818 Roundup: Bob Hope Airport has $1.8 billion impact on LA County, BPD investigates rash of burglaries
Greetings, readers! Today is Wednesday, May 21 Weather in the Glendale area will reach a high of 73 degrees and a low of 57, according to the National Weather Service.
In the news from your area:
Bob Hope Airport had a total economic impact of $1.8 billion on the Los Angeles County economy during its fiscal year 2012-13 and supported 12,440 jobs throughout its supply chain, according to a study by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp.
Police are investigating seven daytime home burglaries since last Thursday in which hundreds of dollars’ worth of electronics and other items were stolen from homes in Burbank.
Three people were arrested in Glendale during a DUI checkpoint Saturday night, while 12 people were taken into custody for driving without a license, police said.
Scholl Canyon residents shared concerns this week about proposals to expand the nearby landfill and offered some suggestions on how to reduce dependence on the site.
- Over the last decade, Burbank city officials have repaired roughly 40 miles of damaged city sidewalks, or more than a million square-feet of concrete, marking the completion of a multimillion dollar project to fix every tripping hazard citywide.
-- Sameea Kamal, sameea.kamal@latimes.com
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