818 Roundup: Deputies clear up suspect’s identity after confusion involving twin brother
Good morning, 818. Today is Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015. Temperatures for today are forecasted to reach a high of 96 and a low of 71, according to the National Weather Service.
Here are your local weekend headlines:
A case of mistaken identity has been cleared up after the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed the 18-year-old Pasadena man who turned himself in last week after allegedly crashing a stolen BMW into a fence during a Sept. 8 pursuit in La Cañada was not Marquise McGlothurn but his twin brother, Marcus.
A spiraling labyrinth has emerged outside City Hall, creating a contemplative scene for visitors and government employees, but one that also serves as a stark reminder of the drought.
Burbank Rabbi John Carrier has taken to YouTube to inform people about the Jewish High Holidays, as well as to connect with people with the hopes of seeing them at a service.
The Scholl Canyon Landfill is where most of the Glendale’s trash goes, but it could one day also be where it gets some of its electricity, as the City Council is currently weighing the possibility of building 100 acres worth of solar panels on the land.
La Cañada High on Thursday released video and a photo from its Sept. 4 football game against Los Angeles Salesian in which school officials allege a Salesian player rubbed a heat-rub substance into the face of a La Cañada player, the Los Angeles Times reports.
New affordable housing units for veterans will be ready next month while the City Council is slated to initiate a search for the builder of a long-awaited senior housing project.
At the helm of Clark Magnet High School’s burgeoning engineering program is one of the school’s own graduates: 28-year-old David Black, who now sits on a national committee working to lay down the first-ever standards in computer-aided manufacturing.
Representatives from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works took a special trip to the La Cañada area this week to document the recent removal of approximately 1,500 cubic yards of sediment from near Devil’s Gate Dam.
- BurbankBus is one of 25 municipal transit providers and agencies in Los Angeles County that have joined the TAP network along with Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority.