818 Roundup: Outgoing Burbank Unified Supt. Britz receives retroactive raise; Former Burroughs High employee arrested for alleged sexual relations with students
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Good morning, 818! Today is Saturday, June 6, 2015. Temperatures for today are forecasted to reach a high of 77 and a low of 57 with patchy fog in the evening, according to the National Weather Service.
Here are your local headlines:
In the final meeting of the Burbank Unified school board Thursday night, retiring Supt. Jan Britz was presented with gifts and kind words. But that’s not all — she also got a raise that takes effect retroactively for her last year of employment.
A former John Burroughs High School employee was arrested Thursday after he allegedly had sexual relationships with two female students from 2011 to 2015, police said.
A three-year effort to make surface improvements on the Foothill (210) Freeway is already underway and will cause periodic ramp and lane closures, according to an engineer for Caltrans.
For the first time in 10 years, Burbank Councilman David Gordon gave his approval of a city budget when the City Council voted unanimously to approve a balanced budget for fiscal year 2015-2016 on Tuesday.
Shoppers looking for unique gifts or handmade crafts can head to the 32nd annual Montrose Arts and Crafts Festival this weekend, which will feature more than 300 vendors carrying everything from handmade jewelry and ceramics to metal works.
This week found Ray Wipfli, who just wrapped up his sixth-grade year at Paradise Canyon Elementary School, enjoying the freedoms and privileges of summer break. Meanwhile, 9,394 miles away in the Ugandan region of Mpigi, the work Ray has done with the help of mom Heather Wipfli to bring long-lasting and meaningful change to an underserved population is still bearing fruit.
A 26-year-old Los Angeles man was arrested Thursday after allegedly pulling out a knife on a man whose cellphone he’d stolen shortly before, police said.
- A new sign put up by commercial property owners isn’t out of the ordinary, but a lighted one along Brand Boulevard is one of the first of its kind in Glendale because it’s powered by the sun.