818 Roundup: Heat wave, former BPD officer to serve prison time, Burbank lottery winner steps forward
Greetings, readers! Today is Tuesday, May 13. Weather for the Glendale area is expected to reach a high of 95 and a low of 66 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.
In the news from your area:
- A former Burbank police officer was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison Monday after pleading guilty to lying to investigators during a probe into an alleged scheme involving his girlfriend and her estranged husband.
Forecasters are warning of extreme fire danger this week, with temperatures expected to exceed 90 degrees in most areas as gusty Santa Ana winds whip the region, the Los Angeles Times reports. In Glendale, city officials are encouraging seniors to stay out of the sun at one of four cooling stations in the community.
- A joint doughnut shop and Chinese restaurant inside a La Crescenta strip mall was damaged by an electrical fire early Friday morning, according fire officials.
- A man who bought a winning lottery ticket at Burbank Deli & Market finally stepped forward after he realized he’d been sitting on $344,779 in winnings.
-- Sameea Kamal, sameea.kamal@latimes.com
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