San Fernando Valley roundup: Remembering the Red Car, Body found in Burbank believed to be missing FBI agent
Good morning, readers. Today is Wednesday, Aug. 1. It appears a search for a missing Burbank FBI agent has come to a tragic close.
Authorities on Tuesday pulled a body from an area behind St.Francis Xavier Church that they believe is that of Steven Ivens, who went missing on May 11.
Ivens’ wife, who led search efforts last month, did not comment on the discovery Tuesday. Burbank Leader
A 29-year-old Toluca Lake man is in a coma after falling in his apartment, but he has no health insurance. To offset the medical bills, friends and family are rallying together to raise money. A reoccurring tale, it seems, in the U.S. healthcare saga. Daily News
Do you remember the Red Car system in Southern California? Alan K. Weeks does. He recalls attending a “funeral” on the last day on one of the lines in the 1950s. NoHo Patch
What’s one of the ugliest buildings you’ve seen in the Valley? A blog dedicated to aesthetically offensive architecture has focused its attention this week on a Van Nuys Wells Fargo branch. L.A. Weekly
A man on a bike allegedly made anti-Semitic remarks to a 30-year-old man in North Hollywood who was wearing a yarmulke. Daily News
-- Tiffany Kelly, Times Community News