818 Roundup: Burbank Animal Shelter readies for “Clear the Shelters”; Cell tower meeting

Good morning, 818! Today is Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Temperatures for today are forecasted to reach a high of 92 and a low of 66, according to the National Weather Service.

Here are your local headlines:

• Adoption fees for dogs, cats and rabbits will be discounted to $20 this weekend at the Burbank Animal Shelter, which is among the roughly 50 animal shelters throughout Southern California taking part in the national “Clear the Shelters” effort to get dogs and cats adopted into new homes.

• Michael D. Antonovich, the 75-year-old Republican who has served on the Board of Supervisors since 1980 and will be forced out of office by term limits next year, has said he was eyeing the seat now held by Carol Liu (D-La Cañada), who will herself be termed out next year.

• Burbank City Council will hold a public hearing next week to consider updates to the city code related to cell towers in order to incorporate changes to federal regulations and community feedback.

• A suspected prowler was arrested Sunday after he crawled into the women’s locker room at Equinox in Glendale through an air vent, police said.

• A Glendale man is appealing a federal jury’s decision that police did not use excessive force when they took him to the ground before arresting him two years ago on suspicion of public intoxication.

• Summer vacation officially came to an end this week as thousands of students returned to Glendale’s 30 schools on Monday and at least one school welcomed students with a sweet treat.

• At his first regular school board meeting held last week at City Hall, Burbank Unified’s new superintendent Matt Hill said he was having difficulty describing, in one word, his experience working at the district since taking the top post in July.