818 Roundup: Burbank student survives fiery fatal bus crash; Glendale police acquire new Tasers
Good morning, readers. Today is Saturday, April 12. Forecasters predict the high will be 67 and low 54 in the Glendale region.
The top headlines in your area this morning:
A female Burroughs High School student was on the bus that collided with a FedEx freight truck in a fiery crash in Northern California on Thursday evening, killing 10 people and injuring dozens more.
Glendale Police Department is acquiring new, digital Tasers. The Tasers will replace 150 outdated analog models, and track any calibrations, self-tests, deployment, amount of time they were used and volt output.
Glendale brothers, The Bots, make their Coachella debut this weekend. A few years ago, brothers Anaiah and Mikaiah Lei were a couple of Glendale kids who just wanted to rock ‘n’ roll. It turned out they were good.
Heads up if you happen to be on the road early Sunday morning: The Golden State (5) Freeway will be closed in both directions for two hours from Buena Vista Street and Lincoln Street, from 2 to 4 a.m. while crews remove overhead utility lines as part of a $355-million Empire interchange construction project.
The juvenile charged in connection with the double-stabbing at the Santa Monica Pier in January recently admitted to one count of assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury and is a ward of the court, authorities said.
The Burbank City Council on Tuesday imposed terms of employment on the Burbank city attorneys union after a year of unsuccessful negotiations, a move Burbank Mayor Emily Gabel-Luddy called “regrettable.”
Public officials in Glendale are praising a vote by the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday that passed a resolution to observe and commemorate the Armenian Genocide.
- Councilman Bob Frutos on Tuesday requested a closed-session performance evaluation of City Manager Mark Scott, a move that follows weeks of criticism by residents centered around the issue of group homes in residential neighborhoods.
-- Nicole Charky, nicole.charky@latimes.com
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-- Sameea Kamal, sameea.kamal@latimes.com
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