818 Roundup: Questions still loom nearly a year after Sunland woman disappears; Surveillance video released in case of stolen love letters

May 8, 2015 7 AM PT

Good morning, 818! Today is Friday, May 8, 2015. Temperatures for today are forecasted to reach a high of 66 degrees and a low of 52 degrees with a 60% chance of showers during the day and a 20% chance of thunderstorms in the evening, according to the National Weather Service.

Here are your local headlines:

It’s been almost a year since Rosalie Blum saw her daughter, who went missing last June, but the pain and frustration have only grown.
Glendale Police released surveillance footage of the vehicle involved in the residential burglary in which love letters to an 80-year-old woman from her deceased husband were stolen.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) sent a letter to Chairman Eric Garcetti and members of the Los Angeles Metro Board this week, opposing a Long Beach (710) North Freeway tunnel alternative proposed in a study by the California Department of Transportation and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, known as Metro.
A project aimed at bringing more trees, pedestrian-safety enhancements and the ability to capture and reuse rainwater will begin to take shape along a few downtown streets over the next year as the City Council on Tuesday agreed to fund its design phase.
Former Glendale Unified Superintendent Michael Escalante received a pension of $277,833 in 2014, making him the highest pension earner among former Glendale Unified employees as well as the majority of retired state educators, according to data released this week by the California Policy Center.
The colorful ceramic works artist Jean Taylor has produced during and beyond her 50 years of teaching at the Community Center of La Cañada Flintridge could fill a book. But it wasn’t until a group of students put their heads together and got the community involved that it actually happened.
In keeping with a tradition befitting an official “Tree City USA,” Mayor Dave Spence and other officials planted a tree Tuesday in a ceremony recognizing May 5 as Arbor Day in the city of La Cañada Flintridge.