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(1) Yes. I believe the claims are valid. (76 votes, 69%)
(2) No. The department doesn’t need to be investigated by the FBI. (34 votes, 31%)
Current poll: Officials hope to receive $4.7 billion toward high-speed train network that would connect most of California. If it gets built, would you take the train?
Yes. I’m all for public transportation.
No. My car is the best way for me to commute.
Sometimes. Not daily, but for long trips I’d take the train.
Cast your vote now at BurbankLeader.com.
(1) Yes. The Council should have a say in where towers are placed. (28 votes, 42%)
(2) No. It’s a federal issue. Plus, more towers means better service. (32 votes, 53%)
Current poll: Business owners and smokers are denouncing a recent federal prohibition affecting cigarettes with certain flavors. Should the FDA be allowed to ban candy and fruit-flavored cigarettes?
Yes. These cigarettes can be particularly appealing to children.
No. Adults should be able to smoke the cigarette of their choice.
Cast your vote now at GlendaleNewsPress.com.
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From the La Cañada Valley Sun:
A house fire in La Cañada started and ended on Monday morning, but not before doing extensive damage to the two-story property, authorities said.
At 8:13 a.m. Monday the Los Angeles County Fire Department received a call that a house in the 5300 block of Ivafern Lane was burning. Engine companies from fire stations 82, 19 and 11 were on the scene immediately, with 30 firefighters called to battle the flames.
“There was nobody in the house and no injuries,” said Det. Brian Tibbett of the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station. Tibbett was the first responder on the scene. “A neighbor from up on the hill saw the smoke and called it in.”
For more read here
By Seth Amitin
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The Los Angeles Police Department has cut in half a backlog of untested DNA evidence from rapes and sexual assaults, according to new LAPD figures.
Last year, LAPD officials acknowledged that nearly 7,500 evidence kits collected from alleged rape and sexual assault victims were languishing unanalyzed in storage freezers. Now, the number of untested evidence kits has fallen to 3,157.
At the current pace of testing, the LAPD would erase the backlog by the summer of 2011, officials said.
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Whether cooking for myself or eating out, there's nothing better than a good meal (perhaps accompanied by a good glass of wine).
So I was so happy to discover that yesterday marked the first day of dineLA Restaurant Week. Except this year it's really two weeks!
From through Oct. 9 and Oct. 11-16 (basically the next two weeks except for Saturdays), some of L.A.'s finest restaurants will be offering three-course, fixed-price meals much cheaper than ordering off the menu.
Several Glendale restaurants made this year's list:
Of course, living with the stigma of being flat-footed--information that initially conjures images from "March of the Penguins" -- can sometimes be difficult, especially after years of competitive football and dancing action. But orthotics can help to correct some of the problems caused by less-than-perfect arches. The main obstacle, though, is they can be expensive -- and the new custom-fit insoles from Dr. Scholl's are no exception ($49.95 for a pair).
Still, I thought the idea of standing on a high-tech foot scanner would be fun, so I gave it a shot. The device, at the back of the store on the corner of Los Feliz and San Fernando roads, is like some sort of advanced vending machine with a touch-screen display.
I removed my shoes and stepped onto the foot outlines of the sensor, then followed a set of directions for leaning and balancing so the machine could detect how my weight was distributed about my foot. It highlighted the areas of pressure with different colors and eventually directed me to the $50 insoles that were right for me.
As much as I was wowed by the process and the apparent availability of custom-fit orthotics without having to go to a podiatrist, I'll decide at a later date whether they're worth the money. Until then, you can probably find me at the back of the store, repeatedly testing out the machine's accuracy.
From the Glendale News-Press Motorists in Glendale were ranked for the third year in row as having some of the worst driving skills in the nation, according to independent insurance report. Glendale ranked 191 out of 193 cities for having the worst drivers in the latest “Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report,” coming in below that [...]
A live grenade was found at GCC Garfield campus on Thursday. Click on photo for a gallery. [caption id="attachment_20908" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Crowds were evacuated after a live granade was found by construction workers at the Glendale Community College Garfield Campus construction site on Thursday, September 2, 2010. (Raul Roa/News-Press)"][/caption]
Menagerie: The Art of Animals exhibit at Forest Lawn Glendale [caption id="attachment_20898" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="Andreas Deja's wire sculpture of a frog is part of the Glendale Forest Lawn Museum exhibit "Menagerie: The Art of Animals," in Glendale on Thursday, September 2, 2010. (Raul Roa/News-Press)"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_20904" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="A member of the L.A. County Bomb Squad prepares to detonate a live grenade that was found by construction workers at the Glendale Community College Garfield Campus construction site. (Raul Roa/News-Press)"][/caption] [Updated 2:54 p.m. Bomb squad officers have detonated the grenade device in a pit covered with sandbags. No injuries were [...]
From the Glendale News-Press Rachel Keown has gone from rookie to record-holder. The newly-minted motorcycle racer, who works at Harley-Davidson of Glendale, broke the speed record for a 1,000 cc motorcycle this week at the BUB Racing Inc. Motorcycle Speed Trials at Bonneville Salt Flats outside Salt Lake City. The final results won’t become official [...]
From the Glendale News-Press Smokers in Glendale, which has one of the highest smoking rates in Los Angeles County, could gain free access to tools to help them quit smoking under a bill passed by state legislators Tuesday. County officials and health care representatives gathered on the steps of the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration [...]
From the Glendale News-Press LA CRESCENTA — The Crescenta Valley Drug and Alcohol Prevention Coalition on Tuesday was awarded a major federal grant that will total $625,000 over the next five years as they work to thwart substance abuse among local teens. The Office of National Drug Control Policy selected the coalition and 168 other [...]
From the Glendale News-Press SOUTH GLENDALE — Two women kidnapped another woman Wednesday afternoon, forced her to withdraw her bank savings and then burglarized her Pacific Avenue home, police said. The Glendale woman, who was unharmed in the incident, was walking home about noon at Pacific Avenue and Oak Street when she was approached by [...]
A state bill that increases the minimum age to start kindergarten passed the state Legislature Tuesday. To begin kindergarten, students must turn 5 years old by Sept. 1 of the school year. Previous law set the minimum at 5 years by Dec. 2 of the school year. If signed into law by the governor, it [...]
From the Glendale News-Press GLENDALE — A Glendale man who was stabbed last week after a road-rage incident was recovering from his injuries at home Tuesday, police said. The man was released Saturday from a local hospital after having sustained a stab wound that sliced his liver, Glendale Police Det. Keith Soboleski said. “He is [...]
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