818 Roundup: Five people hospitalized after car crashes into bus stop; Gary Owens passes

Good morning, 818! It’s Saturday, February 14, 2015. Temperatures for today are expected to reach a high of 86 degrees and a low of 54 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.

Here are your local headlines:

-- Five people, including a 5-year-old girl with critical injuries, were transported to area hospitals after they were struck by a car at a bus stop at San Fernando Road and Sonora Avenue at around 5:05 p.m. on Friday, according to Glendale police.

-- Gary Owens, the radio, TV and voice-over performer who appeared on the “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” TV series and created the phrase “beautiful downtown Burbank,” died Thursday surrounded by family in his home in Encino.

-- As Burbank’s election primary approaches, school board candidates continue to push for votes and campaign cash.

-- A midyear budget surplus in Glendale led the City Council to set aside funds for a number of programs and initiatives on Tuesday, including an after-school sports and recreation program and nighttime park security.

-- An innovative analysis — perhaps the only one of its kind in the country — has allowed Burbank Water and Power to identify potential weak spots in its power grid and to fix them before they become a problem.

-- A year and a half after voters passed Burbank Unified’s $110-million Measure S bond, school officials have made headway into spending the first $41 million they were issued.

-- The number of property crimes reported in Glendale last year dropped slightly from the year before, though there was a small uptick in violent crimes, according to year-end crime statistics released by the Glendale Police Department.

-- Antonio Verde, Italy’s consul general stationed in Los Angeles, visited with the students at Benjamin Franklin Elementary recently, and delivered a $19,000 check to spend on the students there who spend the majority of the school day speaking and learning in Italian.