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FRIDAY FLASHBACK: Arthur’s
Ever Watch Happy Days ? if you did you will remember today’s Flash Back. Arthurs was a round Drive-in from 50’s in Style. It was used in many shots of the outside of Arnolds where the main characters...
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Burger Review: Frank’s
We were out and around this week when my friend pointed at this one restaurant and said, “What ever happened to that place, it always seems closed”. It was true, at 5:00 in the afternoon, Frank’s...
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Burbank Council Honorary Service Awards Celebrate Service To BUSD Children
Burbank Council PTA celebrated volunteers, teachers and administration at the organization’s annual Burbank Council Honorary Service Awards event at Pickwick Gardens on April 20. “We honored 62...
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Burbank High Orchestras And Bands Win Top Awards
Burbank High Orchestras and Bands won top awards at the Heritage Music Festival in San Francisco, held on April 16 and 17. All four of the groups won First Place in their division, with Chamber...
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Sister Regina Palamara Receives Acknowledgement From Pope Francis
The surprises just keep coming for Sister Regina Palamara. Two months ago she was honored at St. Finbar Catholic Church on her Diamond Jubilee — 60 years with the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart...
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McKinley Young Storytellers Program Puts On “The Big Show”
The McKinley Young Storytellers script to stage program held “The Big Show” in the William McKinley Elementary School auditorium on April 21. Ten fifth-grade screenwriters from the school partnered...
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Former Burbank Swimmer, Coach Remembered
Former Burbank High swimmer, water polo player and coach David Nelson was honored during the Burroughs versus Burbank High swim meet Tuesday. Nelson, a 2007 graduate, was killed last summer while...
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Burbank, Burroughs Split Wins in Swim Meet
Burbank High didn’t have specific plans to break the school’s record in the boys’ 400 yard freestyle relay. But the Bulldogs have done just that on a number of occasions. They did so once again Tuesday...
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Burbank High Drama Presents “Much Ado About Nothing”
Burbank High Drama Association presents a contemporary twist on William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing on Thursday and Friday, April 28 and 29. “It’s all Shakespeare but in modern dress, set near...
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Burroughs Softball Knocks Off Crescenta Valley, 4-1
Maybe first inning jitters were at work as Burroughs High star pitcher Presley Miraglia gave up a run in the top of the first to Crescenta Valley, but that was the only tally as the Indians remained...
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St. Francis Xavier School Annual Gala Draws Capacity Crowd
The St. Francis Xavier School annual gala drew a capacity crowd to Holy Cross Hall on the school and church grounds on Saturday evening, April 23. The 2016 annual gala’s main goal was to raise funds...
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Bret Harte Elementary School Unveils School Mural, Buddy Benches
Students and staff at Bret Harte Elementary School celebrated the completion of a new school mural on Tuesday, April 26. The mural was created through a collaboration by the school’s Student Council...
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Burroughs Surprises Burbank in Tennis Win
Things didn’t go well for the Burroughs High boys’ tennis team when the Indians faced off against rival Burbank High earlier this season. Thursday the Indians were ready for the visiting Bulldogs. With...
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Burroughs Volleyball Survives Scare From Burbank
Burroughs High had already won the Pacific League boys’ volleyball title outright and appeared to be in total command against host Burbank High Thursday evening. Just when it looked like the Indians...
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FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Whitnall Highway
Have you ever wondered about the strange double wide street with a park as part of it on the southwest part of Burbank? George Gordon Whitnall It has large electric Towers on it and also a nice sized...
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Body Found Wrapped in Plastic Identified as Murder Victim
The Burbank Police Department has released more information regarding the body found wrapped in plastic near the railroad tracks behind the business at 600 bock of N. Victory Blvd. Thursday. A body...
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Airport Authority releases Draft Environmental Impact Report on 14-gate...
The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority has released the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) on the proposed 14-gate Replacement Terminal at the Burbank Bob Hope Airport. The document...
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Burger Review: Public House Nowhere
If someone wants you to join them for a burger and you ask them where, if they answer nowhere then that’s where you want to go, as in Public House Nowhere. Formerly the 818 Pizza on Burbank and...
View ArticleBurroughs Baseball Lose Thriller, 1-0, To Crescenta Valley
By Rick Assad Even by high school baseball standards, Burroughs pitcher Kyle Nicol doesn’t throw very hard. Yet the crafty side-arm tossing right-hander has found ways to get batters out and win...
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McKinley Community Fair And Open House Brings Community Together
More than 500 people attended the 2016 William McKinley Community Fair and Open House on the evening of Thursday, April 28. “This was a wonderful event that brings our school community and our Burbank...
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