Matthew Blek, 21, a Fresno State college student working in New York for the summer, was out for a walk with a new girlfriend from nearby Glendale.

It is also the primary shopping strip in nearby Glendale, although this stretch of Myrtle Avenue isn't as busy as the Ridgewood stretch.

"I'm a good citizen - I work hard and I pay my taxes," said Joseph, 41, who said he was a restaurant manager in nearby Glendale.

Hollywood and nearby Glendale have become the fastest-growing Armenian communities in the country, fed by immigration from the Soviet Union.

Burbank still lacks the cachet of nearby Glendale or Pasadena; its residential districts are more working class, even now.

Because next season's national championship game will be played at a new stadium in nearby Glendale, Smith was asked about geographical significance.

He was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in nearby Glendale, California.

In one two-hour operation in nearby Glendale last month, police officers wrote 37 tickets, each carrying a $103 fine, to motorists who had failed to stop.

More dead stars are at the original Forest Lawn in nearby Glendale.

This season was the last year that the Cardinals played at Sun Devil Stadium; the team then moved to their new Cardinals Stadium in nearby Glendale.