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Glendale honors Rick Caruso as Tongva leaders give invocation
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Glendale’s council opened its April 14 meeting with a Tongva nation invocation and presented a mayor’s medal of honor to developer Rick Caruso, citing decades of local investment and recent philanthropic leadership after 2025 wildfires.
Mayor Najarian opened the Glendale City Council meeting Tuesday by inviting leaders of the Gabrielino Tongva nation to give an invocation and cultural remarks, saying the city wanted the ceremony to be a listening moment rather than a routine acknowledgement.
Chairwoman Sandone Goad introduced vice chairman Ed White and secretary Joseph Dominguez, who led an invocation and ancestors’ song and described the tribe’s long history in the Los Angeles Basin. Goad…
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