818 Roundup: Body of man found on 210 freeway ID’d, hit-and-run suspect pleads not guilty

From left to right, Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy student mom Dr. Phyllis Mackey, Pasadena councilmember Jackie Robinson and FSHA student mom Carmen Mackey spoke to the student body during a Black History Month event sponsored by the Black Student Union at the La Cañada Flintridge school on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014.

Feb. 23, 2014 7 AM PT

Good morning, 818 readers! Today is Friday, February 27, 2014.

Here’s our roundup of the top headlines in the area:

The body of a man found on the Foothill (210) Freeway in Pasadena early Wednesday was identified as 40-year-old La Cañada Flintridge resident Jeremy Hill, according to the county coroner’s office.
A 28-year-old Lancaster woman pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that she struck a 5-year-old boy while driving drunk with her 2-year-old son in her car, and later attempted to flee the scene, authorities said.
As Burbank students prepare to take a set of computerized exams — part of a multistate standardized testing effort called Common Core — administrators are rushing to buy equipment, spending $90,000 in state funds to purchase about 120 laptops and headphones.
This school year marked a special time in history for the students of Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, as a small contingent of women have formed the first Black Student Union at the high school.
Prosecutors charged a Sunland man on Thursday with reportedly stalking and threatening a married woman who hired him to perform construction work at her Glendale home, officials said.

-- Sameea Kamal, sameea.kamal@latimes.com

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