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Glendale City Council sinks pool table fee

By Daniel Siegal, daniel.siegal@latimes.com — Fri, 24 May 2013 17:04:00 PDT

Officials acknowledge that the annual charge is 'archaic.'

The Glendale City Council wants to scrap an annual $125-per-table fee for billiards establishments, with officials acknowledging that the charge was originally put in place to deter pool parlors from opening in the city.

Schiff reintroduces bill to allow Bob Hope Airport curfew

By Daniel Siegal, daniel.siegal@latimes.com — Fri, 24 May 2013 17:04:00 PDT

Legislation would give Bob Hope Airport the authority it applied for in 2009.

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) wants residents living near Bob Hope Airport to be able to get a good night's sleep, so he has reintroduced legislation to let the airport impose a formal, legally binding curfew on all flight operations.

Homeless service calls spike in Glendale

By Brittany Levine, brittany.levine@latimes.com — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:53:00 PDT

Increase may be due to several reasons, but nobody's sure which ones.

There were 10 times as many transient-related calls for service during the most recent winter homeless shelter at the National Guard Armory on Colorado Boulevard compared to the year prior, records show.

Gatto's 'Shakedown' bill gets halfway home

By Daniel Siegal, daniel.siegal@latimes.com — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:08:00 PDT

A bill by Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Silver Lake) that would protect businesses against "shakedown lawsuits" sailed through the state Assembly Friday on a unanimous vote.

Man arrested in Glendale after brawl with passerby

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:00:00 PDT

The man was arrested after he allegedly fought with, and then drove toward, a passerby who yelled at him for grabbing a woman by her neck.

NASA's JPL to 'lasso' an asteroid

By Tiffany Kelly, tiffany.kelly@latimes.com — Thu, 23 May 2013 21:34:00 PDT

Project would bring body close enough for astronauts to study, NASA administrator Charles Bolden says.

A proposed mission to capture an asteroid and bring it into orbit in the Earth-moon system is a stepping stone to sending humans to Mars, NASA administrator Charles Bolden said Thursday at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Cell phone crackdown for distracted drivers scheduled in Glendale

By Veronica Rocha, veronica.rocha@latimes.com — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:25:00 PDT

Officers will be out Friday searching for distracted drivers.

Police plan to step up enforcement activities Friday against motorists using their cell phones while driving. The plan follows last month's distracted-driving crackdown in which more than 400 citations were issued.

Restaurant melee brings arrest

By Veronica Rocha, veronica.rocha@latimes.com — Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT

Man refused to pay for dinner he claimed was too rare, police say.

A restaurant patron was arrested Saturday after he allegedly refused to pay for his $46 squid and steak dinner that he claimed was "too rare," and then assaulted workers who tried to stop him from fleeing, police said.

Glendale Galleria Bloomingdale's development goes green

By Daniel Siegal, daniel.siegal@latimes.com — Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT

People driving or walking around Brand Boulevard and Broadway in downtown Glendale are seeing something unusual — a giant green cube on the southwest corner of the intersection.

MTA raises plane-train ante for Bob Hope Airport

By Daniel Siegal, daniel.siegal@latimes.com — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:24:00 PDT

Approval of funds for new station will free up matching grant money.

The agency's decision to provide $1.7 million will help reach the local match for a $4.3 million federal grant that will foster a "plane-to-train connection" to local transit.