818 Roundup: Rep. Schiff reads names of Armenian Genocide victims on House floor; Body found at hotel

April 23, 2015 7 AM PT

Good morning, 818! Today is Thursday, April 23, 2015. Temperatures for today are forecasted to reach a high of 69 degrees and a low of 52 with cloudy skies throughout the day, according to the National Weather Service.

Here are you local headlines:

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) on Wednesday took to the U.S. House of Representatives floor to read the names of 1,000 people killed during the Armenian Genocide.
Detectives on Wednesday evening were investigating a death at the JP Allen Extended Stays at the Days Inn in Glendale, police said, a day after an unrelated shooting incident at the same hotel.
On the week of Earth Day, the city announced that crews had cut down a group of dying coast redwood trees at Verdugo Park but indicated they will be replaced by the end of the year with another species that will be better suited to withstand drought conditions.
Businesses offering massage services will not be able to open or expand for at least 45 days, while officials figure out new rules to regulate them, according to an urgency ordinance passed Monday by the La Cañada Flintridge City Council.
Tuesday’s meeting of the La Cañada Unified School District Governing Board offered opportunities for self-evaluation and reflection, as board members heard highlights of the district’s latest annual districtwide survey and the recently issued third-quarter benchmark assessments of student performance.
The Glendale City Clerk’s office on Wednesday certified results from the April 14 general election in which Paula Devine held onto her City Council seat and Vartan Gharpetian was elected to the council for the first time in a race that saw seven go after two open seats.
A water-main break in Glendale on Tuesday extended a planned water outage an extra day, leaving 110 Glendale customers still without water, officials said.
A 36-year-old Sunland man pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges that he threw an incendiary device into his ex-girlfriend’s Glendale home while she was inside, setting it on fire, authorities said.
USC Verdugo Hills Hospital was the big winner at a “Casino Night” fundraiser on Friday that brought in about $21,000 for the medical center’s nursery.