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The following were taken from daily booking reports from the Glendale Police Department. 200 block of East Maple Street A 20-year-old woman was arrested May 11 on suspicion of spousal assault. 200 block of East Los Feliz Road A 27-year-old man was arrested May 11 on an outstanding warrant for theft or unlawful taking of a vehicle. Riverdale Drive and Central Avenue A 30-year-old man was arrested May 11 on an outstanding warrant for battery on a police officer.

In the current state of CIF Southern Section postseason baseball, not even winning a league title is a guarantee for a first-round playoff home game. In the cases of Crescenta Valley High and Flintridge Prep, both teams shared titles in their respective leagues, but, fortunately for the Falcons and Rebels, they ended up on the right end of tiebreakers and will host first-round playoff games on Friday. As released Monday by the CIF Southern Section offices, the Falcons (20-7) will host Yucaipa or Great Oak in the first round of the Division II playoffs, while the Rebels (15-8)

Officer Bryan Duncan was running late to a drunk-driving enforcement operation on March 17 when he witnessed a major traffic collision on the Foothill (210) Freeway that quickly escalated into an inferno. Duncan jumped off his motorcycle, ran toward the collision - which involved a Dodge Challenger and a Nissan Sentra - and began calling for emergency crews. After Duncan and a passerby pulled the driver from the fiery Nissan, he tried using a fire extinguisher to douse the flames.

A Hollywood woman was arrested Wednesday after allegedly selling bogus Disneyland tickets on Craigslist in Glendale to at least half a dozen families, some of whom didn't learn of the fakery until being turned away at the theme park's gates. The woman, Alisa Yenokyan, 22, was taken into custody about 6 p.m. after she agreed to meet officers who posed as potential Disneyland ticket purchasers at Hollywood Boulevard and Western Avenue in Los Angeles, Police Det. Jonathan Owen said. The officers responded to one of her Craigslist ads and offered to buy two adult and two child tickets for $50 each, he said.

GLENDALE - With a fresh start, the members of the Flintridge Prep baseball team have accomplished two things this season that haven't been done since the 1990s. Under the guidance of first-year coach Guillermo Gonzalez, the Rebels won their first Prep League championship since 1997. Flintridge Prep then crossed off another item off its check list Friday. PHOTOS: Flintridge Prep vs. Santa Paula baseball Karlsen Termini hit a two-run home run and starting pitcher Brenden McKiernan tossed a complete game to lift Flintridge Prep to a 14-6 home victory against Santa Paula in a CIF Southern Section Division VI first-round contest at the Glendale Sports Complex.

Burt Bacharach was never a fan of rock 'n' roll, even as the distinctive, graceful love songs he wrote with lyricist Hal David began sharing space on the frenetic '60s and early '70s pop charts. His metier wasn't blues or psychedelia but smooth drama and sophistication in songs that bounced with the energy of the time: "The Look of Love," "What's New, Pussycat?" and "Alfie. " The composer continued to score hits after the acrimonious breakup of the Bacharach-David partnership, which had propelled the likes of Dionne Warwick, Tom Jones and Celia Black into the pop stratosphere - first with then-wife Carole Bayer Sager and, more recently, Elvis Costello.

Cruise Night - the annual event in which hotrods and custom and classic cars take over downtown Glendale - will be scaled back this summer after officials this week decided to more than halve the event's budget. The $103,000 required to stage the massively popular regional event has in past been paid for with redevelopment funds. But with Glendale's redevelopment agency dissolved by a state mandate, the city will now have to dip into its tight General Fund to cover a smaller $42,840 show.

A former assistant volleyball coach is scheduled to appear in court next week to face charges that he used a cellphone to take photos up a woman's skirt at the Glendale Galleria, police said. John Puncel, 50, of Sylmar, turned himself in to Glendale police on Oct. 15 after a warrant was issued for his arrest in connection with the Jan. 30 incident, Police Sgt. Tom Lorenz said. Puncel faces one felony count of possessing child pornography, three misdemeanor counts related to the skirt incident as well as a misdemeanor count of battery on a Glendale police officer, according to a Los Angeles County Superior Court complaint.

In beginning her quest Friday to win a triple crown at the California Community College Track and Field Championships, Grace Zamudio didn't change her racing strategy. With a light breeze blowing, the Glendale Community College women's distance runner broke past the starting line in the 10,000-meter event and paced herself before breaking away from the pack in the final mile. Zamudio cleared the first hurdle in her quest to win three state championships, as she clocked 37 minutes:22.19 seconds to win the event at College of San Mateo and earn her first state title in track and field.

Marie liked her middle name best so that is what she always went by. She was born in Los Angeles, California and graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School at the age of 18 and went to Pasadena City College for two years. After that she went to work for a thermostat/controls company and stayed there for approximately a year or two and then she started working for a wonderful couple in a law office. She had definitely found her niche there as she remained in law offices for the rest of her working career (over 50 years)

With a combat career already filled with firsts, the history in the making that is Ronda Rousey's career now officially has an opponent to co-author the next chapter in women's mixed-martial-arts chronicle. With Rousey sitting cageside along with Glendale Fighting Club trainer Edmond Tarverdyan and friend and fellow GFC trainee Marina Shafir, bantamweights Miesha Tate and Cat Zingano made their Ultimate Fighting Championship debuts Saturday in Las Vegas at “The Ultimate Fighter 17 Finale,” thrilling the Mandalay Bay crowd with Zingano winning the back-and-forth barnburner via third-round technical knockout.

A year ago Grace Graham-Zamudio settled for runner-up, third- and fourth-place finishes at the state championships. The Glendale Community College women's track and field star wouldn't settle for anything less that first in 2013. It resulted in Zamudio leaving the California Community College Athletic Assn. Track and Field State Championships, which was held at the College of San Mateo, and Glendale college with a triple crown. “The last race was definitely special, I know during the last lap I was thinking, 'This is my last lap as a Vaquero,'” said Zamudio, who capped off an incredible two-year career with the team by winning the 1,500-meter race in four minutes 36.13 seconds and the 5,000-meter in 17:41.

LA CANADA HIGH SCHOOL La Canada High School Class of 1984 will have its 20-year reunion June 26 at the La Canada Flintridge Country Club, 5500 Godbey Drive. For more information, call (800) 655-7971. HOOVER HIGH SCHOOL Hoover High School Class of 1994 will have its 10-year reunion Sept. 25 at the Hilton Glendale, 100 W. Glenoaks Blvd., Glendale. For more information, call (800) 655-7971. CRESCENTA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL Crescenta Valley High School Class of 1984 will have its 20-year reunion Oct. 2 at the Hard Rock Cafe, 453 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach.

MONTROSE — An actor from the hit cable network show "Sons of Anarchy" was arrested Tuesday after trying to hit a Glendale police officer, officials said. Mark Hiedrich, 55, of Los Angeles, was taken into custody about 4:40 p.m. on suspicion of misdemeanor resisting arrest and misdemeanor battery on a peace officer, Glendale Police Sgt. Tom Lorenz said. Heidrich also goes by Mark Boone Junior. Heidrich was driving his 1995 Ford Thunderbird in Montrose when a Glendale police officer stopped him at Ramsdell and Honolulu avenues, Lorenz said.