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Katy Perry pops by Glendale to promote eyelash line

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:16:00 PST

Katy Perry made an appearance in Glendale Wednesday to showcase a new line of false eyelashes called Katy Perry Lashes Created by Eylure.

Family claims Drew Ferraro was bullied

By Megan O'Neil, megan.oneil@latimes.com — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:36:00 PST

Investigators and school officials maintain original statement after student's suicide.

Glendale Unified officials and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s investigators on Wednesday stood by their earlier statements that bullying did not factor into a 15-year-old student’s decision to jump to his death at Crescenta Valley High School earlier this month.

Airlines to share ticketing system at Bob Hope

By Mark Kellam, mark.kellam@latimes.com — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:09:00 PST

Customers will soon be able to check in at competitor's counters at the airport.

Bob Hope Airport will soon open all ticket counters to competing airlines that serve the airfield to better handle overloaded crowds.

Devout mark start of Lent

By Megan O'Neil, megan.oneil@latimes.com — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:18:00 PST

Local churches add services to accommodate influx of worshipers.

Christians crowded into local churches Wednesday, joining their counterparts around the world to mark the start of Lent with the traditional application of ashes to the forehead.

Ochoa, Lanzafame picked for redevelopment oversight board

By Brittany Levine, brittany.levine@latimes.com — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:38:00 PST

The pair will take two of the seven spots on the board.

Two top officials in charge of planning the dismantling of Glendale’s Redevelopment Agency have been nominated to be on an oversight board that reviews their actions.

Men allegedly lived in church for weeks

By Veronica Rocha, veronica.rocha@latimes.com — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:05:00 PST

Pair is booked on suspicion of burglary and breaking in, though nothing was stolen, police say.

Two Glendale men were arrested Monday night after one of them ran from police during a traffic stop and led them to a church on Lowell Avenue, where he and another man barricaded themselves inside for more than two hours, officials said.

Disney strikes deal to distribute movies to Chinese cable viewers

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:09:00 PST

The Walt Disney Co.has reached an agreement that would bring Pixar Animation Studios' "Cars 2," Disney's"The Muppets" and other approved films to Chinese cable television viewers, broadening the Burbank entertainment giant's access in the world's most populous market.

Antonovich slams agencies for slow progress on chromium-6

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:25:00 PST

Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich today slammed public health officials for “pathetic bureaucratic inertia” in establishing new maximum allowed levels of chromium-6 in public drinking water.

High-pressure to bring 80-degree temperatures, gusty winds

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:53:00 PST

Temperatures across the tri-city area be six to 10 degrees above normal today as a high pressure system brings winds northeast winds that could reach 25 mph, according to the National Weather Service.

Officials ID man who died after car plunged 300 feet

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:53:00 PST

Los Angeles County coroner officials identified the 25-year-old La Mirada man whose car plunged 300 feet off a steep highway in Angeles National Forest.