Bob Hope Airport figures rise slightly

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

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

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

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.

Glendale 5K CROP Hunger Walk set for Sunday

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

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

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

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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