818 Roundup: Burbank primary election results; GCC nursing students get computerized mannequin

Good morning, 818! Today is Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. Temperatures for today are expected to reach a high of 76 degrees and a low of 47 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.

Here are your local headlines:

-- A computerized mannequin named Lucinda who is able to give birth will soon become the newest addition to the nursing department at Glendale Community College, where students have access to 10 lifelike mannequins before beginning clinical work on live patients.

-- Burbank City Council: A current councilwoman and a former columnist for the Burbank Leader advanced to the April general election Tuesday night, joined by a local Realtor and businessman, setting the stage for a conversation about development for the April showdown.

-- Burbank School Board: Two candidates won election outright for three open seats Tuesday night, cutting a field of six down to two for the general election in April. Robert Reynolds won her third term, while Steve Ferguson received his first four-year term on the dais after losing a bid for the seat two years ago.

-- Burbank Unified Supt. Jan Britz shed light on the recent turnover in administrators in school districts throughout California, citing curriculum changes and retirement as factors affecting Burbank Unified as well.

-- The city of La Cañada Flintridge is hosting a free workshop Saturday to help residents learn how to submit effective comments and responses to the draft environmental impact report for the 710 Freeway extension project, anticipated to be released as early as this month.

-- After the use of tourniquets were said to have saved the life of a Los Angeles SWAT officer severely injured during a shootout last August near USC, Glendale police felt they too should have the tool available to use during emergencies.

-- A motorcyclist was killed in a solo accident on the transition road between the southbound Glendale (2) Freeway and the southbound Golden State (5) Freeway early Tuesday evening, authorities said.

-- A man who was trying to sell a phone on Craigslist was injured after being dragged down a street while clinging onto a car door after thieves posing as would-be buyers grabbed his phone, hit the gas and fled, police said.

-- Longtime Burbank resident Glenn A. Brown, who served as the city’s representative on the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s board for 13 years, died in his home on Sunday morning.

-- AABC TV Charter Cable Channel 384 will broadcast individual interviews with candidates running in local political races this week.