818 Roundup: Promoting bike safety in Burbank, women out-earn men in Glendale and Leap Day babies born

Good morning, 818. Today is Thursday, March 3, 2016. Temperatures for today are forecasted to reach a high of 75 and a low of 52, according to the National Weather Service.

Here are your local headlines:

Crime and Public Safety

Gunshots reported in Glendale

Glendale police were investigating gunshots in a Glendale neighborhood Wednesday morning, although no injuries were reported. After responding to Mountain Street and Allen Avenue, police found one bullet casing on the ground but did not locate any suspects, victims or witnesses. Glendale News-Press

One nabbed, three flee after alleged burglary

Police early Wednesday caught a suspected burglar — and are looking for three more — tied to four window-smashing break-ins at Glendale businesses overnight, police said. Glendale News-Press

Bike-safety event rolls through Burbank

An unannounced pop-up event Tuesday night was part of an education and bike-light-distribution program called Operation Firefly. Volunteers with Walk Bike Burbank, a local chapter of the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition handed out bike lights and packets with information about state laws and safety tips for night-time riding. Burbank Leader

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Education

Spartans compete at Surf Bowl at JPL

La Cañada High School students competed against 11 teams from around the region on ocean-sciences knowledge in the 17th annual Los Angeles Surf Bowl at NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Saturday. It was La Cañada’s first year participating. La Cañada Valley Sun

Dual-language to the next level

This year, 477 students, or 25% of all of Glendale’s current kindergartners, are enrolled in a dual-language program. Across the 30 schools in the district, 2,889 students, or 11% of the district’s entire population, participate in a program. With many immersion students currently in elementary schools, officials are beginning to address offering dual-language programs at the middle-school level. Glendale News-Press

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Civic News and Politics

Women’s wages exceed men’s in Glendale

Women working full-time in Glendale make 5% more in wages than men, according to an in-depth draft report about the local female population. The findings were presented Monday to the city’s Commission on the Status of Women, which requested last year that Mt. St. Mary’s University compile a list of statistics pertaining to women on issues such as income, health and public safety. Glendale News-Press

One Glendale program could get a boost

In a rare joint meeting last week, school and city leaders discussed working together to expand a new after-school sports program and potentially opening up campus sports fields to the public. Glendale Unified officials and elementary school principals made their case about how the city-funded sports program, called One Glendale, has boosted the grades and health of students who signed up. Glendale News-Press

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In the Community

Local Leap Day babies born

Six babies were born at Glendale Adventist Medical Center on Leap Day Monday, which means they technically get to have their birthdays celebrated once every four years. Working at the hospital for more than two decades, Glendale Adventist spokeswoman Alicia Gonzales said she can’t recall a year when so many Leap Day babies were born. Glendale News-Press

Local Women of the Year announced

Five local women, including a Glendale resident, will be honored by Senator Carol Liu (D-La Cañada Flintridge) as Women of the Year. Among the honorees is Glendale resident Cristal Logothetis, founder of Carry the Future, which provides baby carriers, slings and wraps for Syrian refugee mothers who arrive on the Greek island of Kos. Glendale News-Press

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Ryan Fonseca, ryan.fonseca@latimes.com

Twitter: @RyFons