818 Roundup: Burbank tightens outdoor watering restrictions; Kidnapping suspect apprehended following chase, search ending at theater
Sprinklers water a lawn in Golden Gate Park on July 15, 2014 in San Francisco, Calif. Following a public hearing Thursday, the Burbank City Council voted unanimously to enact stricter outdoor watering restrictions as part of the third phase of its water-conservation ordinance.
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Here are your local headlines:
Burbank has a billion-gallon challenge. That’s how much water the city needs to conserve in order to meet state-mandated cuts that take effect June 1 this year and remain in effect until at least next February, compared to a June 2013 to February 2014 baseline.
A drama unfolded at Burbank’s Colony Theatre on Friday that had nothing to do with the musical play that was slated to be performed several hours later.
A discussion that could potentially initiate lifting Glendale’s ban on swapping lush front lawns for artificial turf is planned for a City Council meeting on Tuesday amid ongoing mandates from city officials to help fight the ongoing drought in the state.
In a surprising move, Burbank City Manager Mark Scott put up $4,500 of his own salary to help encourage City Council members to approve a plan for allocating federal money to public and private nonprofits in the city on Tuesday.
The Burbank school district’s Parent Teacher Assn. is one step closer to influencing change across California with a resolution seeking to incorporate clear health standards into the state’s curriculum to address lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning students, in addition to promoting an inclusive school environment for the young LGBTQ community.
Through holding a variety of prominent titles over a career that spanned parts of three decades, Ken Biermann had the opportunity to witness Crescenta Valley High evolve first hand academically and athletically.
A veteran police detective was recognized Thursday as Glendale’s Police Officer of the Year at the annual police awards luncheon.
- A “break-a-thon” might sound like a dance contest you’d have heard about in the 1980s, but it was actually the combined focus of more than 100 young martial arts students and their determination to help those devastated by the 7.8 earthquake in Nepal last month.