818 Roundup: Nurses rally outside USC-Verdugo Hills Hospital; Glendale water-rate vote on hold
Good morning, 818 readers. Today is Thursday, July 31, 2014. Weather for the Glendale area is expected to reach a high of 89 degrees and a low of 70.
Your regional news headlines this morning:
About 70 nurses and 40 of their supporters rallied outside of USC-Verdugo Hills Hospital on Wednesday afternoon as they called for the hospital’s administration to bring their working conditions up to par with the university’s other hospitals.
The Glendale City Council put its controversial vote on water-rate increases on hold this week after Mayor Zareh Sinanyan said on Tuesday that he couldn’t support a proposed bump he backed during earlier discussions.
On Monday, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) will host a forum on identity theft protection at the L.A. Zoo’s Witherbee Auditorium at 7 p.m. intended to teach constituents how to better protect themselves from fraud and what to do in the event that their personal information is used without their permission.
- A regional airline will start offering nonstop flights from Bob Hope Airport in Burbank to San Diego on Oct. 1.