818 Roundup: Glendale Unified board votes to keep next school year’s start date
Students arrive at Glendale’s Hoover High School, welcomed by donuts from the cheerleading team, for the first day of school on Aug. 10, 2015. Despite complaints by parents that Glendale schools start too early, the school board declined to move the date for the 2016-17 from its established Aug. 8 date, though it said it will consider moving the date back for future academic terms.
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Good morning, 818. Today is Friday, Nov. 20, 2015. Temperatures for today are forecasted to reach a high of 86 and a low of 59, according to the National Weather Service.
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Despite complaints by parents that Glendale schools start too early, the school board declined to move the date for the 2016-17 school year from its established Aug. 8 date, though it said it will consider moving the date back for future academic terms.
A man stopped for jaywalking in Glendale was shot by a Glendale police officer early Friday morning after reportedly charging at the officer with a knife, officials said.
- A Glendale attorney has been charged with attempted extortion for allegedly telling the brother of the bakery owner he was representing in a shooting case that for $2 million, the criminal case against his brother could go away.
Glendale voters will get to decide the fate of the utility users tax — which brings in $27 million per year — following a successful push by opponents to get it on the ballot.
Nearly two-dozen residents spoke Monday night during a Burbank City Council meeting, where elected officials voted to endorse a set of proposed terms that would apply to the development of a gate-for-gate replacement terminal at Bob Hope Airport. The current terminal has 14 gates.
The large sycamore tree near the entrance of the Crescenta Valley Library at 2809 Foothill Blvd. will be decorated with 11,000 lights leading up to the inaugural tree-lighting event, organized by the Crescenta Valley Town Council and Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich’s office.
Frustrated by stalled negotiations between La Cañada and Glendale school officials regarding the transfer of students living in western La Cañada into that city’s school district, a citizens’ group has decided to begin pursuing a resolution.
- La Cañada Flintridge’s 15-year ban on new drive-thrus will stand, despite years of research into a possible reversal, after council members elected Tuesday not to change local regulations to allow for such facilities at local businesses.
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Ryan Fonseca, ryan.fonseca@latimes.com
Twitter: @RyFons
