818 Roundup: Frutos chosen as Burbank’s new mayor; Glendale considers funding for Rose Parade return

Good morning, 818! Today is Saturday, May 2, 2015. Temperatures for today are forecasted to reach a high of 87 degrees and a low of 55 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.

Here are you local headlines:

• In taking his seat for the first time as Burbank mayor, Bob Frutos outlined his priorities for the office, which include ensuring the city’s public safety services remain top notch, potholes get filled and the city government becomes more accountable and responsive.

• After breaking a century-long tradition with the absence of an entry in this year’s Tournament of Roses parade, the Glendale City Council will consider throwing in for a 2016 float, but a lot weighs on how much fundraising a group of enthusiastic volunteers can pull off.

• Water-wasters watch out — Burbank Water and Power will begin enforcing the city’s water-conservation ordinance by imposing $100 fines for violations such as watering lawns on days when it’s not allowed or failing to fix leaky irrigation systems.

• Bill Metzdorf used to have a large and lush front lawn located on the corner of his block, but that all changed after he got a letter from Glendale Water & Power.

• Just a few weeks after breaking ground on a new store in Burbank, IKEA officials were in City Council chambers Tuesday to protest a policy that would keep them from generating their own power at the site using fuel-cell technology.

• Of the more than 1,300 seniors who were on the path to graduate at the beginning of the 2013-14 school year, 93.6% of them went on to earn their high school diploma, while about 4% dropped out, according to data released this week.

• A witness helped police catch a 43-year-old Los Angeles man suspected of burglarizing cars in the parking garage of a Glendale apartment complex early Thursday morning, police said.