818 Roundup: Burbank considers temporary ban on group homes, Zinke’s to leave Glendale
Good morning, 818 locals. Today is Saturday, March 22, 2014.
Here are your top headlines in the 818 region:
- The Burbank City Council may consider a temporary ordinance that would prohibit unlicensed supportive housing facilities in single-family residential areas per the public’s request, after dozens of residents in recent weeks have asked the council members to take immediate action on the issue.
After 65 years in business, Zinke’s Shoe Repair -- the store whose flickering neon sign that animates a hammer striking a shoe heel -- will soon be leaving Glendale for Pasadena.
A Los Angeles law firm has agreed to represent the city of Glendale for free in its defense of a statue honoring women taken as sex slaves for the Japanese Army during World War II, the installation of which has been called into question by a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court last month.
Jurors on Friday began deliberating the fate of a 27-year-old Burbank man accused of fatally stabbing his on-and-off girlfriend 19 times in her neck.
- A $1-million contract to better insulate 30 single-family homes from aircraft noise from the Bob Hope Airport was unanimously approved by the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority on Monday.
-- Sameea Kamal, sameea.kamal@latimes.com
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