818 Roundup: Glendale artist releases new deck of political playing cards
Peter Green, who has created Politicards since 1972, displays his newest edition of playing cards with childlike caricatures of current players in the election landscape.
Good morning, 818. Today is Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015. Temperatures for today are forecasted to reach a high of 78 and a low of 52, according to the National Weather Service.
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Every national election cycle, Glendale graphic artist Peter Green puts out his latest edition of Politicards, a full deck of playing cards featuring cartoonish portraits of candidates and pundits.
A Glendale man accused of fatally stabbing a Metro bus passenger after an argument last month pleaded not guilty to the charge, officials said.
It’s the end of an era for Theatre Banshee, the respected nonprofit professional theater company that has called Burbank home for the past 20 years. Due to a “sudden and massive increase in our rent,” said Artistic Director Sean Branney in an email, the company that specialized in works by Irish playwrights is closing the doors of its venue on West Magnolia Boulevard as of Dec. 1.
John Burroughs High School students were being offered counseling services after a recent graduate fatally shot himself on a freeway overpass in Burbank over the weekend, officials said.
Burbank police are investigating a shooting at Verdugo Park on Sunday afternoon, though no injuries were reported and it’s unclear if someone was targeted, police said.
More than 500 dancers — both professional and amatuer — put their best feet forward at the U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships, held at the Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport this past Wednesday through Sunday.
A father filed a lawsuit against Holy Family Grade School in Glendale on behalf of his teenage daughter, alleging she was wrongfully expelled following false rumors of sexual misconduct.
Burbank police are looking for a man who sneaked up on a Vons shopper who was leaving the supermarket Monday evening and stole her wallet, police said.
- Burbank school officials recently agreed to set aside about $100,000 for a summer school program targeting students who are not performing at their grade level, including those who are still learning English or live in low-income households.
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Ryan Fonseca, ryan.fonseca@latimes.com
Twitter: @RyFons
