818 Roundup: Kate Hansen’s big day, changes to the News-Press, and Burbank invests in technology

Good morning readers! Hopefully, the weekend was a restful one and you’re up and ready to go. As you ease into the week, check out these headlines from the area:

More than a decade after Kate Hansen first began her days practicing the luge, she finds herself upon the doorstep of realizing her Olympics dream. She makes her first run at the Sochi Olympics today. La Cañada Valley Sun

Your humble narrator discusses upcoming changes to the Glendale News-Press, including a new weekend edition, a Montrose zone, and the initial meeting of a community advisory board. Glendale News-Press

Burbank educators are taking another step toward establishing more technologically advanced classrooms nearly a year after voters passed the $110-million Measure S bond. Burbank Leader

A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake that was centered near Hollywood and shook parts of the Los Angeles basin Saturday morning was the third temblor to hit the area in the last two weeks. Los Angeles Times

Authorities have identified a suspected drunk driver who they say drove the wrong direction on the 60 Freeway in Diamond Bar early Sunday and caused an accident that killed six people. Los Angeles Times

-- Dan Evans, dan.evans@latimes.com