818 Roundup: CVWD to pump water underneath former sanitarium; Lambert departs LCHS for Santa Monica High

Good morning, 818! Today is Thursday, May 28, 2015. Temperatures for today are forecasted to reach a high of 78 degrees and a low of 58 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.

Here are your local headlines:

• A pipe measuring more than 1,000 feet designed to pump water from underneath the grounds of the former Rockhaven Sanitarium and eventually reach the taps of Crescenta Valley residents is about to begin construction.

• A year-one stint that included improved success for the La Cañada High football team also included

  one final setback on Tuesday afternoon.

• The La Cañada Unified School District recently announced the departure of Patty Hager, associate superintendent of Human Resources, along with news of her replacement, a Conejo Valley director of secondary education.

• St. Francis High School, where several teens from the foothills attend, held its 66th commencement exercises on campus Saturday, when 160 young men were awarded their diplomas.

• Smiles trumped persistent low clouds as locals celebrated the 42nd annual Memorial Weekend Fiesta Days with song and dance, a parade and paying tribute to the American servicemen and women whose sacrifices made it all possible.

• Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying suspects who burglarized a home on the 1300 block of Descanco Drive in La Cañada Flintridge last month.

• A 41-year-old man accused of robbing convenience stores in Glendale, Long Beach and Carson using a blowtorch and Taser was ordered to stand trial, officials said.

• Police are investigating an attempted kidnapping of a female minor that occurred in Glendale Wednesday afternoon, officials said.

• A Burbank man and woman were arrested Tuesday after police reportedly caught them selling marijuana to a 16-year-old boy in Burbank, police said.

• The annual Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station rummage sale will be held on Saturday at the station, and proceeds will go toward benefiting the nearly 100 volunteers there who help out.