FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Moreland Truck Factory
Moreland Truck Factory From 1917 to 1940, If you needed a big truck to haul your goods, you bought a Moreland Truck from Burbank. On the corner of Alameda & San Fernando Road stood the Moreland...
View ArticleBurroughs, Burbank Football Teams Receive More Honors
By Rick Assad Sports Editor As expected, the honors continued to spill in for both the Burroughs High and Burbank football teams as 23 combined players and one coach were named to the All-Area team....
View ArticleEver Want to Run Through the Halls at School?
Ever want to run through the halls at school but that teacher (you know the one, the one who is always just looking to bust you) is always on the prowl to take the fun away? If so, do we have an event...
View ArticleUPDATED: Burbank Police Shoot Man After Woman Reports Being Kidnapped
Updated January 29 at 1:45pm. The suspect, has now been charged with two counts of Attempt with a Deadly Weapon on a Police Officer and bail has been set at $120,000. Burbank Police Officers were...
View ArticleAssemblyman Mike Gatto Looking for the Right Woman
Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Burbank) invites the community to submit nominations for California’s 2016 Woman of the Year awards. March is Women’s History Month in California and the State Legislature is...
View ArticleObituary: James Woodburn, Burbank Public Works Chief Engineer
James Donald Woodburn, Sr. (October 30, 1925 – January 5, 2016) of Burbank, California passed away peacefully at home at the age of 90. James Woodburn Jim was born in Colfax, WA but called Madison,...
View ArticleBurbank On Parade Expands to Daylong Celebration
The Burbank On Parade Committee announced today that for the first time it is expanding to a daylong celebration featuring several interactive events for the whole family on Saturday, April 23. Titled...
View ArticleBurbank Seeks Public Input on Neighborhood Design
The City of Burbank Community Development Department is currently reviewing the City’s single-family residential design standards and is asking for the public’s help. The City wants to ensure that new...
View ArticleBurbank Lady Cagers Fall To Crescenta Valley, 53-37
By Rick Assad Sports Editor It’s never a good idea to fall behind by double digits, and it’s especially true when facing a good team that can shoot and defend. Well that’s exactly what the Burbank...
View ArticleBurger Review: Tin Horn Flats
I have had a few readers write in to tell me to review Tin Horn Flats. All I can say to those readers is, “You are right”! I have not been in Tin Horn Flats in years but the last time I was there for...
View ArticleBurbank Boys Hoops Lose Heartbreaker, 61-58
By Rick Assad Sports Editor A solid first quarter disappeared over the next two periods and doomed the host Burbank High boys’ basketball team on Friday night against Crescenta Valley. Even with a...
View ArticleBurbank, Burroughs Lose Major Leaguers
There aren’t many that have made it to the Major Leagues from Burbank and Burroughs highs. In fact, there are five total between the two schools. Both schools lost one of their former major leaguers...
View ArticleMuir Students Prepare “Homeland: Poetry In Performance” Encore
English Language Development (ELD) students at John Muir Middle School recently presented Homeland: Poetry in Performance onstage at the school auditorium for family, friends and school officials....
View ArticleBurbank Police Warn of Coyotes in Hill Area
Coyote are indigenous to the Verdugo Mountains and sightings in adjacent residential areas are common. Typically, they are more active in the spring when caring for their young and in search of food...
View ArticleBurbank Boys Hoopsters Can’t Find Answer, Fall To Hoover, 52-50
By Rick Assad Sports Editor It seems that so many times this season, the Burbank High boys’ basketball team was so tantalizingly close to wins, but instead somehow fell short. Well it happened again...
View ArticleMike Reily Ready for New Role at Burroughs
The Burroughs High football team might have a different person wearing a head set this fall, but things don’t figure to be too much different now that Mike Reily has stepped in as the head coach in...
View ArticleLeaders Honored by Verdugo Hills Council of Boy Scouts of America
Four adult leaders were honored by the Verdugo Hills Council of Boy Scouts of America for giving numerous hours to youth in the community. Boy Scouts Verdugo Hills Council Scout Executive Mark Kraus,...
View ArticleBill Czappa to Show Work at Burbank Creative Art Center Gallery
Local Burbank artist Bill Czappa will be having a retrospective of his work in February at The Burbank Creative Art Center Gallery. His show, “Assembled in America” will feature 60 of his California...
View ArticleSchiff Applauds Announcement of Support for Earthquake Early Warning System
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), who helped last year to secure $8.2 million in the FY 2016 funding bill specifically designated for a West Coast Earthquake Early Warning System and $5 million the previous...
View ArticleBurbank Police Nap Suspected Auto Burglar
During the month of January, 2016, the Burbank Police Department received over 20 reports of auto burglaries and thefts from unlocked motor vehicles in the area bounded by Grismer Avenue, Peyton...
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