Burroughs Softball Takes A Pair From Burbank
By Rick Assad For a brief moment, the Burbank High softball team held a lead, but the hammer in the form of crosstown rival Burroughs exploded for seven runs en route to a 13-6 thumping on Wednesday...
View ArticleBurbank High Academic Decathlon Team Wins First Place At State Championship
The Burbank High Academic Decathlon Team won first place in their division at the California State Championships in Sacramento recently. The 2015-16 school year marks the sixth year in a row the BHS...
View ArticleFLASHBACK FRIDAY: Maurice Poirier: Ten Ideas Per Minute Man
Mr Poirier was by all accounts a brilliant man. He could come up with ideas for different things quickly and apparently made many of them a reality. He had Ideas for Rocket Propelled planes,...
View ArticleBurger Review: Buchanan Arms
So when was the last time you were at Buchanan Arms? Wait, do you even know where Buchanan Arms is? Driving around we were actually going somewhere else when we passed by Buchanan Arms on Burbank Blvd....
View ArticleBurroughs Baseball Sweeps Burbank; Wins Historic Second Straight Pacific...
By Rick Assad Voting for the Pacific League Most Valuable Player hasn’t taken place, but Burroughs High’s Justin Palafox is right at the top of the list. On Friday night at rival Burbank in the...
View ArticleBurroughs’ Hubbell Signs With Cal Lutheran in Basketball
Earning All-CIF Southern Section honors in two sports is not something one easily accomplishes. Burroughs High senior Steven Hubbell did so in both football and basketball. For his efforts, Hubbell...
View ArticleBurroughs Volleyball Cruises Into CIF Semifinals
The Burroughs High boys’ volleyball team hasn’t earned the third seed in the CIF Southern Section Division 2 playoffs by accident. The Indians have played well in major tournaments, which are often...
View ArticleMcKinley Alumni Scholarship Awarded To Burroughs Senior
The 2016 McKinley Alumni Scholarship was awarded to Burroughs High School senior and prior McKinley student Maddie Weerts at a special assembly for fourth- and fifth-grade students at McKinley...
View ArticleBurroughs Volleyball to Play for CIF Title
Playing in big matches is something that has become the norm for the Burroughs High boys’ volleyball team. A four-time CIF semifinalist over the past six years, the Indians showed Wednesday night how...
View ArticleFLASHBACK FRIDAY: Robert’s Drive-In
Many years ago Burbank had many great places to eat, many were of the Iconic type, stylish and fun to be at. Roberts Drive In was one of the best. It really stood out among the other places with its...
View ArticleBurroughs Softball Blanks Tesoro, 8-0, In CIF Opening Round
By Rick Assad Whenever Burroughs High’s Presley Miraglia steps into the circle, she’s calm, cool and confident. In Thursday afternoon’s CIF Southern Section Division III opening-round softball...
View ArticleBurbank Names New Girls’ Basketball Coach
Burbank High didn’t have to go too far to find its next girls’ basketball coach. John Wells, a first-year physical education teacher at the school and associate head coach this past season, has been...
View ArticleThe 52st Annual Burbank Community YMCA Pancake Breakfast Today
The 52st annual Burbank Community YMCA Pancake Breakfast, a fundraiser for youth programs at the Y – and a long-standing community tradition – will be held May 21. Just $5 per person, the breakfast...
View ArticleBike & Walk to Work Day a Total Success
Bike.Walk.Breathe! In celebration of Clean Air Month, the Burbank Transportation Management Organization (BTMO), a local non-profit group whose mission is to partner with the business community to...
View ArticleBurger Review: V Boulevard Cafe
Every once in a while we stray just outside of the border of Burbank (before Trump erects his wall) and jumped over to Glendale. Not too far, just about a quarter mile, to a place I had heard had an...
View ArticleBHS Pop Show ‘I Surrender To The Beat’ Played The Last Show Saturday Night
The Vocal Music Association of Burbank High held this years Pop Show ‘ I Surrender To The Beat’ Friday night to a full house. The show like every year is remarkable. Directed by Brett Carroll and...
View ArticleBurroughs Volleyball Falls Just Short of CIF Title
Momentum was the key and at times the Burroughs High boys’ volleyball team had it and at times it didn’t. In the end, the momentum shifted away from the Indians as they fell 25-20, 18-25, 25-16, 24-26,...
View ArticleSweetsalt Delights With Light, Fresh Fare
Along Riverside Drive in Toluca Lake lay a concentration of excellent and varied restaurants, many with an attention to fresh and healthy ingredients, including Sweetsalt. Open for several years now,...
View ArticleFamily Service Agency’s Art Therapy Program Prepares for this Years Art Show
Last year’s Art Auction in support of Family Service Agency’s Art Therapy Program was a tremendous success. It raised over $30,000 to help kids who’ve experienced traumatic life events to build hope...
View ArticleBurroughs Volleyball Overcomes Slow Start to Advance in State Playoffs
It is often said that the difference between good teams and great teams is that great teams can win when playing poorly. The Burroughs High boys’ volleyball team came out very flat Tuesday night when...
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