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Metrolink, the commuter railroad that serves Southern California, has overhauled the look and content of its website to make it easier for the public to get information about routes, schedules and tickets. The new features allow commuters to plan trips, find stations, learn about service changes and create personalized accounts, called “My Metrolink.” General news about the railroad also is available as well as a calculator for ticket prices. “The vision was to improve the website's user experience to make riding the train more accessible to everyone in Metrolink's six¿county service area,” said Deborah Golian Castro, the chief executive officer of Creative Productions in Long Beach, which developed the site.

With 120,000 smart meters installed across the city, Glendale is ready to get to the next step: building one Web portal where customers can check their utility consumption in order to modify their use and save money. The City Council approved paying CherryRoad Technologies $187,880 to implement the portal technology, which officials say will help the smart meters live up to their potential. Smart meters allow customers to track their energy use and change their behavior in order to save money.

Want to figure out how to best get from Pasadena to Burbank using public transit? There soon could be an app for that. When it comes to traversing the disparate public transportation lines from Burbank to Glendale and on to La Cañada Flintridge and Pasadena, all the maps, times, costs and routes can seem overwhelming. But local officials are working on a website that will offer residents a range of easy-to-decipher options based on user profiles. Officials also plan to create a mobile application with a check-in feature as they attempt to make it easier for commuters to use public transit when traveling along the east-west corridor.

For years, Chris and Jennifer Davis have given their students the task of interviewing senior family members as part of an oral history project for the couple's humanities class at Clark Magnet High School. But the cheap recorders used to collect the audio data were increasingly insufficient. So earlier this month, Chris Davis turned to the nonprofit website donorschoose.org , where he posted a request for eight, high-quality digital recorders and a description of how they would be used.

Reverend John G. Simmons passed away on April 7, 2013 at age 95. Acomplete Obituary is available in the Los Angeles Times on Saturday, May 4th and on the Los Angeles Times website. John will be missed by all who knew him and loved him.

Students of Latino heritage who are graduating from a Glendale Unified School District high school or Glendale-area private high school can apply for a scholarship granted by the Glendale Latino Assn. Deadline for applications has been extended to March 18. Applications and guidelines can be obtained at the GLA website at www.glendalelatinoassociation.com or via the Community Foundation of the Verdugos website at www.communityfoundationoftheverdugos.org. Applicants must be committed to attending a two- or four-year, post-secondary educational or technical training institution with special consideration given to those who have done community service.

A 19-year-old Alhambra man hired through a child-sitting website pleaded not guilty on Monday to molesting an 8-year-old Glendale boy and his 3-year-old brother during an eight-month period. Jordan Liu faces six felony counts of lewd acts upon a child, a felony count of sex and sodomy of a child under 10 and another felony count of continuous sex abuse from March 1 to Nov. 11, according to a Los Angeles County Superior Court criminal complaint. Liu, who was arrested Nov. 22, remained in custody Monday in lieu of $2.7-million bail.

The following are updates on area athletes at the collegiate level. Eric Kleinsasser (Crescenta Valley High, 2007) Occidental College men's cross-country, senior: The accolades keep coming for Kleinsasser, who once again ruled the course in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference individual championship. He made history after winning his fourth consecutive conference crown Saturday at Prado Park in Chino. Kleinsasser raced his way into unchartered territory in winning his fourth title, clocking 25 minutes 37 seconds on the 4.96-mile course and becoming the first athlete in the conference's history to win four straight individual crowns.

I was taken aback by Phillip Pilgram's letter (“Police should cite errant bicyclists,” May 12) which concludes by stating that bicyclists who break vehicle codes should “finally grow up and act like responsible adults.” Like Pilgram, I don't like seeing bicyclists who break traffic regulations. However, unlike Pilgram, I have been cycling to work and on errands in and around Glendale for decades, totaling about a thousand miles a year. Bicycling reduces pollution, benefits health and also reduces traffic and road surface wear and tear.

Welcome to Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce, new members. Let's start with Ocean View Investment Group, located at 3525 Ocean View Blvd. in Glendale. In the business of investments, Scott Trulik is a full-service financial consultant, offering clients an assortment of quality, non-proprietary investment choices. Scott can be reached at 236-2920. Our next business is Foothill Businesses, located at 3786 La Crescenta Ave., Suite 106, in La Crescenta. Operated by Aram Vartanian and Vick Bardakian, they offer Foothill website promotion.

Reverend John G. Simmons passed away on April 7, 2013 at age 95. Acomplete Obituary is available in the Los Angeles Times on Saturday, May 4th and on the Los Angeles Times website. John will be missed by all who knew him and loved him.

A City Council candidate is losing prominent endorsements and is at risk of being stripped of his seat on a city commission amid allegations that he is the author of “racist, homophobic, misogynist and threatening” YouTube comments that bear his name. Editor's note : Readers may find the content displayed on some of the hyperlinks included in this story to be offensive. The comments - which mostly center on Armenia's geopolitical enemies by referring to them as “lazy,” “degenerate thieves,” “dirty” and more vulgar terms - were attributed to City Council candidate Zareh Sinanyan through a tangled web of online profiles that allegedly lead back to the YouTube comments made under his name.

The websites for the Glendale News-Press and Pasadena Sun are finalists in the annual EPPY awards, an international contest curated by Editor & Publisher magazine. The industry publication announced the finalists for best media websites after “four weeks of in-depth and thorough judging” by an in-house team and panel of 68 judges. Glendale News-Press is a finalist for “Best Daily Newspaper Website with under 1 million unique monthly visitors,” along with the Imperial Valley Press  - Associated Desert Newspapers, Lawrence Journal-World,  South Bend Tribune and The News-Sentinel.

Want to figure out how to best get from Pasadena to Burbank using public transit? There soon could be an app for that. When it comes to traversing the disparate public transportation lines from Burbank to Glendale and on to Pasadena, all the maps, times, costs and routes can seem overwhelming. But local officials are working on a website that will offer residents a range of easy-to-decipher options based on user profiles. Officials also plan to create a mobile application with a check-in feature as they attempt to make it easier for commuters to use public transit when traveling along the east-west corridor.

Want to figure out how to best get from Pasadena to Burbank using public transit? There soon could be an app for that. When it comes to traversing the disparate public transportation lines from Burbank to Glendale and on to La Cañada Flintridge and Pasadena, all the maps, times, costs and routes can seem overwhelming. But local officials are working on a website that will offer residents a range of easy-to-decipher options based on user profiles. Officials also plan to create a mobile application with a check-in feature as they attempt to make it easier for commuters to use public transit when traveling along the east-west corridor.

For years, Chris and Jennifer Davis have given their students the task of interviewing senior family members as part of an oral history project for the couple's humanities class at Clark Magnet High School. But the cheap recorders used to collect the audio data were increasingly insufficient. So earlier this month, Chris Davis turned to the nonprofit website donorschoose.org , where he posted a request for eight, high-quality digital recorders and a description of how they would be used.

Metrolink, the commuter railroad that serves Southern California, has overhauled the look and content of its website to make it easier for the public to get information about routes, schedules and tickets. The new features allow commuters to plan trips, find stations, learn about service changes and create personalized accounts, called “My Metrolink.” General news about the railroad also is available as well as a calculator for ticket prices. “The vision was to improve the website's user experience to make riding the train more accessible to everyone in Metrolink's six¿county service area,” said Deborah Golian Castro, the chief executive officer of Creative Productions in Long Beach, which developed the site.

A 19-year-old Alhambra man hired through a child-sitting website pleaded not guilty on Monday to molesting an 8-year-old Glendale boy and his 3-year-old brother during an eight-month period. Jordan Liu faces six felony counts of lewd acts upon a child, a felony count of sex and sodomy of a child under 10 and another felony count of continuous sex abuse from March 1 to Nov. 11, according to a Los Angeles County Superior Court criminal complaint. Liu, who was arrested Nov. 22, remained in custody Monday in lieu of $2.7-million bail.

The following are updates on area athletes at the collegiate level. Eric Kleinsasser (Crescenta Valley High, 2007) Occidental College men's cross-country, senior: The accolades keep coming for Kleinsasser, who once again ruled the course in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference individual championship. He made history after winning his fourth consecutive conference crown Saturday at Prado Park in Chino. Kleinsasser raced his way into unchartered territory in winning his fourth title, clocking 25 minutes 37 seconds on the 4.96-mile course and becoming the first athlete in the conference's history to win four straight individual crowns.

With 120,000 smart meters installed across the city, Glendale is ready to get to the next step: building one Web portal where customers can check their utility consumption in order to modify their use and save money. The City Council approved paying CherryRoad Technologies $187,880 to implement the portal technology, which officials say will help the smart meters live up to their potential. Smart meters allow customers to track their energy use and change their behavior in order to save money.