818 Roundup: Special Olympics riders make their matches; CHP dispatch center evacuated

Good morning, 818! Today is Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Temperatures for today are forecasted to reach a high of 90 and a low of 71 with a 20% chance of thunderstorms in the evening, according to the National Weather Service.

Here are your local headlines:

• Four horse masters and their teams of volunteers matched 85 borrowed horses to more than 120 Special Olympic riders from 35 countries on Sunday and Monday in Burbank in preparation for competitive events this week, factoring in the rider’s skills, size and coordination, among other things.

• About 60 employees were evacuated from the California Highway Patrol’s dispatch center on the Glendale-Eagle Rock border Tuesday afternoon after the facility received a bomb threat, but no explosives were found, officials said.

• A man found dead of apparent blunt force trauma in his La Crescenta residence Friday has been identified as 73-year-old Arthur Palmer, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

• Jury deliberations began Monday in an attempted-murder trial of a Burbank man accused of beating and stabbing his best friend one evening last year, though his attorney claimed he acted in self-defense.

• A new sewer pipeline project getting underway beneath the streets of Glendale next month will aim to save millions of dollars and gallons of water in the long run for the city.

• Rehabilitation work of an 11-unit residential property to provide housing and supportive services for homeless veterans is about to get underway this month, with the first tenants expected to move in before the holidays, according to Judith Arandes, executive director of the nonprofit.

• Famous cars, exotic vehicles and hot rods will fill four blocks of downtown Burbank this weekend for the fourth annual Downtown Burbank Car Classic, which will also feature music, chalk artists and vendors.