818 Roundup: Glendale’s most dangerous intersections, LCHS hosts “Mr. La Cañada” pageant
Greetings, 818 readers. Today is Thursday, March 20, 2014. Temperatures in the area are expected to reach a high of 75 and a low of 54 in the Glendale area and a slight chance of drizzle at night, according to the National Weather Service.
Here are your top headlines in the 818 region:
Data compiled by the Glendale Police Department shows that two of the top 10 intersections with the highest collision rates in the city are situated in the city’s busiest neighborhood: downtown. Glendale PD plans to use the data to better track the frequency of crashes in certain neighborhoods, so they can direct more enforcement to those areas.
Remember the “party central” house? In response to the noise complaints from the Glendale home, a proposal to fine party-throwers between $250 and $1,100 for hosting raucous events that prompt multiple police responses is just one step away from becoming law in Glendale.
The city of La Cañada Flintridge is extending its application deadline for residents interested in filling several open City Commission and Committee seats to April 7.
A resident who made several costly renovations to his Greenridge Drive home without acquiring the necessary building and safety permits was denied a last-ditch effort to keep his home office Monday night, when the La Cañada Flintridge City Council adopted a resolution dictating the return of the home to its pre-existing condition.
In the interest of gender equality, 10 male students at La Cañada High School vied for the title of “Mr. La Cañada” Friday night during a first-ever male beauty pageant hosted by the school’s Associated Student Body.
Roosevelt Middle School and Glendale Unified’s headquarters will be among the first sites in the Glendale school district to receive new camera systems in a district-wide effort to enhance security on campuses.
-- Sameea Kamal, sameea.kamal@latimes.com
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