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From the Glendale News-Press
Fresh produce and a festive atmosphere are calling people to farmers markets in Glendale and Burbank, which are just hitting their seasonal stride as peaches, melons and avocados come in from around the region.
Business is solid at the Harvest Market in the Montrose Shopping Park, said John Drayman, Glendale city councilman and founding director of the Sunday market on Honolulu Avenue.
Drayman said sales are up more than 10% over late last year and in early 2010, with 5,000 visitors each week walking among the farm stands, craft and book stalls, grilled food kiosks and a children's play area.
... Continue Reading: Farmers markets keep producing
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From the Glendale News-Press
GLENDALE — State legislators this week approved a bill to release millions in one-time federal stimulus funds to Glendale and Burbank school districts, but local officials said nothing would change until the money was in the bank.
But school board members and staff in both cities said their fiscal challenges and positions won't change until the federal dollars are physically or electronically transferred out of Sacramento.
"Yes it's on track and our staff and our team has been very aggressive with this and putting this into our mindset," said Greg Krikorian, president of the Glendale Unified school board. "The important factor here is, until the money's in our bank, we have no clue, and it's a very volatile situation right now."
... Continue Reading: Glendale, Burbank school districts could receive millions in federal stimulus funds
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From the Glendale News-Press
BURBANK — A Montrose-based psychologist testified Tuesday that the 48-year-old Glendale man who was convicted of stabbing his girlfriend to death reported hearing controlling voices moments before the attack.
During Soo Duk Kim's sanity trial, which began Monday after jurors found him guilty of second-degree murder for killing 52-year-old Susan Kim on Dec. 16, 2007, psychologist Jungyeol Oh testified in a Los Angeles County Superior Courtroom in Burbank that the Korean immigrant felt humiliated after a confrontation over smoking marijuana.
After the argument, Susan Kim took his keys and told him to return to Korea.
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From the Glendale News-Press
BURBANK — A 48-year-old Glendale man was found guilty Monday of second-degree murder for stabbing his girlfriend to death.
The sanity phase of the trial also began Monday to determine whether Soo Duk Kim was sane when he killed 
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From the Los Angeles Times
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a measure Monday allowing tens of thousands more Californians with environmentally friendly cars to drive solo in carpool lanes, while state lawmakers moved closer to approving reforms inspired by the eye-popping salaries of Bell city officials.
Among the measures meant to crack down on abuse of public trust by government officials are three bills passed by the Senate that would limit how quickly local leaders can raise their own salaries, put a cap on their pensions and refund excess property taxes charged to Bell residents.
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From the Glendale News-Press
Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D- Silver Lake) set up a table Saturday at the Burbank Farmers Market, meeting constituents and fielding questions on topics ranging from his mother to Medicare.
Gatto hosted a Government Fair at the market behind Burbank City Hall, joined by representatives from agencies including the state Department of Consumer Affairs and the California Highway Patrol.
"Usually, when someone has an issue with the government — and people have a lot of issues with the government these days — they have to go to the government," Gatto said. "They are surprised the government is coming to them."
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