818 Roundup: Inactive grenade found in donation bag prompts evacuation at Glendale Goodwill
Good morning, 818. Today is Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015. Temperatures for today are forecasted to reach a high of 82 and a low of 56, according to the National Weather Service.
Here are your local headlines:
A grenade found in a bag of items donated to a Glendale Goodwill prompted a store evacuation Tuesday evening before it was determined to be inert, officials said.
- Five people were arrested this week after police said they were caught manufacturing fraudulent credit cards at the Hilton Hotel in Glendale.
A Glendale police officer pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that he drunkenly battered, while off duty, two Burbank police officers responding to a disturbance call at a Burbank restaurant last month.
A parent-led effort to establish a charter school in Glendale has pitted Glendale Unified educators and parents against those who favor the school, as nearly 40 supporters and opponents shared their opinions about the proposed facility during a public hearing Tuesday night.
The 37-year-old owner of Glendale-based ride-sharing company Toro Ride pleaded guilty Wednesday to a fraud scheme that included selling more than 30,000 iPhones he bought from Verizon for 99 cents each after claiming they’d be used by his drivers, allowing him to rake in more than $13 million, federal officials said.
A $16-million fund coming from downtown developers could be spent on open space in the city’s park-poor areas — primarily central and south Glendale — with an eye toward buying lots to convert into parks.
Residents seeking to let canines run free in La Cañada, at least in a limited space, may soon be able to do so legally, after City Council members gave the go ahead Tuesday for the design of a leash-optional run near the Cross Town Trail.
Burbank school officials will likely hire an auditor to assess the safety of local schools — a move prompted, in part, by two thefts that occurred last month at two Burbank elementary schools.
The death of a 48-year-old Long Beach man fatally struck by a Metrolink passenger train in Glendale on Tuesday was ruled a suicide, coroner’s officials said.
- A former Burbank police officer who was fired five years ago after city officials alleged he failed to report an assault against a detainee during the investigation of the 2007 Porto’s robbery is suing the city for wrongful termination.
Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, Bill Gates, Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking are but a few of the visionaries whose work has been honored by the Franklin Institute. Soon, La Cañada Flintridge resident and USC professor Solomon Golomb will join their ranks, after the Philadelphia-based organization announced him as a recipient of the 2016 Franklin Medal.
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Ryan Fonseca, ryan.fonseca@latimes.com
Twitter: @RyFons
