818 Roundup: Former student settles sex case against BUSD; CV emergency response times up
Good morning readers! Today is Friday, June 27. Weather for the Glendale area is expected to reach a high of 81 degrees and a low of 63.
Here are your headlines for today:
- A man who claimed he was sexually abused by his teacher when he was 14 years old has settled his lawsuit against the Burbank Unified School District that alleged school officials failed to oversee a teacher and train employees to recognize signs of sex abuse.
It took Crescenta Valley Station deputies an average of 10 minutes to respond to 911 calls in 2013, according to a county report aimed at increasing the numbers of people in uniform -- an increase from 2010, when it took 7.6 minutes for local Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies to respond to emergency calls, the report read.
When Glendale school officials approved a three-year plan last week to ensure students’ academic success and prioritize the district’s money, they also committed to the plan’s robust focus on students’ social and emotional needs.
A man who crashed a Cessna plane into a Glendale neighborhood in 2012 has agreed to pay the city $20,000, according to a city announcement this week.
- City officials this week asks La Cañada Flintridge residents to register their contact information online at www.lcf.ca.gov/alert so they can receive emergency notifications via the updated version of “Alert LCF,” which was recently deployed.
-- Sameea Kamal, sameea.kamal@latimes.com
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