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Bob Hope Airport figures rise slightly

9:04 am, Mar 9th, 2010 Written by Melanie Hicken burbank news Add a Comment

BOB HOPE AIRPORT — After a year of falling passenger numbers, Bob Hope Airport in January saw a slight increase in traffic compared with the same period last year, officials reported Monday.

Nearly 360,000 passengers traveled through the airport in January, up 1.6% from 2009, according to a report to the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority on Monday. The passenger increase came despite a 7.1% decline in the number of flights.

Last year’s passenger numbers were the lowest in eight years, falling from 5.3 million in 2008 to 4.6 million in 2009. The volume of passengers peaked at more than 5.9 million in 2007.

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Two area teams receive CIF rankings

A pair of local teams are ranked in the latest CIF Southern Section polls, released Monday.

The Flintridge Prep boys’ volleyball team remains ranked third in Division V behind Salesian and St. Margaret’s.

Preseason polls in baseball and softball were unveiled Monday, as well.

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CVWD board to interview applicants for vacancy

6:10 pm, Mar 8th, 2010 Written by Melanie Hicken crescenta valley news Add a Comment

The Crescenta valley Water District Board of Directors will hold a special meeting Tuesday night to interview eight residents vying to fill the vacancy on the Crescenta Valley Water District Board of Directors.

The vacancy is left by former director Richard Atwater, who resigned after the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office ruled that his simultaneous seat on the Foothill Metropolitan Water District board represented a potential conflict of interest.

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Misremembered, La Cañada owner prevail in Santa Anita’s Big Cap

6:08 pm, Mar 8th, 2010 Written by Los Angeles Times la cañada sports Add a Comment

From the Los Angeles Times

Misremembered, a racehorse owned by La Cañada’s George Jacobs, won the 73rd annual Santa Anita Handicap and all of its $750,000 prize on Saturday.

Jacobs is the owner of La Cañada pizza landmark Georgee’s Pizza.

“We did this one sandwich, one horse at a time,” Jacobs said in the post-race news conference. “I’m a living example that this can happen to anybody.”

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FEMA declares Station fire neighborhoods a disaster area

2:39 pm, Mar 8th, 2010 Written by Megan O'Neil crescenta valley la cañada news Add a Comment

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today declared the neighborhoods in the footprint of the Station fire burn area a federal disaster zone. The disaster declaration makes foothill communities impacted by debris flows eligible for federal funding.

Congressman David Dreier (R-San Dimas), backed by La Cañada city officials, had been pushing for weeks for the designation.

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Former Nitro to conduct football camp

Former Glendale High and University of Oregon football player Jaiya Figueras will conduct the West Coast Football Academy from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Saturdays at the Glendale Sports Complex, 2200 Fern Lane, Glendale.

The cost is $25 per session and the event will focus on basic fundamentals, evaluations and more.

For more information, visit the organization’s website.

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Glendale 5K CROP Hunger Walk set for Sunday

12:28 pm, Mar 8th, 2010 Written by Joyce Rudolph Events glendale Add a Comment

A participant assembles signs for the 2004 CROP Walk. (Roger Wilson/News Press)

The Glendale 5K CROP Hunger Walk begins at 1 p.m. Sunday March 14 at Incarnation Catholic church, 1001 N. Brand Blvd., and finishes, with a celebration at St. Mark’s Episcopal church, 1020 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale.

CROP, or Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty, is an educational and fundraising event co-sponsored by an interfaith group of local congregations and Church World Service.

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Road rage suspected in fatal shooting

9:47 am, Mar 8th, 2010 Written by Los Angeles Times news Add a Comment

From the Los Angeles Times

San Bernardino police detectives are trying to sort out a fatal shooting that could be a road rage incident.

The incident occurred between two men Saturday morning at Sierra Way and 9th Street near downtown.

Police say two men exchanged verbal jabs while driving down the road, and then one of the cars slammed into the other.

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17-year-old shot to death in Pasadena

9:44 am, Mar 8th, 2010 Written by Los Angeles Times news Add a Comment

From the Los Angeles Times

A youth was killed in a shooting on a Pasadena street Sunday, police reported.

About 9:50 a.m., police saw a 17-year-old man running near the intersection of Tremont Street and Fair Oaks Avenue. The officers discovered that he had seen shot, said Pasadena police Lt. Chris Russ.

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Alleged utilities theft investigated

9:38 am, Mar 8th, 2010 Written by Veronica Rocha glendale news Add a Comment

SOUTHEAST GLENDALE — Authorities are investigating the theft of $1,700-worth of utilities at a uninhabitable home where police say they have arrested several people for methamphetamine use and burglary.

The home on the 500 block of Solway Street has also been the subject of numerous code enforcement and police calls in the past two months.

“It’s kind of gotten labeled as the party meth house,” city code enforcement Inspector Che Hill said.

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PHOTOS: The Station fire burn areas from above

Written by Raul Roa on Mar 9th, 2010 at 1:14 pm

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The Glendale Police Department took a Glendale News-Press photographer on a helicopter ride for an aerial view of the the Station fire burn areas.

Police: Former Dodgers player and Burbank resident died Tuesday

Written by Max Zimbert on Mar 9th, 2010 at 11:56 am

Burbank resident and Former Dodgers outfielder Willie Davis, 69, died this morning, police said.
Authorities continue to investigate and are waiting for the coroner’s report detailing cause of death, Burbank Police Sgt. Robert Quesada said.
Davis, who made his debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1960, was a speedy outfielder during his baseball career, with 20 [...]

Police: BUSD teacher had sex with 14-year-old student

Written by Max Zimbert on Mar 9th, 2010 at 11:31 am

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From the Burbank Leader
A Burbank Unified School District teacher turned herself in Monday for having sex with a 14-year-old student from March to September last year, police said.
Amy Beck, 33, a sixth-grade teacher at Jordan Middle School, surrendered Monday afternoon to Burbank police with her lawyer, and was being held on $400,000 bail, Burbank Police [...]

Assembly District hopefuls debate budget, economy

Written by Zain Shauk on Mar 8th, 2010 at 9:36 am

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From the Glendale News-Press
Three candidates vying to fill a vacant seat in the 43rd Assembly District faced off in a bilingual forum Sunday that featured perspectives on the state budget, the economy and the Armenian Genocide.
The Assembly hopefuls were non-confrontational while expressing their often starkly different takes on solving state challenges, with one calling [...]

Glendale aiming to woo Google

Written by Melanie Hicken on Mar 8th, 2010 at 9:33 am

From the Glendale News-Press
CITY HALL — The mayor of Topeka, Kansas, signed a proclamation renaming the city “Google” for the month of March. The mayor of Duluth, Minn., jumped into icy Lake Superior to proclaim his love for the Internet giant in a video posted on YouTube.

Glendale officials this week joined the fray — [...]

Creative bras raise funds for breast cancer services

Written by Joyce Rudolph on Mar 8th, 2010 at 8:59 am

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Soroptimist International of Glendale is welcoming colorful and innovative creations for its seventh annual Bras for a Cause fundraiser on April 10 at the Embassy Suites Hotel.
Participants can decorate a bra with this year’s theme in mind “Bras for a Cause Salutes Television, ” or create their own theme. The entry fee is $100 and [...]

A Noise Within surpasses groundbreaking goal for new theater

Written by Joyce Rudolph on Mar 8th, 2010 at 8:52 am

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A Noise Within surpassed the $10 million mark Sunday night in its capital campaign to raise $13.3 million for its new Pasadena theater, it was announced in a press release tonight by company Co-Founders/Co-Artistic Directors Geoff Elliott and Julia Rodriguez-Elliott.  The goal was reached weeks before the groundbreaking, the duo added.
A board challenge, which matched [...]

Rainy day in La Crescenta

Written by Raul Roa on Mar 6th, 2010 at 2:58 pm

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Clouds opened up from time to time Saturday in La Crescenta.  In La Cañada Flintridge, residents inspected the Mullally Debris Basin on Manistee Drive in the Paradise Valley neighborhood after a short but strong downpour with lightning and small hail.

Flintridge Prep baseball vs. Santa Paula High

Written by Raul Roa on Mar 5th, 2010 at 5:01 pm

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Flitridge Prep High School played at home vs. Santa Paula High School at home Friday.
 

Burbank High’s Kauppila gets attention from MLB teams

Written by Jeff Tully on Mar 5th, 2010 at 2:06 pm

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Lonnie Kauppila will likely generate a great deal of attention during his senior season with the Burbank High baseball team.
Having already signed with Stanford, college coaches are no longer hounding the senior shortstop. Instead, it’s the professional scouts who have been coming out of the woodwork to take a look at Kauppila.
“We have a lot [...]