818 Roundup: Glendale woman dragged alongside car in robbery attempt, AT&T; tower app withdrawn, potential landmark fire year
Greetings, 818 readers. Today is Sunday, Feb. 16. National Weather Service forecasters predict Glendale will have a high near 75 and low around 51.
Here are the top headlines in your region:
- A 35-year-old Glendale woman was injured Thursday after a motorist passing alongside her tried to steal her purse and then dragged her beside his vehicle, police said.
AT&T; has withdrawn a proposal to place a cell phone tower in La Crescenta after several concerned residents complained that it would be an eyesore and reduce property values.
City officials will be installing a four-way stop sign at the intersection of Oak and Myers streets after requests from dozens of parents with children attending St. Finbar School in Burbank, who argued that the current two-way stop sign was unsafe for children walking to and from school.
- Fire fighting officials are concerned that factors like climate change and human development could create conditions ripe for a landmark fire year in drought-stricken states like California, with fires that burn longer and threaten more homes, according to the Los Angeles Daily News.
-- Sameea Kamal, sameea.kamal@latimes.com
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