818 Roundup: Glenoaks Elementary parents, students rally to keep principal; Meeting focuses on maintenance of Angeles National Forest
Incoming first grader Logan Millward, 6, leads the group in a cheer to bring back their principal at Glenoaks Elementary School, where about 30 parents and students decry the transfer of their school principal on Monday, June 22, 2015. The principal, Kristine Siegal, transferred to Mark Keppel Visual and Performing Arts Magnet School, which was announced to Glenoaks Elementary School parents at the end of the school year in June.
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Good morning, 818! Today is Wednesday, June 24, 2015. Temperatures for today are forecasted to reach a high of 89 and a low of 62 with patchy fog in the evening, according to the National Weather Service.
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Parents and students attending Glenoaks Elementary marched in front of the school Monday afternoon to rally against the school’s principal, Kristine Siegal, taking an assignment to oversee Mark Keppel Visual & Performing Arts Magnet for the next school year.
Residents who have visited the Angeles National Forest gathered on Monday to share their thoughts on how to improve care of about half of the range that was designated by President Barack Obama last year as the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument.
The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office has confirmed that Burbank school board members violated the Brown Act when they failed to report they had selected a finalist for the district’s superintendent position, about two months after the Burbank Teachers Assn. called for an investigation.
A 30-year-old Los Angeles woman was arrested Monday after a witness reportedly saw her smoking drugs in her car with her 2-year-old son on her lap, police said.
A dormant restaurant site that once was a Marie Callender’s for many years until it was shuttered may be torn down to make way for a new Rite Aid store.
Last Independence day, Burbank resident Roy Wiegand ran 86 miles to raise money for children battling cancer. This July 4, he’ll be at it again, this time aiming for 100 miles in 24 hours.
Burbank educator and poet David Meyerhof will tell the story of his family’s escape from Nazi Germany to survive the Holocaust during a presentation at a local temple on Sunday.
- Roughly 50 children joined a handful of Los Angeles police officers on Saturday for bowling, kicking off the “Say no to drugs, say yes to bowling” summer program at Jewel City Bowl in Glendale.