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3 Number of wins Hoover had in four years prior to last year's 3-7 season 23 Number of touchdowns scored by Shaun Kermah last season, 22 of which were rushing 70.4 Percentage of Hoover's scoring Shaun Kermah was responsible for last season 2 Number of All-Pacific League selections from last year returning for Hoover 9.4 Yards per carry Terran Sprewell averaged last year in...

Number of running backs who rushed for 100-or-more yards last year against CV. Number of years Alan Eberhart has been the head coach at CV, which is longest tenure in area. Number of points opponents scored per game last season against CV's defense Number of touchdowns quarterback Phillip Salazar accounted for last season. Gabe Balderrama's receiving yards last season, which ranked him third in the area.

A small brush fire broke out at Brand Park Sunday, but firefighters were able to quickly stop the blaze, authorities said. Authorities received a call about the fire shortly after 2:30 p.m. Helicopters were brought in to extinguish the flames. The number of acres burned in the fire has not yet been determined.

Significantly more single-family homes and condominiums sold in Glendale last month compared to August 2011, but the number of homes on the market continues to dwindle, which may be driving up median prices for condos and higher-end properties, according to the latest real estate figures. Sixty-four single-family homes sold last month, a 45.5% jump from the 44 homes sold in August last year, according to statistics compiled by Realtor Keith Sorem with Keller Williams Real Estate in Glendale.

At least 15 vehicles and motorcycles have been stolen off Glendale streets in the past two weeks, although police say the figure doesn't necessarily represent a trend. Police officials say they haven't established any leads, or made any arrests in connection with the thefts, which have been occurring at rate of about one a day since Aug. 29. Few details about the thefts and the types of vehicles were released because the cases were under investigation. “As for the methods, number of suspects…it really varies,” Glendale Police Sgt. Dave Higgins said in an email.

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.

Alecia Foster LA CRESCENTA -- Areg Hayrapetian's eyes lit up as he explained his science project: "The Effect of the Number of Divisions on the Accuracy of the Area." It's a mouthful to say and a bit complicated to explain but Hayrapetian did so with ease. "I like mathematics," he said with a smile. The seventh-grader was one of four students at Chamlian Armenian School who won in the 51st annual Los Angeles County Science Fair. Hayrapetian took third place in mathematics, while Maral Der Sarkissian took first in chemistry, Shant Krikorian took first in physics and astronomy, and Lara Injeyan captured first in engineering research.

Pro Italia Motorcycles, which has sold European brands in Glendale for 25 years, is opening a second store to sell Triumph and Moto Guzzi models. Owner Bill Nation said sales were up 14% in 2012 compared to the year before, but he's wanted to expand with the Triumph brand for years, making the new shop the fruition of a longtime desire. He secured the rights to sell Triumph six weeks ago after a three-year pursuit, and said he was looking forward to helping the venerable British brand expand its presence in the United States “They will eventually be a bigger brand [in the U.S.]

GLENDALE — The owner of a red 1959 Chevrolet Impala that was stolen last summer got mixed news last week: Police tracked down and recovered the classic car, but the thieves repainted it green and made other modifications. And since the owner had cashed out his last-minute insurance policy after the theft, the car goes to the firm, not him. Acting on a tip, detectives recovered the Impala from a chop shop in Hawthorne last week after it was stolen nearly eight months ago on Cruise Night, Glendale Police Sgt. Tom Lorenz said.

As Glendale struggles to get a handle on its growing pension obligations, records show that about 11% of the nearly 1,350 city retirees draw annual pensions of more than $100,000 a year - and some of them far more than that. At the top of the list is former City Manager Jim Starbird, who draws $238,686, followed by ex-Fire Chief Christopher Gray at $200,783 and former Police Capt. Ray Edey at $198,386. But the sticker shock of high earners doesn't tell the whole story, pension experts said.

Scott Hong (Glendale Community College, 2011) Occidental baseball senior: Once again, Hong is doing it all for the Tigers. But after leading the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference last season in saves, Hong has taken on the roll as starter when he's not manning the outfield. Hong leads Oxy in both wins and saves, as he's posted a 4-0 record with four saves and has a complete game to his credit. Hong has been brilliant to the tune of a 0.64 earned-run average with 29 strikeouts in 28 1/3 innings to just eight walks.

After advancing five singles players and a pair of doubles teams into the Western State Conference Tournament, the Glendale Community College men's tennis team saw first hand just how tough the event gets in the second day of competition Saturday. When all was said and done, Gaspar Macalutas was the only Vaqueros singles player to definitively push on toward the Southern California Regional Tournament, which is set for April 25-28 as part of the Ojai Invitational, at Ventura College.

An apparent jump in the number of use-of-force incidents in 2012 is actually the result of faulty record-keeping that made the number for 2011 seem lower than it was, Glendale Police Chief Ron De Pompa said this week. There were 92 reported use-of-force incidents in the Glendale Police Department in 2012 - a 62% increase from the 56 reported in 2011. But De Pompa said the incidents logged for 2011 were underreported and "could have been higher," possibly in the 70s or 80s. He attributed the error to an influx of new supervisors who hadn't been fully trained on identifying and reporting certain uses of force, such as placing a hobble restraint or spit mask on arrestees.

Before P.J. Gaynard goes to the voting booth, he admits that he typically doesn't know much about local politicians. But the 37-year-old Glendale resident is glued to Twitter and Facebook, and that's where he found Glendale City Council candidate Roland Kedikian. That connection meant one more person watched Kedikian's nearly three-minute campaign video and left this post: “I think it really says something about how you feel about reaching people in 2013!” Elections experts agree social media is an ideal tool for reaching voters.

The following are updates on local athletes at the collegiate level. Mark Saatzer (St. Francis High, 2010) junior infielder, Chapman University baseball: As good a start as Saatzer got out to this season, his numbers have only ballooned as the season's gone on. While Saatzer is coming off a near-perfect game, the Panthers are looking to snap a two-game losing streak that's brought them back down to .500 (11-11, 9-6 in the Southern California...

The following are updates on local athletes at the collegiate level. Kenyatta Smith (Flintridge Prep, 2011) Harvard basketball sophomore : Smith was arguably the most monumental presence in Flintridge Prep basketball lore, leading the Rebels to the program's only CIF championship in 2011. He's now looming large inside for the Crimson, leading the team with two blocks a game, which is second in the Ivy League. On Feb. 18, he was named the Ivy League Player of the Week.

Glendale's overall drop in violent and property crimes in 2012 may be a short-lived trend as the city saw auto burglaries and assaults jump last month. Property crimes increased from 270 in January 2012 to 330 last month, according to the Glendale Police Department's latest crime statistics, which also showed that the number of violent crimes rose slightly to 21. While certain offenses climbed in January, officials say the increase doesn't immediately indicate residents will see more crime in the future.

Frigid overnight temperatures have led to an influx of homeless in the city, some of whom have been erecting tents and loitering at a park near the Adult Recreation Center, intimidating seniors who use the space to do tai chi, city officials said. In one case, officials found one tent that had a microwave. Last weekend, some transients began fighting. Many of those who have been causing problems at Glendale Central Library or in the park are homeless people who don't use the emergency winter shelter at the National Guard Armory on Colorado Boulevard.

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has quietly added two dozen priests and brothers to its list of clergy accused of child molestation. Though the church deems the allegations against the men credible, the archdiocese has declined to release information about the complaints, including the number of accusers, the dates of the alleged abuse and the parishes where the men worked. The names were disclosed in a two-page report posted on the archdiocese's website last month alongside 12,000 pages of internal records related to its handling of abuse claims.