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Articles by Barbara House

Barbara is the Editor-in-Chief for the Directory of Glendale, as well as Directory of Burbank and Directory of Pasadena. We think coffee is the only thing that keeps her going! Want to connect? Follow her on Twitter or FriendFeed. As a semi-professional photographer, Barbara also runs the Directory of Digital Photography with resources listings and a blog with photography tips and tutorials.

Office Space Vacancy Rate Rising
July 23, 2009 – 9:46 am | No Comment
Office Space Vacancy Rate Rising

About 1 million square feet of office space flooded the San Fernando Valley market over the last year, creating a short-term glut that will boost the vacancy rate to more than 13 percent by 2010 …

LA County Pays $48M in Welfare Costs to Children of Illegal Aliens
July 22, 2009 – 9:46 am | No Comment
LA County Pays $48M in Welfare Costs to Children of Illegal Aliens

Figures from the Department of Public Social Services show that children of illegal aliens in Los Angeles County collected over $21 million in welfare and over $26 million in food stamps in May 2009 — …

Glendale Home Market Shrinking Dramatically
July 21, 2009 – 9:32 am | No Comment
Glendale Home Market Shrinking Dramatically

Frustration is mounting among home shoppers trying to take advantage of historic drops in prices as the supply of real estate for sale in Glendale and Burbank dwindles, experts and agents say.
Local home markets have …

LA Prosecutor Resigns After Discussing Jackson Case with Larry King
July 20, 2009 – 9:27 am | 3 Comments
LA Prosecutor Resigns After Discussing Jackson Case with Larry King

A veteran prosecutor resigned from the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office this week after her supervisors learned that she had discussed the Michael Jackson case while appearing last week as a panelist on CNN’s …

Virgil’s Hardware to Lose Employees
July 17, 2009 – 9:49 am | No Comment
Virgil’s Hardware to Lose Employees

Virgil’s Hardware Home Center will not keep some of its employees after the landmark community resource changed hands last week, despite the new owner’s insistence Monday that “the same great people” will continue to serve …

Friedman to Attend Government Summit
July 16, 2009 – 9:48 am | No Comment
Friedman to Attend Government Summit

Glendale Council Member Laura Friedman will be representing Glendale at a historic summit meeting of city, county and school officials July 17-18 in Sacramento. The Local Government Summit on Governance and Fiscal Reform will be …