818 Roundup: GPD conducting DUI patrols, ‘X-Prize’ bill heads to state Senate,
File Photo: Glendale police officers talk to a driver at a DUI checkpoint on Los Feliz Blvd. at San Fernando Rd. in January 2009.
(Roger Wilson / Staff Photographer)
Good morning, readers! Today is Sunday, May 25.
Here’s the news from your area:
- Anyone with a good idea about how to streamline state government could receive $25,000 as part of a bill approved by the state Assembly on Friday.
- Glendale police will be on the lookout for drivers under the influence of drugs or alcohol over Memorial Day weekend by conducting a roving saturation patrol as well as a checkpoint at an undisclosed location in the city.
- Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) was appointed this week to the House’s Select Committee on Benghazi to help investigate the deaths of four Americans stemming from a 2012 attack on the U.S. Embassy in Libya, though he questions if another investigation is needed.
Predicted low voter-turnout in the upcoming June 3 election does not hold Pamala
Matsumoto back. The legal veteran and La Cañada mom is a candidate for the Los Angeles Supreme Court bench, seat 22, with more than 25 years of experience working in Los Angeles courtrooms.
-- Sameea Kamal, sameea.kamal@latimes.com
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