-glendale-story.html |archive-date=August 24, 2022 |access-date=August 24, 2022 |website=Los Angeles Times |agency=Glendale News-Press}} Central Park has a monument to commemorate Korean comfort women of World War II. It was the only such monument on the West Coast until the opening of the San Francisco Comfort Women Memorial in 2017.{{Cite web |last=Southern California Public Radio |date=August 11, 2014 |title=Glendale wins legal battle over monument to WW II 'comfort women' |url=http://www.scpr.org/blogs/multiamerican/2014/08/11/17131/glendale-monument-comfort-women/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924095551/http://www.scpr.org/blogs/multiamerican/2014/08/11/17131/glendale-monument-comfort-women/ |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=June 1, 2015 |website=Southern California Public Radio}}

{{as of|2012}}, Filipino Americans were the third largest minority group in Glendale, making up seven percent of the city's total population, overtaking Korean Americans.{{Cite news |last=Levine |first=Brittany |date=April 26, 2012 |title=Glendale sees rise in Filipino population |url=https://www.latimes.com/tn-gnp-0427-city-sees-shifts-in-population-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219000315/http://www.latimes.com/tn-gnp-0427-city-sees-shifts-in-population-story.html |archive-date=February 19, 2017 |access-date=February 17, 2017 |work=Los Angeles Times}}

In 2022, the Filipino American Friendship Monument was unveiled in Central Park.{{Cite web |date=April 6, 2022 |title=Filipino American Friendship Monument unveiled in Glendale, CA — |url=https://www.asianjournal.com/usa/los-angeles/filipino-american-friendship-monument-unveiled-in-glendale-ca/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630191039/https://www.asianjournal.com/usa/los-angeles/filipino-american-friendship-monument-unveiled-in-glendale-ca/ |archive-date=June 30, 2022 |access-date=August 24, 2022}}

After the Iranian Revolution, many Persians migrated to the cities seeking a suburban city with lower crime and quality education.{{Cite news |last=Mitchell |first=John L. |date=February 13, 1990 |title=Iranian Jews Find a Beverly Hills Refuge : Immigrants: Khomeini's revolution drove 40,000 of them into exile. At least 30,000 may live in or near the city that symbolizes wealth |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-02-13-me-543-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707035446/http://articles.latimes.com/1990-02-13/local/me-543_1_beverly-hills |archive-date=July 7, 2012 |access-date=July 18, 2021 |work=Los Angeles Times}}

There is a large Christian and Oriental Orthodox community in Glendale. St. Mark's Episcopal Church dates back to 1888, but the current building was built in 1948.{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.saintmarks.la/history |access-date=August 21, 2024 |archive-date=August 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821174201/https://www.saintmarks.la/history |url-status=live}} Holy Family Catholic Church dates back to 1907, but the current building was consecrated in 1922.{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.hfglendale.org/history |access-date=August 21, 2024 |archive-date=May 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525144439/https://hfglendale.org/history |url-status=live}}

Since 1975, St. Mary's Armenian Apostolic Church has served Glendale.{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://stmarysglendale.org/about-us/ |access-date=August 21, 2024 |archive-date=August 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821172710/https://stmarysglendale.org/about-us/ |url-status=live}} The Cathedral of Saint Gregory the Illuminator was consecrated in 2001.{{Citation |title=Saint Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Catholic Cathedral |url=http://www.ourladyofnareg.org/parishes/saint-gregory-the-illuminator-armenian-catholic-cathedral/ |access-date=August 6, 2024 |archive-date=January 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116223554/http://www.ourladyofnareg.org/parishes/saint-gregory-the-illuminator-armenian-catholic-cathedral/ |url-status=live}} In 2012, the North American diocese of the Armenian Catholic Church moved from New York City to Glendale.{{Cite news |last=Mirror-Spectator Staff |date=November 8, 2012 |title=New Bishop Takes Charge of Catholic Armenian Flock in US |url=http://www.mirrorspectator.com/2012/11/08/new-bishop-takes-charge-of-catholic-armenian-flock-in-us/ |access-date=April 13, 2015 |publisher=The American Mirror-Spectator}}

Since 2012, the Islamic Center of Glendale, a Sunni mosque, has served Glendale.{{Cite web |last=Liana Aghajanian |date=July 23, 2012 |title=Intersections: A new mosque connects local Muslims |url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/glendale-news-press/opinion/tn-gnp-0723-intersections-a-new-mosque-connects-local-muslims-story.html |access-date=August 21, 2024 |website=Glendale News-Press |archive-date=August 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821171126/https://www.latimes.com/socal/glendale-news-press/opinion/tn-gnp-0723-intersections-a-new-mosque-connects-local-muslims-story.html |url-status=live}}

Since 1949, Temple Sinai, a Reform synagogue, has served Glendale.{{Cite web |date=March 6, 2023 |title=History & Vision |url=https://www.temple-sinai.net/welcome/history-vision/ |access-date=August 21, 2024 |archive-date=August 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821171456/https://www.temple-sinai.net/welcome/history-vision/ |url-status=live}}

Since 2008, a Self-Realization Fellowship temple has served Glendale.{{Cite web |title=Glendale Temple |url=https://yogananda.org/glendale-temple |access-date=August 21, 2024 |archive-date=August 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821174002/https://yogananda.org/glendale-temple |url-status=live}}

Since at least the 1960s, the Adams Hill neighborhood has been home to an LGBT+ community.{{Cite web |url=https://laist.com/shows/airtalk/acclaimed-historian-and-lgbt-archivist-discuss-the-history-of-gay-los-angeles|website=LAist|title=Acclaimed historian and LGBT archivist discuss the history of gay Los Angeles|date=September 9, 2015|access-date=January 16, 2025}}{{Cite web |url=https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4k40355b/|website=Online Archive of California|title=Matthew and Buddy of Glendale photograph albums|access-date=January 16, 2025}}

Since 2019,{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/glendale-news-press/news/la-tn-gnp-me-glendale-pride-crescenta-valley-20190514-story.html|work=Glendale News-Press|author=Andrew J. Campa|title=Several Glendale schools, students participate in Pride art showcase|date=May 14, 2019 |access-date=October 21, 2024}} glendaleOUT has advocated on behalf of Glendale's LGBT+ residents. Since 2022, the origination has hosted the annual Glendale Pride in the Park event held at Adams Square Mini-Park.{{cite web |url=https://www.eglendalelac.org/pride-month-2022|title=Pride Month|access-date=October 21, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.eglendalelac.org/blog/art-spotlight-glendaleout|title=Spotlight on glendaleOUT|author=Jacqueline Hernandez|access-date=October 21, 2024}} The event is a family-friendly picnic.{{cite web |url=https://www.losangelesblade.com/2024/05/31/southern-californias-lgbtq-2024-pride-events/|work=Los Angeles Blade|title=Southern California's LGBTQ+ 2024 Pride events|date=May 31, 2024|access-date=October 23, 2024}}

GALAS LGBTQ+ Armenian Society provides specialized services to the local Armenian LGBT+ community, and the organization has been recognized as a community leader by Glendale elected officials. At the Glendale City Council's 2024 proclamation declaring June as LGBTQ+ Pride Month, GALAS Boardmember Shant Jaltorossian commented, stating "Our work as a cultural hub and resource group emphasizes the importance of intersectionality in our fight for justice. GALAS will continue to build a loving community which celebrates our roots, both Armenian and LGBTQ+, as we advocate for a better, more inclusive future."{{cite web |url=https://outlooknewspapers.com/glendalenewspress/news/city-approves-1b-budget-proclaims-pride-month/article_25b593b9-3de9-57f8-9f46-6da2bef40ebe.html|title=City Approves $1B Budget, Proclaims Pride Month|work=Glendale News-Press|author=Kennedy Zak|date=July 1, 2024|access-date=August 28, 2024}} PFLAG also has a chapter in Glendale.{{cite web |url=https://pflag.org/chapter/glendale/|title=PFLAG Glendale|access-date=March 3, 2025}}

At the June 6, 2023 Glendale Unified Board of Education meeting, where an annual Pride Month declaration was to occur, a crowd of more than 200 — including far-right organizations such as the Proud Boys{{cite web |url=https://knock-la.com/glendale-pride/ |author1=Motter, John |author2=Kurtzman, Jordan|title=Proud Boys and Others Descend on Glendale Unified School District to Protest Pride |work=Knock LA |date=June 9, 2023|access-date=October 23, 2024}} — gathered outside the Glendale Unified School District headquarters. As tensions between pro- and anti-LGBT+ sides rose, the Glendale Police Department declared an unlawful assembly.{{cite web |url=https://www.dailynews.com/2023/06/06/lgbtq-protections-and-gender-policy-sparks-glendale-school-board-war/ |author=Harter, Clara |title=LGBTQ protections and gender policy sparks Glendale school board war |work= Los Angeles Daily News|date=June 6, 2023|access-date=October 23, 2024}}

Several large companies have offices in Glendale, including the U.S. headquarters of International House of Pancakes. The Los Angeles regional office of California's State Compensation Insurance Fund is in Glendale. Americas United Bank was founded in Glendale in 2006 and is still headquartered there. In August 2013, Avery Dennison Corp., a label maker for major brands, announced plans to move its headquarters from Pasadena to Glendale.{{Cite web |date=August 3, 2013 |title=Avery Dennison moving its headquarters from Pasadena to Glendale |url=http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_23779793/avery-dennison-moving-its-headquarters-from-pasadena-glendale |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130802045328/http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_23779793/avery-dennison-moving-its-headquarters-from-pasadena-glendale |archive-date=August 2, 2013 |website=Los Angeles Daily News}} Avery employs about 26,000 people.

{{As of|2024}}, the top employers in the city are (with number of employees):{{Cite web |title=Annual Comprehensive Financial Report: Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2024 |url=https://www.glendaleca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/77178/638701178972670000 |access-date= |website=}}

Grand Central Airport was a municipal airport developed from 1923 which became the largest employer in Glendale for many years, and contributed to the development of aviation in the United States in many important ways. The main terminal building still stands and includes both Art Deco and Spanish-style architectural elements. The facility was the first official terminal for the Los Angeles area, as well as the departure point for the first commercial west-to-east transcontinental flight flown by Charles Lindbergh. During World War II, the Grand Central Air Terminal building was camouflaged to protect it from enemy targeting. It was closed down in 1959, and made way for the Grand Central Business Centre, an industrial park.

Glendale, along with neighboring Burbank, has served as a major production center for the American film industry and especially animation.

Located near Walt Disney's Hyperion studio in Los Feliz, the Alex Theatre was Disney's favorite place during the 1930s to gauge audience reactions to his cartoons.{{Cite web |date=May 13, 2015 |title=Disney's Preview Palace: The Alex Theater |url=http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-alex-theater/ |access-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814232101/https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-alex-theater/ |url-status=live}} Following his death in 1966, Disney was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.{{Cite web |last=Greg Melville |date=September 29, 2022 |title=Inside the Disneyland of Graveyards |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/inside-the-disneyland-of-graveyards-180980510/ |access-date=August 14, 2024 |website=Smithsonian}}

When The Walt Disney Company outgrew its Burbank studio lot in the early 1960s, it expanded to Glendale's Grand Central Business Centre. First came the headquarters for Imagineering, and from 1985 to 1995, during the Disney Renaissance, Walt Disney Animation Studios (then known as Walt Disney Feature Animation) was headquartered in the Grand Central Business Centre. Disneytoon Studios, a division of WDAS, is still located in the Grand Central Business Centre near GC3, along with the Animation Research Library, Disney Animation's archive. Today, Disney's Grand Central Creative Campus (known as GC3 for short) is also home to Consumer Products, Disney Interactive, Marvel Animation and The Muppets Studio.{{Cite news |last=Patten |first=Dominic |date=September 19, 2012 |title=Marvel Studios Heading to Walt Disney Backyard |url=https://deadline.com/2012/09/marvel-studios-heading-to-walt-disney-company-backyard-the-avengers-thor-captain-america-339226/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110195308/http://www.deadline.com/2012/09/marvel-studios-heading-to-walt-disney-company-backyard-the-avengers-thor-captain-america/ |archive-date=November 10, 2013 |access-date=December 29, 2012 |work=Deadline Hollywood}} Disney-owned KABC-TV is located on Circle 7 Drive to the south of GC3.

Between 1991 and 2006,{{Cite web |title=UNIVERSAL CARTOON STUDIOS |url=http://www.animationguild.org/_Home/home_FRM1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060310223635/http://www.animationguild.org/_Home/home_FRM1.html |archive-date=March 10, 2006}} Universal Cartoon Studios was located in Glendale.

In 1992, Disney and Warner Bros. animator and director Darrell Van Citters and his business partner Ashley Postlewaite founded Renegade Animation in neighboring Burbank, and it soon moved to Glendale.{{Cite web |title=Renegade Celebrates 25 Years! |url=http://www.renegadeanimation.com/history.html |access-date=August 19, 2024}}

In 1994, Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen formed DreamWorks SKG, a diversified entertainment company. DreamWorks Animation remains located in the city's Grand Central Business Centre on land formerly occupied by a helicopter landing base next to the old airfield (and next to KABC-TV). Following the acquisition of DreamWorks Animation by Comcast and its NBCUniversal subsidiary in 2016, Katzenberg said that "We will absolutely continue to make animated films here."{{Cite web |last=Dave McNary |date=May 4, 2016 |title=Comcast Toppers: DreamWorks Animation Will Stay in Glendale |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/comcast-dreamworks-animation-glendale-1201767024/ |access-date=August 6, 2024 |website=Variety |archive-date=August 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806223903/https://variety.com/2016/film/news/comcast-dreamworks-animation-glendale-1201767024/ |url-status=live}}

In 2002, the city's redevelopment agency gave Animation Initiative Glendale six months to develop a viable plan for adapting the historic Fidelity Federal Savings and Loan building{{Cite web |title=Fidelity Federal Savings and Loan (1956) |url=https://www.midcenturybanks.com/new-page-26 |access-date=August 6, 2024}} for use as an animation museum.{{Cite web |last=Patricia Ward Biederman |date=November 19, 2002 |title=Animation Center Vision Gets Glendale's Support |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-nov-19-me-bank19-story.html |access-date=August 6, 2024 |website=Los Angeles Times |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814234812/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-nov-19-me-bank19-story.html |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Patricia Ward Biederman |date=December 14, 2002 |title=Cartoon Fans Draw a Bead on Glendale |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-dec-14-me-animation14-story.html |access-date=August 6, 2024 |website=Los Angeles Times |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814233010/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-dec-14-me-animation14-story.html |url-status=live}} These plans were ultimately unsuccessful.

Since 2014, television network Fuse has been based in Glendale.{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/glendale-news-press/news/tn-gnp-glendalebased-nuvotv-buying-fuse-from-msg-20140404-story.html|work=Glendale News-Press|title=Glendale-based NUVOtv buying Fuse from MSG|date=April 4, 2014|access-date=November 26, 2024}}

Since 2016, LGBT+ streaming network Revry has been headquartered in Glendale.{{Cite web |url=https://members.laglcc.org/list/member/revry-inc-glendale-7046|title=Revry, Inc.|access-date=November 26, 2024}}

In 2024, East End Studios announced the completion of a film production complex, named "Glendale", featuring two sound stages and ancillary facilities.{{Cite web |last=Steven Sharp |date=June 5, 2024 |title=Rendering vs. Reality: East End Studios at 1239 S. Glendale Avenue |url=https://la.urbanize.city/post/rendering-vs-reality-east-end-studios-1239-s-glendale-avenue |access-date=August 6, 2024 |website=Urbanize LA}} A second, much larger East End Studios facility in Glendale, named "Griffith", is currently being built.{{Cite web |last=Steven Sharp |date=April 5, 2023 |title=Renderings revealed: East End Studios development at 5426 San Fernando Road in Glendale |url=https://la.urbanize.city/post/renderings-revealed-east-end-studios-development-5426-san-fernando-road-glendale |access-date=August 6, 2024 |website=Urbanize LA |archive-date=August 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806225317/https://la.urbanize.city/post/renderings-revealed-east-end-studios-development-5426-san-fernando-road-glendale |url-status=live}}

In October 2024, Mayor Elen Asatryan travelled to South Korea, where she struck an entertainment partnership deal with the Incheon Free Economic Zone. The agreement includes a new government-to-government platform jointly built by the governments of Incheon and Glendale and sharing it with entertainment companies in both cities.{{cite web |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/tech/2024/10/129_384996.html|work=The Korea Times|title=Incheon-Glendale deal envisions K-pop-Hollywood collaboration|author=Ko Dong-hwan|date=October 25, 2024|access-date=October 28, 2024}}

Glendale Tech Week was created in 2016 to celebrate technology through panel discussions, workshops, and networking events.{{Cite web|url=https://www.glendaletechweek.com/about|title=About|access-date=September 9, 2024|archive-date=September 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910070459/https://www.glendaletechweek.com/about|url-status=live}}

In 2017, Glendale's City Council adopted the Glendale Tech Strategy, a roadmap for growing Glendale's technology-based sector.{{Cite web |url=https://www.chooseglendaleca.com/tech|title=Glendale's Tech Ecosystem|access-date=September 9, 2024}}

In 2023, Glendale and neighboring Burbank partnered to launch Upstart Valley, a program to support startups, entrepreneurs, and the technology industry.{{Cite web|url=https://www.glendaleca.gov/Home/Components/News/News/8762/16|title=Cities of Glendale and Burbank Collaborate to Launch 'Upstart Valley' Hub|date=April 18, 2023|access-date=September 9, 2024|archive-date=September 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910070459/https://www.glendaleca.gov/Home/Components/News/News/8762/16|url-status=live}}

Notable technology companies in Glendale include:

• Evite
• LegalZoom
• ServiceTitan

File:GlendaleYMCA2.jpg style Glendale YMCA, built in 1924.]]

Influenced by the city's immigrant history, Glendale's food culture includes a wide selection of international cuisines, including Filipino cuisine{{Cite web |last=Brittany Levine |date=October 14, 2013 |title=Glendale acknowledges its Filipino population |url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/glendale-news-press/news/tn-gnp-city-acknowledges-its-filipino-population-20131014-story.html |access-date=August 19, 2024 |website=Glendale News-Press}} and Armenian cuisine and also Iranian cuisine.{{Cite web |last=Rebecca Roland |date=May 10, 2017 |title=The 19 Essential Restaurants in Glendale |url=https://la.eater.com/maps/best-glendale-california-restaurants |access-date=August 19, 2024 |website=Eater |archive-date=August 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819232913/https://la.eater.com/maps/best-glendale-california-restaurants |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Patricia Kelly Yeo |date=May 4, 2024 |title=The best restaurants in Glendale |url=https://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/restaurants/best-glendale-restaurants |access-date=August 19, 2024 |website=Time Out |archive-date=September 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920054335/https://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/restaurants/best-glendale-restaurants |url-status=live}}

Zhengyalov Hatz, which serves zhingyalov hats, is the Michelin Guide's only Armenian restaurant in the United States.{{Cite web |date=July 20, 2023 |title=The MICHELIN Guide's Only Armenian Restaurant in America |url=https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/article/features/michelin-guide-armenian-restaurant-california-glendale-zhengyalov-hatz |access-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814182217/https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/article/features/michelin-guide-armenian-restaurant-california-glendale-zhengyalov-hatz |url-status=live}}

{{See also|Glendale Register of Historic Resources and Historic Districts|National Register of Historic Places listings in Los Angeles County, California}}

Important landmarks in Glendale include the Alex Theatre,{{Cite web |title=Alexander Theatre |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/96000102 |access-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-date=January 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130224642/https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/96000102 |url-status=live}} the Glendale Main Post Office,{{Cite web |title=US Post Office--Glendale Main |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/85000128 |access-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-date=September 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920054335/https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/85000128 |url-status=live}} and the Glendale Transportation Center.{{Cite web |title=Glendale Southern Pacific Railroad Depot |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/97000376 |access-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-date=December 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215150439/https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/97000376 |url-status=live}}

The Glendale Public Library operates eight public libraries in the city.{{Cite web |title=In-Person Services |url=https://www.eglendalelac.org/in-person-services |access-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-date=September 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920054335/https://www.eglendalelac.org/in-person-services |url-status=live}}

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{{See also|List of museums in Los Angeles County, California}}

In 2016, the Museum of Neon Art (MONA), which focuses on historical neon signs, moved to downtown Glendale, with the City committed to funding the museum's new site and construction.{{Cite web |last=Ahn |first=Abe |date=February 3, 2016 |title=The Museum of Neon Art Switches Back on in LA |url=http://hyperallergic.com/267144/the-museum-of-neon-art-switches-back-on-in-la/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129083853/https://hyperallergic.com/267144/the-museum-of-neon-art-switches-back-on-in-la/ |archive-date=January 29, 2022 |access-date=February 3, 2022 |website=Hyperallergic.com}} The museum has featured exhibitions dedicated to the local community, including Armenians{{Cite web |title=Memorial to Armenian Genocide |url=https://www.neonmona.org/myportfolio/memorial-to-armenian-genocide/ |access-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-date=September 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920054337/https://www.neonmona.org/myportfolio/memorial-to-armenian-genocide/ |url-status=live}} and LGBTQ+ people.{{Cite web |date=October 27, 2023 |title=Local museum features neon art championed by LGBTQ+ artists |url=https://abc7.com/museum-of-neon-art-lgbtq-history-queer-artists-glendale/13975858/ |access-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814222428/https://abc7.com/museum-of-neon-art-lgbtq-history-queer-artists-glendale/13975858/ |url-status=live}}

In 2024, the Martial Arts History Museum, which is devoted to the history of martial arts, moved to Glendale.{{Cite web |last=Kennedy Zak |date=July 22, 2024 |title=Martial Arts Museum Finds New Home |url=https://glendalenewspress.outlooknewspapers.com/2024/07/22/martial-arts-museum-finds-new-home/ |access-date=August 14, 2024 |website=Glendale News-Press |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814185643/https://glendalenewspress.outlooknewspapers.com/2024/07/22/martial-arts-museum-finds-new-home/ |url-status=live}} The museum has displays relating to Chinese kung fu, Filipino kali, Hawaiian Kapu Kuialua, Japanese judo and karate, Korean taekwondo, and Thai Muay Thai.{{Cite web |date=January 15, 2018 |title=Meet Michael Matsuda of Martial Arts History Museum in Burbank |url=https://voyagela.com/interview/meet-michael-matsuda-martial-arts-history-museum-burbank/ |access-date=August 14, 2024 |website=Voyage LA |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814185644/https://voyagela.com/interview/meet-michael-matsuda-martial-arts-history-museum-burbank/ |url-status=live}} At this new, larger location, the museum will also feature Armenian kokh and Mexican lucha libre.{{Cite web |date=April 16, 2024 |title=Martial Arts History Museum Reopens Its Doors |url=https://glendalenewspress.outlooknewspapers.com/2024/04/16/martial-arts-history-museum-reopens-its-doors/ |access-date=August 14, 2024 |website=Glendale News-Press |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814190734/https://glendalenewspress.outlooknewspapers.com/2024/04/16/martial-arts-history-museum-reopens-its-doors/ |url-status=live}}

Local galleries include ace/121 Gallery,{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.ace121gallery.com/about |access-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814221051/https://www.ace121gallery.com/about |url-status=live}} Armenian Arts,{{Cite web |title=About Armenian Arts |url=https://www.armenianarts.com/about-armenian-arts/ |access-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-date=August 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815042646/https://www.armenianarts.com/about-armenian-arts/ |url-status=live}} Junior High,{{Cite web |title=Junior High |url=https://juniorhighlosangeles.com/ |access-date=August 22, 2024 |archive-date=September 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920054336/https://juniorhighlosangeles.com/ |url-status=live}} and Tufenkian Fine Arts.{{Cite web |title=Contact |url=https://www.tufenkianfinearts.com/contact/ |access-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814215544/https://www.tufenkianfinearts.com/contact/ |url-status=live}}

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The Alex Theatre is a performing arts center featuring live performances and film screenings.{{Cite web |title=Alex Theatre |url=https://www.laconservancy.org/locations/alex-theatre |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130135815/https://www.laconservancy.org/locations/alex-theatre |archive-date=January 30, 2022 |access-date=February 3, 2022}}

Local theatre companies include Antaeus Theatre Company{{Cite web |title=Antaeus History & Mission |url=https://antaeus.org/antaeus-history-mission |access-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-date=September 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920054337/https://antaeus.org/antaeus-history-mission |url-status=live}} and The Nocturne Theatre.{{Cite web |title=About us |url=https://thenocturnetheatre.com/about-us/ |access-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814181449/https://thenocturnetheatre.com/about-us/ |url-status=live}}

The City sponsors several concert series: the Brand Summer Music Series, at the Brand Library;{{Cite web|url=https://www.glendaleartsandculture.org/brandsummermusicseries|title=Brand Summer Music Series|access-date=August 30, 2024|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830225901/https://www.glendaleartsandculture.org/brandsummermusicseries|url-status=live}} the Jewel City Concert Series, at the Artsakh Paseo;{{Cite web|url=https://www.glendaleartsandculture.org/jewelcityconcertseries|title=Jewl City Concert Series|access-date=August 30, 2024|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830225902/https://www.glendaleartsandculture.org/jewelcityconcertseries|url-status=live}} and the Summer Concert Series, at Verdugo Park.{{Cite web |url=https://www.glendaleca.gov/government/departments/community-services-parks/special-events/summer-concerts-series#ad-image-3|title=Summer Concerts Series|access-date=August 30, 2024}}

The City of Glendale's public art includes "Beyond the Box", a utility box art program which includes more than 150 murals,{{Cite web |title=Beyond the Box - Mural Art Program |url=https://www.glendaleartsandculture.org/beyondthebox |access-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814225627/https://www.glendaleartsandculture.org/beyondthebox |url-status=live}} and "Creative Crosswalks", a crosswalk mural program.{{Cite web |title=Creative Crosswalks |url=https://www.glendaleartsandculture.org/creativecrosswalks |access-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814225626/https://www.glendaleartsandculture.org/creativecrosswalks |url-status=live}}

In 2016, a 1936 Streamline Moderne filling station in the Adams Hills neighborhood was added to the Glendale Register of Historic Resources and Historic Districts and converted into a public art gallery.{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/glendale-news-press/tn-gnp-me-0624-adams-park-20160623-story.html|work=Glendale News-Press|title=Historic designation fuels celebration of '30s gas station in Adams Hill neighborhood|author=Arin Mikailian|date=June 23, 2016|access-date=August 27, 2024}}

The city has nearly 50 public parks, from Deukmejian Wilderness Park in the north to Cerritos Park in the south.{{Cite web |title=Parks – Glendale, CA |url=http://parksmap.glendaleca.gov/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504200930/http://parksmap.glendaleca.gov/ |archive-date=May 4, 2015 |access-date=June 1, 2015}}

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According to the city's most recent comprehensive annual financial report, the city's various funds had $576 million in revenues, $543 million in expenditures, $2,090 million in total assets, $481 million in total liabilities, and $460 million in cash and investments.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110717013619/http://www.ci.glendale.ca.us/admin-svcs/CAFR/YearEnd6-08/introductory_section.pdf City of Glendale CAFR]}}. Retrieved August 12, 2009.

Glendale elects its City Council members at large, to a four-year term. Elections are held on a Tuesday after the first Monday in April of odd-numbered years along with the Glendale Unified School District Board of Education and the Glendale Community College District Board of Trustees.

The mayor is Ara Najarian.{{Cite web |title=City Council |url=http://glendaleca.gov/government/city-council |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030033836/http://www.glendaleca.gov/government/city-council |archive-date=October 30, 2015 |access-date=May 27, 2020 |website=glendaleca.gov}}

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services operates the Glendale Health Center in Glendale."[http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/phn/docs/HealthCenter/glendale.pdf Glendale Health Center] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527190336/http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/phn/docs/HealthCenter/glendale.pdf |date=May 27, 2010}}." Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. Retrieved on March 27, 2010.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services operates the Glendale DPSS welfare office on San Fernando Road.

The Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation operates Crescenta Valley park in North Glendale

The Los Angeles County Department of Aging and Disabilities operates an undisclosed Adult Protective Services office in Glendale

In the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Glendale is in the Fifth District, represented by Kathryn Barger.{{Cite web |title=Supervisor Kathryn Barger | The 5th District |url=https://kathrynbarger.lacounty.gov/the-5th-district/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207181855/https://kathrynbarger.lacounty.gov/the-5th-district/ |archive-date=December 7, 2021 |access-date=February 3, 2022 |website=Kathrynbarger.lacounty.gov}}

In the United States House of Representatives, Glendale is in {{Representative|cacd|30|fmt=district}}.{{Cite GovTrack|CA|30}}

In the California State Legislature, Glendale is in {{Representative|casd|25|fmt=sdistrict}}, and in both {{Representative|caad|44|fmt=adistrict}}, and {{Representative|caad|52|fmt=adistrict}}.{{Cite web |title=Statewide Database |url=http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201113744/http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html |archive-date=February 1, 2015 |access-date=November 18, 2014 |publisher=UC Regents}}

{{see also|Crime in Glendale, California}}

In 1977 and 1978, 10 murdered women were found in and around Glendale in what became known as the case of the Hillside Strangler. The murders were the work of Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono, the latter of whom resided at 703 East Colorado Street, where most of the murders took place.{{Cite news |last=Rasmussen |first=Cecilia |date=August 17, 1992 |title=Crime Figure |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-08-17-me-5255-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913234402/http://articles.latimes.com/1992-08-17/local/me-5255_1_crime-figure/2 |archive-date=September 13, 2011 |access-date=April 20, 2011 |work=Los Angeles Times}}

In 2014, Glendale was named the ninth-safest city in America in a report published by 24/7 Wall Street based on violent crime rates in cities with more than 100,000 people.{{Cite web |last=Glendale News Press |date=November 13, 2014 |title=Jewel City shines in FBI report |url=http://www.glendalenewspress.com/news/tn-gnp-jewel-city-shines-in-fbi-report-20141113,0,7495330.story |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141126011527/http://www.glendalenewspress.com/news/tn-gnp-jewel-city-shines-in-fbi-report-20141113,0,7495330.story |archive-date=November 26, 2014 |access-date=December 3, 2014 |website=Los Angeles Times}} Also in 2014, real estate company Movoto used FBI data crime data from 2013 to conduct a study of 100 U.S. cities with populations between 126,047 and 210,309 residents and concluded that Glendale was the safest mid-sized city in America.{{Cite news |date=January 16, 2014 |title=These Are The 10 Safest Mid-Sized Cities In America |url=http://www.movoto.com/blog/top-ten/safest-mid-sized-cities-in-america/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140123201106/http://www.movoto.com/blog/top-ten/safest-mid-sized-cities-in-america/ |archive-date=January 23, 2014 |access-date=December 3, 2014 |work=Movoto.com}}

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The Glendale Unified School District operates the public schools in Glendale.{{Cite web |title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Los Angeles County, CA |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06037_los_angeles/DC20SD_C06037.pdf |access-date=January 16, 2024 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |pages=6, 10 (PDF pp. 7, 11/19) |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121194221/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06037_los_angeles/DC20SD_C06037.pdf |url-status=live}} It consists of 20 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, 4 high schools and 3 facilities for homeschoolers and special-needs students.{{Cite web |title=Overview & Accolades / District Overview |url=https://www.gusd.net/domain/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gusd.net%2Fsite%2Fdefault.aspx%3FDomainID%3D11 |access-date=December 30, 2024 |website=www.gusd.net}} A number of private schools also operate in Glendale.

Glendale Community College has served Glendale since 1927.{{cite web |title=History |url=https://www.glendale.edu/about-gcc/gcc-overview/gcc-historye |website=Glendale Community College |access-date=December 30, 2024}}

Since 1928, Glendale's English language newspaper of record has been the weekly Glendale News-Press,{{cite web|url=https://asbarez.com/glendale-news-press-to-publish-last-edition-saturday/|work=Asbarez|title=Glendale News-Press to Publish Last Edition Saturday|date=April 17, 2020|access-date=December 30, 2024}} which has been owned by Outlook Newspapers since 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2020-04-30/charlie-plowman-outlook-acquires-burbank-leader-la-canada-valley-sun|title=Publisher of La Cañada Outlook to revive Burbank Leader, Glendale News-Press and Valley Sun|date=April 30, 2020|access-date=December 30, 2024|website=Los Angeles Times}} Since 2009, another English language weekly newspaper, the Crescenta Valley Weekly, has also covered Glendale, with a focus on the northern part of Glendale in the Crescenta Valley.{{cite web|url=https://www.crescentavalleyweekly.com/about-us/|title=About Us|access-date=December 30, 2024}}. Nor Hayastan is the city's Armenian language newspaper.{{cite web|url=https://latimes.com/socal/glendale-news-press/news/tn-gnp-live-chat-armenian-media-in-glendale-burbank-20131008-story.html|work=Glendale News-Press|title=Armenian media in Glendale, Burbank|date=October 8, 2013|access-date=December 30, 2024}}. Balita Media publishes two weekly English language newspapers for the Filipino community: Balita Midweek on Wednesdays and Balita Weekend on Saturdays.{{cite web|url=https://balita.com/|title=Home|access-date=December 30, 2024}}. El Vaquero, established in 1927, is the student newspaper of Glendale Community College.{{cite web|url=https://elvaq.com/about/|title=About|access-date=January 15, 2025}}

A number of radio stations are broadcast from and/or are licensed to Glendale, including the following:

AM broadcasting

• 870 KRLA – (Conservative talk radio)

FM broadcasting

• 95.9 KFSH – (Contemporary Christian music)
• 101.9 KSCA – (Regional Mexican music)

KABC-TV, an ABC owned-and-operated news broadcasting television station serving Greater Los Angeles, has maintained its César Pelli-designed facility in Glendale since 2000.{{cite web|date=November 4, 1997|title=KABC-TV Will Move Studios to Glendale Center|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-nov-04-fi-49963-story.html|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=December 30, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://abc7.com/abc7-los-angeles-kabc-tv/50642/|title=About ABC7 Los Angeles|date=August 26, 2024|access-date=December 30, 2024}}

Since 2013, USArmenia TV has been based in Glendale. The station features Armenian language sitcoms, reality television and news broadcasting.{{cite web|url=https://latimes.com/socal/glendale-news-press/news/tn-gnp-armenian-media-thrives-in-glendale-area-20131004-story.html|work=Glendale News-Press|title=Armenian media thrives in Glendale, Burbank area|author=Joe Piasecki|date=October 4, 2013|access-date=December 30, 2024}}

The Glendale Fire Department responds to about 17,000 calls for service annually.{{Cite web |title=City of Glendale, CA : Administration |url=http://www.glendaleca.gov/government/departments/fire-department/administration- |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150125013919/http://www.glendaleca.gov/government/departments/fire-department/administration- |archive-date=January 25, 2015 |website=glendaleca.gov}} The department has nine stations, with mutual aid provided other local departments.{{Cite web |title=About ISO |url=http://www.isomitigation.com/docs/about0001.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219042926/http://www.isomitigation.com/docs/about0001.html |archive-date=February 19, 2015 |access-date=March 1, 2015}}{{failed verification|date=July 2021}} The Verdugo Fire Communications Center in Glendale was established in 1979 to consolidate fire dispatching and telecommunications between 13 local fire departments.{{Cite web |title=City of Glendale, CA : Verdugo Fire History |url=http://www.glendaleca.gov/government/departments/fire-department/verdugo-fire-communications/verdugo-fire-history |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327090740/http://glendaleca.gov/government/departments/fire-department/verdugo-fire-communications/verdugo-fire-history |archive-date=March 27, 2015 |access-date=March 1, 2015 |website=glendaleca.gov}}

{{see also|Glendale Transportation Center}}

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LADOT, Metro Local and Glendale Beeline all have buses that run in the city. Glendale Transportation Center provides connections to Greyhound buses.{{Cite web |title=Glendale Transportation Center | City of Glendale, CA |url=https://www.glendaletransit.com/about/glendale-transportation-center |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203032250/https://www.glendaletransit.com/about/glendale-transportation-center |archive-date=February 3, 2022 |access-date=February 3, 2022 |website=Glendaletransit.com}}

The North Hollywood to Pasadena Transit Corridor is a proposed {{convert|18|mi|km|adj=on}} bus rapid transit line. It is planned to operate between Pasadena City College and the North Hollywood station, where it will connect with the Metro B Line and the Metro G Line. The line is planned to connect downtown Burbank to Glendale via Glenoaks Boulevard before heading south on Central Avenue and then continuing east on Broadway. The line is expected to open in 2027.{{Cite web |date=April 12, 2019 |title=A pair of mass transit projects could shape Glendale mobility |url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/glendale-news-press/news/tn-gnp-me-north-hollywood-pasadena-brt-glendale-streetcar-20190411-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202194110/https://www.latimes.com/socal/glendale-news-press/news/tn-gnp-me-north-hollywood-pasadena-brt-glendale-streetcar-20190411-story.html |archive-date=February 2, 2022 |access-date=February 3, 2022 |website=Glendale News-Press}} The project is part of Metro's Twenty-eight by '28 initiative.{{Cite web |title=Metro – File #: 2017-0780 |url=https://metro.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3218962&GUID=60FE3AED-0408-4DE8-AD12-A866EDD48526&Options=ID%7CText%7C&Search= |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203053652/https://metro.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3218962&GUID=60FE3AED-0408-4DE8-AD12-A866EDD48526&Options=ID%7CText%7C&Search= |archive-date=February 3, 2022 |access-date=February 3, 2022 |website=Metro.legistar.com}}

A 2021 Metro staff report for the Metro Board's Planning and Programming Committee has recommended corridors where the transportation agency could pursue new bus rapid transit lines, including one between downtown Glendale and East Los Angeles College, a {{convert|13.64|mi|km|adj=on}} corridor passing through Los Feliz, Silver Lake, and Echo Park.{{Cite web |last=Sharp |first=Steven |date=October 13, 2020 |title=Metro staff recommend five corridors for future BRT lines | Urbanize LA |url=https://urbanize.city/la/post/metro-staff-recommend-five-corridors-future-brt-lines |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207235601/https://urbanize.city/la/post/metro-staff-recommend-five-corridors-future-brt-lines |archive-date=February 7, 2022 |access-date=March 17, 2022 |publisher=Urbanize.city}}

Metrolink's Antelope Valley Line and Ventura County Line stop at the Glendale Transportation Center. Also, Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner stops at Glendale Transportation Center.{{Cite web |title=Glendale Station | Metrolink |url=https://www.metrolinktrains.com/rider-info/general-info/stations/glendale/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203211423/https://metrolinktrains.com/rider-info/general-info/stations/glendale/ |archive-date=February 3, 2022 |access-date=February 3, 2022 |website=Metrolinktrains.com}}

Since 2016, Metro and Eco-Rapid Transit have been studying the feasibility of adding more frequent service and infill stations along the corridor. Also studied has been the creation of a light rail line along the Burbank-Glendale-Union Station corridor, potentially allowing trains to leave the existing right-of-way to travel through the commercial core of Glendale.{{Cite web |date=March 13, 2019 |title=Here's What Improved Rail Service Could Look Like Between Burbank, Glendale, and DTLA |url=https://urbanize.city/la/post/heres-what-improved-rail-service-could-look-between-burbank-glendale-and-dtla |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203025327/https://urbanize.city/la/post/heres-what-improved-rail-service-could-look-between-burbank-glendale-and-dtla |archive-date=February 3, 2022 |access-date=February 3, 2022 |website=Urbanize.city}}

Using a grant from the Southern California Association of Governments, the City of Glendale is now in the midst of a feasibility study for a streetcar project. The city is considering two alignments for the proposed system, both of which would feature 16 stops running approximately {{convert|2.88|mi|km}} between Stocker Street in the north and the Glendale Transportation Center in the south, where it would connect with Metrolink and Amtrak trains.{{Cite web |date=August 8, 2019 |title=Glendale Considers Two Alignments for Proposed Streetcar System | Urbanize LA |url=https://urbanize.city/la/post/glendale-considers-two-alignments-proposed-streetcar-system |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203224735/https://urbanize.city/la/post/glendale-considers-two-alignments-proposed-streetcar-system |archive-date=February 3, 2022 |access-date=March 17, 2022 |publisher=Urbanize.city}}

The closest airport that serves Glendale is the Hollywood Burbank Airport. The airport is owned by the Burbank–Glendale–Pasadena Airport Authority, a joint powers agreement between the cities of Burbank, Glendale, and Pasadena.{{Cite web |title=Airport Authority |url=https://hollywoodburbankairport.com/airport-authority/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201225543/https://hollywoodburbankairport.com/airport-authority/ |archive-date=February 1, 2022 |access-date=February 3, 2022 |website=Hollywood Burbank Airport}}

Glendale is served by four freeways: the Glendale Freeway (State Route 2), the Ventura Freeway (State Route 134), the Foothill Freeway (Interstate 210) and the Golden State Freeway (Interstate 5)

Major surface streets in the city include: Brand Boulevard, Broadway, Canada Boulevard, Central Avenue, Chevy Chase Drive, Colorado Boulevard, Foothill Boulevard, Glendale Avenue, Glenoaks Boulevard, Grandview Avenue, La Crescenta Avenue, Honolulu Avenue, Pennsylvania Avenue, Riverside Drive, Victory Boulevard, Pacific Avenue, Sonora Avenue, Western Avenue, San Fernando Road, Verdugo Road/Boulevard, Mountain Street, and Ocean View Boulevard.

==Notable people==

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• Tatev Abrahamyan, chess player
• Allisyn Ashley Arm, actress, filmmaker
• Dan Avidan, vocalist in Ninja Sex Party and Starbomb, co-host of webseries Game Grumps
• Chet Baker, jazz musician
• Zoe Barnett, actress
• Kimberly Beck, actress
• Captain Beefheart, musician
• Dawn Bender, actress
• Christian Bergman, baseball pitcher
• Elvin Bishop, musician
• Aloe Blacc, musician
• David Brin, author
• Clara Bryant, actress
• Angelo Buono, serial killer
• Julia Butters, child actress
• Lucille Carroll, actress, MGM studio executive
• Armen Chakmakian, musician and composer
• Caryl Chessman, criminal
• Migdia Chinea, filmmaker
• John Cho, actor
• Claudia Christian, actress
• Michael Cisco, novelist
• Ray Combs (1956–1996), former Family Feud host
• Doug Davidson, soap opera actor
• Bette Davis, actress
• John Debney, Academy Award-nominated composer
• Emilio Delgado, actor, Luis on Sesame Street
• Doug Dohring, CEO of Neopets
• Nicole Eggert, actress
• Erika Eleniak, model and actress
• Douglas Emerson, actor
• Robert Englund, actor, Nightmare on Elm Street
• Yvonne Lime Fedderson, actress, third wife of producer Don Fedderson
• Pat Flaherty, auto racing driver, winner of 1956 Indianapolis 500
• Laura Friedman, state politician and mayor{{Cite news |first=The Times Editorial Board |date=2024-09-11 |title=Endorsement: Laura Friedman for the 30th Congressional District |url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-09-11/endorsement-laura-friedman-for-congress |access-date=2025-05-26 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}
• Doug Forrester, businessman and politician from New Jersey
• Edward Furlong, actor
• Beverly Garland, actress and hotel owner
• Daryl Gates, former LAPD police chief
• Go Betty Go, rock star
• Scott Gorham, musician
• Ellen Louise Graham, journalist at The Wall Street Journal and 1999 Pulitzer Prize finalist
• Woody Guthrie, musician
• Joe Hahn, musician
• Peter D. Hannaford, political consultant and author associated with Ronald Reagan
• Arin Hanson, animator, vocalist of Starbomb, co-host of the webseries Game Grumps
• Thomas B. Hayward, United States admiral
• Tim Heidecker, comedian and musician
• Pamela Hensley, actress
• Taraji P. Henson, Academy Award–nominated actress
• Babe Herman, MLB right fielder
• Hardcore Holly, professional wrestler
• Chris Holmes, lead guitarist, W.A.S.P.
• John Holmes, pornographic actor{{Cite book |last=Sager |first=Mike |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3QBuyvqIq9sC&pg=PP1 |title=Scary Monsters and Super Freaks: Stories of Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll and Murder |publisher=Da Capo Press |year=2003 |isbn=9781560255635 |pages=11, 12}}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}{{Cite book |last=Schiller, Dawn |title=The Road Through Wonderland |page=47, Ch 12}}
• Ashlyne Huff, musician{{Cite web |last=Leahey |first=Andrew |title=Ashlyne Huff – Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p2121462 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318040523/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ashlyne-huff-mn0002417996 |archive-date=March 18, 2023 |access-date=August 20, 2010 |website=AllMusic}}
• Lux Interior and Poison Ivy, musicians, The Cramps
• Kathy Ireland, model and actress
• Jay-R, actor, TV host
• Nicole Jung, KPop artist{{Cite web |last=Jung |first=Nicole |date=December 8, 2020 |title=interview |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63zHpegSGxc#t=4m59s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/63zHpegSGxc |archive-date=December 11, 2021 |access-date=December 19, 2020 |website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}
• Maren Jensen, actress
• Margaret Kerry, actress{{Cite web |date=January 16, 2020 |title=The Real-Life Tinker Bell Reconnected with a Lost Love at 90 and It's Wonderful |url=https://lamag.com/featured/tinker-bell-love-story |access-date=August 14, 2024 |website=Los Angeles |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814235445/https://lamag.com/featured/tinker-bell-love-story |url-status=live}}
• James Kerwin, filmmaker
• Ed King, guitarist, Strawberry Alarm Clock & Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Robert Knapp, actor
• Don Knotts, Emmy-winning actor, lived in Glendale
• Nathan Kress, actor
• Greg Kriesel, bassist, The Offspring
• Shia LaBeouf, actor
• Jonna Lee, actress
• Robert B. Lewis, thoroughbred owner
• Mike Lieberthal, MLB All-Star catcher
• Yvonne Lime, actress
• Eric Lloyd, actor
• Mario Lopez, TV personality
• Katherine "Scottie" MacGregor, actress
• Benji Madden, lead guitarist, Good Charlotte
• Joel Madden, lead vocalist, Good Charlotte
• Daron Malakian, lead guitarist, System of a Down
• Rafi Manoukian, politician
• Vanes Martirosyan, boxer
• Tim Matheson, actor
• Rex Mays, champion race driver{{Cite news |last=Glick |first=Shav |date=October 20, 1987 |title=Auto Races Once Again Replacing Horse Races – Rex Mays' Death at Del Mar Track Is Not Forgotten |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-10-20-sp-14564-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710165712/http://articles.latimes.com/1987-10-20/sports/sp-14564_1_del-mar |archive-date=July 10, 2012 |access-date=July 8, 2021 |work=Los Angeles Times |quote="Mays, a handsome 6-footer who was born and raised in Riverside and spent most of his adult years in Glendale,"}}
• Mike Mazurki, actor and professional wrestler
• Brandon McCarthy, former pitcher for Los Angeles Dodgers
• Doug McClure, actor
• Eva Mendes, actress
• Don Milan, NFL player
• Terry Moore, actress
• Jim E. Mora, football coach
• Dennis Muren, special effects artist
• Clarence Nash, original voice of Donald Duck
• Taylor Negron, actor, comedian
• Ross O'Donovan, animator and YouTube personality
• Florence Oberle, actress
• Ken Osmond, actor from Leave It to Beaver
• Kelly Packard, actress
• Patti Paniccia (born 1952), law professor, lawyer, journalist and former professional surfer
• Melissa Pastore, pastor
• Paul Petersen, actor from The Donna Reed Show
• Sam Phillips, musician
• Jamie Pineda, front woman of pop music project Sweetbox
• Al Pollard, NFL player and announcer{{Cite web |year=2006 |title=Al Pollard Past Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards |url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=POLLAAL01 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807105149/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=POLLAAL01 |archive-date=August 7, 2011 |access-date=December 13, 2009 |website=DatabaseSports.com}}
• Donald Prothero, paleontologist and author
• Scott Radinsky, MLB pitcher{{Cite web |title=Scott Radinsky Stats |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=radinsc01 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106180855/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=radinsc01 |archive-date=November 6, 2012 |access-date=December 3, 2012 |publisher=Baseball Almanac}}
• Ronnie Radke, vocalist, Falling In Reverse{{Cite news |last=Wells |first=Jason |date=August 7, 2012 |title=Rock singer arrested in Glendale on domestic assault warrant |url=http://www.glendalenewspress.com/news/tn-gnp-0807-rock-singer-ronald-radke-arrested-in-glendale-on-domestic-assault-warrant,0,4375010.story |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130803114505/http://www.glendalenewspress.com/news/tn-gnp-0807-rock-singer-ronald-radke-arrested-in-glendale-on-domestic-assault-warrant,0,4375010.story |archive-date=August 3, 2013 |access-date=July 8, 2021 |work=Glendale News-Press}}
• James Rallison, YouTuber known as TheOdd1sOut
• Frederick Emil Resche, U.S. Army brigadier general{{Cite book |last=Davis |first=Henry Blaine Jr. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fJvvAAAAMAAJ |title=Generals in Khaki |date=1998 |publisher=Pentland Press |isbn=978-1-5719-7088-6 |location=Raleigh, NC |pages=306–307 |access-date=October 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318040526/https://books.google.com/books?id=fJvvAAAAMAAJ |archive-date=March 18, 2023 |url-status=live |via=Google Books}}
• Archie Reynolds, MLB player
• Michael Richards, actor from Seinfeld
• Nicole Richie, fashion designer, TV personality
• Debra Jo Rupp, actress
• Devin Sarno, composer
• Maureen Kennedy Salaman, proponent of alternative medicine and author
• Steven L. Sears, writer and producer
• T. Sean Shannon, SNL comedy writer
• Bob Siebenberg, drummer of Supertramp
• Stirling Silliphant, screenwriter, producer
• Rick Springfield, musician
• Mary Kay Stearns, actress
• Casey Stengel, MLB player and Hall of Fame manager for New York Yankees
• Carl Steven, former child actor
• Joseph Stroud, poet and educator
• Gary Sutherland, MLB player
• System of a Down, alternative metal band
• Gloria Talbott, actress
• Diana Taurasi, WNBA player, Olympian
• Vic Tayback, actor, star of 1970s CBS sitcom Alice
• Jayceon Terrell Taylor, rapper, musician known professionally as The Game
• Michael Tonkin, MLB pitcher
• Ann Tyrrell, actress
• Ron Underwood, director
• Lupe Vélez, actress
• Shawna Waldron, actress
• Paul Walker, actor
• Gordon Waller, singer with Peter and Gordon
• John Wayne, iconic film actor, attended Glendale High School
• Tanya Falan Welk, singer
• Lorin Whitney, organist and recording artist
• Dale Wood, organist and composer
• Gregg Zaun, MLB catcher

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Glendale's sister cities are:{{Cite web |title=Glendale's Sister City Program |url=https://www.glendaleca.gov/government/departments/management-services/communications-community-relations/glendale-s-sister-city-program |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608063612/https://www.glendaleca.gov/government/departments/management-services/communications-community-relations/glendale-s-sister-city-program |archive-date=June 8, 2020 |access-date=June 8, 2020 |website=City of Glendale}}

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• {{Flagicon|Artsakh}} Martuni, Artsakh
• {{flagicon|ARM}} Gyumri, Armenia
• {{flagicon|ARM}} Kapan, Armenia
• {{flagicon|DOM}} Santiago, Dominican Republic
• {{flagicon|JPN}} Higashiōsaka, Japan
• {{flagicon|MEX}} Rosarito Beach, Mexico
• {{flagicon|MEX}} Tlaquepaque, Mexico
• {{flagicon|KOR}} Boeun, South Korea
• {{flagicon|KOR}} Gimpo, South Korea
• {{flagicon|KOR}} Goseong, South Korea
• {{flagicon|PHL}} Santa Rosa, Laguna, Philippines

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|East = Pasadena

|Southeast = Eagle Rock, Los Angeles

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