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Ryan Carter GLENDALE -- A man described as in his mid-20s was subdued by security personnel Monday after barricading himself inside a hospital bathroom and threatened to kill himself and others, police said. The man, whose name and age was not released, was heard stating he was going to kill himself and hospital staff shortly after 5:30 p.m. in a bathroom near the entrance to Glendale Adventist Medical Center, Glendale Police Sgt. Jim Woody said.

LA CA—ADA FLINTRIDGE -- The Crescenta Valley Sheriff's Department will file charges today against a 27-year-old Los Angeles man who led police on a high-speed pursuit, then barricaded himself in a Foothill Boulevard business' restroom, police said. Nathaniel Rivera was arrested Tuesday evening on suspicion of auto theft, possession of a firearm as a parolee and reasonable cause robbery, just 15 minutes after he initially led police on a high-speed pursuit on the freeway, Crescenta Valley Sheriff's Sgt. Don Hudalla said.

Detectives are investigating the badly burned body of an unidentified adult male that was found Monday morning in a unisex restroom in the Colby Canyon Campground in the Angeles National Forest. "It's the first murder I've picked up out of there and we believe it's an isolated incident. We do not believe there is a serial killer or any predators out there," said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Homicide Bureau Lt. Dan Rosenberg. The campground was closed Monday due to investigations but was re-opened to the public Tuesday.

A clothes hamper leaning up against a wall heater apparently sparked a bathroom fire that caused about $25,000 damage, Glendale Fire officials said. A 13-year-old girl who lived in the home called 911 about 3:45 p.m. Thursday to report the fire in the 4400 block of Dunsmore Avenue. A neighbor tried to help put out the fire but was driven out by smoke and heat. No one was injured. Firefighters put the fire out within five minutes of arrival.

LA CRESCENTA — Two Strike Park has a new addition to the landscape this summer in the form of some eye-catching murals. Brianne Johnson, 15, a member of La Crescenta’s Girl Scout Troop No. 290, recently completed her Gold Award project, which included the creation of Two Strike Park’s new pond and garden, as well as a series of colorful and informative murals. The murals, which also serve to educate the public on native plants, were temporarily placed on the outer walls of the park’s restroom facilities last week, and that’s where they will hang permanently once the Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation Department procures the necessary protective glass and frames.

Are bathrooms without handicap grab bars blight? According to the Glendale Redevelopment Agency, they are. On Tuesday, the agency declared bathrooms at Fire Station 26 and adjoining Casa Verdugo Library blighted in order to use $305,000 in redevelopment money to pay for upgrades at the facilities. The upgrades have been on the city's capital improvement wish list two years in a row, but budget shortfalls have kept them from being funded.  City officials said in a report to the City Council Tuesday that there were “no other reasonable means of financing the improvements.”  The move shows the extent to which Glendale relies on its Redevelopment Agency, which the state is trying to eliminate.

It's an age-old question with as many answers as there are muffin-topped men afraid to talk about their feelings wandering the barbecue aisle at Home Depot on Saturday: What to do for Father's Day? So here to aid, abet and entertain you is "The Perfect Father's Day" as imagined by yours truly (if time, money and gastro capacity had no limits, of course). Awake from a predawn dream of being in my wife's arms to find myself in her arms. She grumbles, disappointed, as I leave for the bathroom.

A 29-year-old Glendale man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of lewd conduct, sexual battery and resisting arrest after allegedly grabbing a plainclothes Glendale Police officer. The arrest was the latest one as Glendale Police officers conducted periodic surveillance on a restroom near the boys' clothing department of JCPenney, at 333 W. Colorado St., Glendale Police Sgt. Sue Hodgman said. Officers from the department's Galleria substation had been doing the surveillance for the past three weeks, she said.

Hogg's Hollow is not your typical preschool. There are many unique elements that set the school apart from others. Pillows, hand sewn by the students, are displayed as decoration along side needlepoint projects in the works. An actual full size tepee is set up in the play yard by volunteer parents for the students to explore and hold class in. The tepee also acts as the dining room for the students after they shop for, cook and eat an entire Thanksgiving feast, prepared with their very own little hands.