818 Roundup: Volunteers prepare homes for veterans at Burbank housing project
Ross Young, left, and Meri Davtian, both employees in the city of Burbank, help build furniture in one of the bungalows at a homeless veterans housing project on Verdugo Ave. in Burbank on Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015. Behind them are volunteers Lisa and Neil Young of Olive + Spark Design Studio of Burbank. Volunteers came out to build furniture and install housewares and linens at the 11-unit location.
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Good morning, 818. Today is Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015. Temperatures for today are forecasted to reach a high of 66 and a low of 45, according to the National Weather Service.
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Volunteers put together furniture and installed housewares and linens over the weekend at a new housing project for homeless veterans at the corner of West Verdugo and West Angeleno avenues, placing the finishing touches on a project years in the making.
Actor and musician Jared Drake Bell was arrested Monday on suspicion of driving under the influence in Glendale, police said.
Five gang members and associates — including a 23-year-old stabbing victim — were charged in connection with a gang fight that started at a Burbank park last week, police said.
Two La Cañada businesses were the scenes of crimes this weekend, after an armed robber made off with $7 from Golden Donut Place on Saturday and a road rage-inspired argument between customers outside Sport Chalet Sunday led to a stabbing.
On Monday night, the San Bernardino City Council approved a resolution to bring Burbank City Manager Mark Scott on as an interim city manager of the beleaguered city, the site of a recent terror attack, for a year, beginning Feb. 8.
Two Glendale schools will embark on bidding farewell to their asphalt-dominated playgrounds next year to make way for more trees and shade using greening grants that each school received.
Several hundred kids were given the tantalizing opportunity to pick out their own toys during the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station annual Toy and Food Drive this past Saturday.
The countdown clock began ticking Monday for Burbank residents to submit their feedback to a draft study looking at the traffic impacts around the Empire Center if the city were to either complete, modify or abandon two sets of traffic-mitigation measures called for in the original environmental document for the retail center.
Readers can check out a map and photos of some of the local holiday decorated homes submitted by ¿Burbank¿ and ¿Glendale¿ residents. Read the story and view the map here.
Burbank’s Parks and Recreation Department is seeking candidates for its upcoming free nine-week leadership program called Residents Inspiring Service and Empowerment, or RISE.
With $80 million left to spend from a $110-million facilities bond, the Burbank Unified School Board agreed last week to spend $1.3 million over the next three and a half years to hire a bond manager to oversee how the funds are being spent, as well as monitor project budgets, construction and architectural plans.
- Lanterman House on Encinas Drive wrapped up its centennial year celebration Sunday with a holiday open house that drew about 100 visitors, many of them first-time guests to the historic property.
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Ryan Fonseca, ryan.fonseca@latimes.com
Twitter: @RyFons
