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Burbank Girls Volleyball Swept by Arcadia in Pacific League Match
By Rick Assad Losing the first game by a mere two points likely set the stage for two more close setbacks as the Burbank High girls’ volleyball team was swept by visiting Arcadia 26-24, 25-19, 25-19 in...
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FLASHBACK FRIDAY: “The Dip”– Burbank’s Famed Eatery of the Past
Once upon a time in Burbank there was an intersection known as “5 Points” or “5 Corners”. The intersection got its name from the fact that Victory Blvd, Burbank Blvd, Victory Place and West Victory all...
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Burroughs Football Plays Much Better Against Canyon
By Rick Assad For the second straight game, the Burroughs High football team allowed 50 points, but in Friday’s encounter versus Canyon at Memorial Field, the Indians looked much better after...
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Burbank Sharp in First Jeff Nelson Invitational
It took nearly 40 years after Jeff Nelson left his footprint at Burbank High as arguably the greatest American high school distance runner ever to have a race named in his honor. Saturday, Nelson as...
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Burroughs Girls Volleyball Gets by Crescenta Valley in Pacific League Match
By Rick Assad Juliana Van Loo and Lydia Grote are generally the top scorers for the Burroughs High girls’ volleyball team. On Tuesday afternoon, the pair were just that and combined for 47 kills to...
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Burroughs Football Improvement Not Enough Against Harvard-Westlake
The Burroughs High football team continued to make significant strides Thursday evening when the Indians hosted Harvard-Westlake at Memorial Field. However, those strides were not enough to overcome...
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FLASHBACK FRIDAY: A Salute To Miller Elementary
Early this week I received an e-mail from the head of the Facebook page for alumni of Miller school saying she had added me as a member of the group. I have known the Lady for many years and was glad...
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Pursuit of Porsche Comes to an End in Burbank
UPDATED 9/8/18 at 1:00 pm – The suspect who was driving has been identified as William Robinson, 58 of Burbank and the passenger was Justine Graves, 40, of Burbank. Robinson was charged with felony...
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Burbank Can’t Keep Pace With Hart, Falls 49-28
By Rick Assad For a second, if you closed your eyes and went back in time you may have thought Friday’s football game between Burbank High and Hart was a battle in the Foothill League. It wasn’t and...
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Burbank Library Program Looks At New Orion Deep Space Vessel
NASA plans to put people on Mars in the 2030s with the Orion deep space vessel and Lockheed Martin Orion Integration Engineer Chris Nie will talk about the first missions of the Orion spacecraft,...
View ArticleCity of Burbank Release DUI/License Checkpoint Results
Release from City of Burbank: The Burbank Police Department Traffic Bureau conducted a DUI and driver license checkpoint on August 25, 2018. The checkpoint was held in the vicinity of Olive Avenue and...
View ArticleBurbank to Expand Media District Bus Route, Eliminate Three Stops
Release from the City of Burbank: BurbankBus recently announced its Metrolink-Media District route (Metro-Media/Pink route) will be expanding to all-day service effective of October 1, 2018. Seven...
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Burbank Police Log Five Smashed Window Reports
(Photo by Ross A Benson) On the night of Saturday, September 9, the Burbank Police Department took five police reports in the Downtown Burbank area regarding “window smash” vehicle burglaries....
View ArticleEight Burbank Schools to Receive “Young Sheldon STEM Initiative” Grants
Release from the Burbank Unified School District: Continuing its commitment to fund innovative efforts in STEM education, The Chuck Lorre Family Foundation (TCLFF) today announced the creation of a new...
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FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Burbank’s First Big Boy
Last week we remembered one of Burbanks Famous eatery’s The Dip. Today lets talk about Bob’s Big Boy. Most of us are familiar with the last Big Boy restaurant in town, the one in the Toluca Lake part...
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Burbank Football Wins Glenoaks Bragging Rights Over Hoover
The battle over bragging rights along Glenoaks Boulevard actually took place on Glenoaks for a change Friday night when Hoover High visited Burbank, which played an on-campus game for the second...
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Burroughs Football Stays Close, Falters in Second Half Against Arcadia
By Rick Assad Too many chunk plays were at the source of the Burroughs High football team’s problems when it faced Arcadia on Friday night. Four long plays that resulted in touchdowns helped catapult...
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Burroughs Inducts New Sports Hall of Fame Class
Burroughs High added five individuals and one team to its sports Hall of Fame Friday evening. (Photo by Ross Benson) Longtime basketball coach and teacher Art Sullivan, track stars Carolyn Brown and...
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Get Out Of Town!: North Rim Grand Canyon
The North Rim of the Grand Canyon is a special place. At over 8000 feet in elevation, the climate is cooler and wetter with alpine meadows and evergreen trees. Only about 600,000 of the more than six...
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Burbank High Girls Tennis Squeezes Out Win Over Burroughs
By Rick Assad It’s fairly rare when both the Burbank High and Burroughs girls’ tennis teams are ranked in the CIF Southern Section. On Tuesday, they both were and it showed in a Pacific League match...
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