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A mix of educators, businesspeople, law enforcement officials and other community members raced through questions about junk mail, the solar system and other fun facts Wednesday during the 21st annual Smart-A-Thon fundraiser. Organizers hoped the event, at the Verdugo Hills Hospital, would generate about $4,000 to go toward an endowment fund that supports educational programs in Glendale, La Crescenta and La Cañada Flintridge. Money from previous Smart-A-Thons helped pay for grants to 14 organizations this year, including nine schools and two libraries.

An ambulance’s siren blends in with the hustle and bustle of the city for most people — but not for Robert Coppel. It reminds Coppel of his job as a family care coordinator for OneLegacy, a nonprofit organ procurement organization. The longtime Burbank resident often spends hours in the hallways and waiting rooms of hospitals in Burbank and Glendale, supporting grieving families of potential organ donors with everything from information about donating to simply emotional support.

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In a quirky knowledge quiz, that might have befuddled Alex Trebek, the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce?s 20th annual Smart-A-Thon raised about $6,500 on Wednesday for local educational initiatives. More comedic, trick question-laced trivia than Jeopardy or Trivial Pursuit, the annual fundraising event invites teams of four to tackle a 68-question quiz for the chance to win small prizes and, by paying a $30 admission fee and bidding in a silent auction, help raise funds for the chamber?

With skill and speed, a team of Hoover High School students bested three other high schools to earn first place in Monday?s Scholastic Bowl competition, a quiz show-style contest of academic prowess. Five-member teams from Clark Magnet High School, Crescenta Valley High School, Glendale High and Hoover High were asked to identify composers of classical pieces of music and name the scientists responsible for particular discoveries in a contest that covered topics in science, social science, math, literature and the arts.

BURBANK ? As a 27-year-old Eagle Rock woman suspected of slaying her 20-month-old baby awaited arraignment, the woman?s father was distraught over charges he said are unbelievable. Ana Regina Lim was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of murder after County-USC Medical Center doctors declared her daughter, Mikea Lim, brain-dead on Tuesday. Mikea had been in a coma since March 5, when her grandparents took her from their Glendale home ? where the mother and child were staying ?

GLENDALE — A 27-year-old Eagle Rock woman was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of murder after police said she caused head injuries to her 20-month-old baby that have doctors keeping the child alive artificially. Ana Regina Lim was arrested after County-USC Medical Center doctors declared her daughter, Mikea Lim, brain-dead on Tuesday, Glendale Police Officer John Balian said. Mikea had been in a coma since March 5, when her grandparents took her from their Glendale home — where the mother and child were staying — to Glendale Memorial Hospital with head injuries, Balian said.

Huddled around a game board at the Girl Scouts clubhouse Wednesday night in Montrose, a team of 10 girls watched as the robot they had built from Lego pieces rolled onto the playing field and started doing what they had programmed it to do. There was a collective cry of consternation when the wheeled Lego robot failed to pick up three Lego corn pieces, and a group cheer when the robot placed the Lego hydro-dam properly over the game-board river...