Glendale, California
Glendale is a city in the San Fernando Valley[10] and Verdugo Mountains[11] regions of Los Angeles County, California, United States. At the 2020 U.S. Census the population was 196,543,[7] up from 191,719 at the 2010 census,[12] making it the fourth-largest city in Los Angeles County and the 24th-largest city in California. It is located about 10 miles (16 km) north of downtown Los Angeles.
For the community in Humboldt County, see Glendale, Humboldt County, California.
Glendale, California
United States
February 15, 1906[1]
Elen Asatryan[2]
Ardy Kassakhian
Vartan Gharpetian
Ara Najarian
Dan Brotman
Roubik Golanian[4]
30.60 sq mi (79.25 km2)
30.47 sq mi (78.92 km2)
0.13 sq mi (0.33 km2) 0.43%
522 ft (159 m)
196,543
6,450.4/sq mi (2,519.7/km2)
UTC−7 (PDT)
Glendale lies in the Verdugo Mountains, and is a suburb in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The city is bordered to the northwest by the Sun Valley and Tujunga neighborhoods of Los Angeles; to the northeast by La Cañada Flintridge and the unincorporated area of La Crescenta; to the west by Burbank and Griffith Park; to the east by Eagle Rock and Pasadena; to the south by the Atwater Village neighborhood of Los Angeles; and to the southeast by Glassell Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. The Golden State, Ventura, Glendale, and Foothill freeways run through the city.
History[edit]
Spanish rule[edit]
In 1798, José María Verdugo, a corporal in the Spanish army from Baja California, received the Rancho San Rafael from Governor Diego de Borica, formalizing his possession and use of land on which he had been grazing livestock and farming since 1784. 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.[13]
Media[edit]
Glendale community news is covered by the Glendale News-Press, which was founded in 1905.
KABC-TV, an ABC owned-and-operated television station serving the Los Angeles metropolitan area and the rest of the Greater Los Angeles area, has maintained its studios and offices in Glendale since December 2000.
