Strong Effort Not Enough for Burbank Boys Basketball
(Photo by Ross A Benson) The Burbank High boys’ basketball team knew beating visiting Camarillo High would not be easy in the semifinals of the Burbank Tournament Friday. Sure enough, Camarillo was as...
View ArticleGirls Soccer Teams Face Question Marks
Trying to find an identity is going to be what the Burroughs and Burbank High girls’ soccer teams will be facing this season. Both teams are young and will be looking to qualify for the CIF playoffs...
View ArticleBoys Basketball Teams Have New Look
The Burbank and Burroughs boys’ basketball teams will be hoping to move forward this season after both experienced mediocrity last season. Both are solid and should be ready to go for Pacific League...
View ArticleBurbank Boys Hoops Notch 78-62 Win Over Visiting Arcadia
By Rick Assad Miles D’Agostin had an evening he’s going to remember for a very long time after pouring in a game-high 36 points. D’Agostin is a senior shooting guard who practically carried the...
View ArticleBurbank Police Dispatcher Janet Brown Retires After 33 Years of Dedicated...
In honor of Dispatcher Janet Brown, who is retiring this week after 33 years of service at the Burbank Police Department (CA), this is a tribute from former Burbank Police Lieutenant John Dilibert who...
View ArticleMayor’s Tree Lighting Draws Hundreds To City Hall
This past Saturday, December 1, Burbank held the annual Mayor’s Tree Lighting at Burbank City Hall. Mayor Emily Gabel-Luddy introduced her fellow City Councilmembers and special guest, Congressman Adam...
View ArticleInbound Southwest 737 Jet Unable to Stop at Hollywood Burbank Airport
(Photo By Ross A. Benson) During the height of the rain pounding the Burbank area Thursday morning, December 6, a Southwest plane suffered a runway excursion when it skidded past the end of the runway...
View ArticleBurbank Firefighters Knock Down Early Morning House Fire
Early Thursday morning December 6 at 4:32 am, Burbank Fire received a call of a possible house fire at 726 N. Frederic. (Photo by Ross A Benson) Engine 14 was first to arrive at the scene and reported...
View ArticleBurroughs Boys Soccer Outlasts Glendale
It took the Burroughs High boys’ soccer team a while to get going. But once the Indians got going they were not going to be beat, winning 3-0 on the road against Glendale High Friday in a Pacific...
View ArticleBurroughs Girls Basketball Has Few Problems In 59-34 Win Over Glendale
By Rick Assad In a contest that was basically decided by rebounding, the Burroughs High girls’ basketball team doubled host Glendale’s total which led in part to a 59-34 Pacific League triumph on...
View ArticleBurroughs Boys Hoops Digs Hole Against Glendale, Lose 59-50
By Rick Assad A deep and ugly hole faced the Burroughs High boys’ basketball team on Friday evening and it proved simply too much. Glendale jumped out to a 24-8 lead in the first quarter and then...
View ArticleTommy Lasorda Brings Wines to Burbank
Longtime Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda and his family were at Pavilions in Burbank on Saturday to promote their Lasorda Family Wines. The 91-year-old Hall of Famer greeted fans and signed...
View ArticleBurbank Rotary Clubs’ Season Of Giving
In the spirit of the season, the Burbank Sunrise and Burbank Noon Rotary service clubs joined forces for a special week of holiday giving. Greg Semay serves up a tray of dinners. ( Photo by Ross A...
View ArticleBurroughs, CV Boys Soccer Draw 1-1
The final score in soccer is not always indicative of how a match went. That could be said of the match the Burroughs High boys’ soccer team played Tuesday at Memorial Field. Both the Indians and...
View ArticleBurroughs Girls Hoops Lead, Falter Late To Crescenta Valley
By Rick Assad For a good portion of Tuesday’s Pacific League girls’ basketball contest between visiting Burroughs High and Crescenta Valley, the Indians were in the driver’s seat. This didn’t matter...
View Article“One Bad Apple” Asks: What If Snow White Was The Bad One?
Joaquin Miller Elementary School fifth-graders presented the play One Bad Apple in the school auditorium on Thursday evening, December 6. The students, mainly from teacher Melissa Pamperin’s class,...
View ArticleBurroughs Girls Soccer Battle To 2-2 Tie With Crescenta Valley
By Rick Assad Burroughs High’s Abbie Riggs is an extremely well-rounded soccer player with a multitude of talents. One could argue that Riggs’ best asset is her ability to put the ball into the back...
View ArticleMaking The Season Swing This Friday
Angela O’Neill and The Outrageous 8 will make VFW Ship 8310 swing and sing this Friday, December 14, at 8 p.m. As revealed by their Wednesday night rehearsal, they’ll be greeting the season with...
View ArticleTarget Hosts “Heroes and Helpers” Shopping Event
Release from Burbank Police: (Photo by Ross A Benson) On December 12, 2018, the Burbank Police Department teamed-up with Target and the Boys and Girls Club of Burbank to help youth in-need purchase...
View ArticlePolice Warn of Package Snatchers During the Holiday Season
https://myburbank.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Porch-Package-Theft-12.07.18.mp4 Burbank police are warning the public to be cautious during the holiday season for potential porch package thieves....
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