Burroughs Football Has Spectacular Second Half, Beats Host Glendale
By Rick Assad Over the course of a 10-game, regular-season schedule, there’s always some tough teams and a few others that aren’t as difficult. For the Burroughs High football squad, when facing...
View ArticleLuther Middle School Encourages Running in the Halls
Dr. Oscar Macias, Principal at Luther Middle School, has announced the wildly exciting fundraising event “Running in the Halls” has an Oct 5 date for this year’s running. This 5K gives both students...
View ArticleBurbank Boys Water Polo Falls To Thousand Oaks, But It’s A Battle
By Rick Assad This is Mike Lucero’s first year as the Burbank High boys’ water polo coach and in time hopes to build a competitive program. One of the steps needed to help solidify this desire is to...
View ArticleMuir Middle School Celebrates Japan Day, Sister School Status With Rebun School
John Muir Middle School and Japan’s Rebun High School cemented their ongoing friendship with a Sister School proclamation at Muir’s seventh annual Japan Day celebration on Friday, September 20. During...
View ArticleBurbank Teacher Of The Year Honored As Los Angeles County Winner, Moves On To...
Burbank Teacher of the Year, John Burroughs High School Drama teacher Guy Myers, was selected as one of the 16 Teachers of the Year for Los Angeles County, as announced in a ceremony on Friday,...
View ArticleJustin Hess Named City Manager by Burbank City Council
Justin Hess. ( Photo by Ross A Benson) Justin Hess, the current Acting City Manager, was unanimously selected by the City Council to serve in the permanent position during a closed session meeting on...
View ArticleBurbank Rock A Hula Brings Seniors Together For Fun
On Thursday afternoon, September 19, the Verdugo Aquatic Center was transformed into a “Rock A Hula”-themed party for Burbank seniors, 55 and older. There were over 300 in attendance. The Na Kapua O...
View ArticleBurbank Girls Tennis Earns Triumph Over Rival Burroughs
By Rick Assad After the Burbank High girls’ tennis team stood and went toe-to-toe with longtime crosstown rival Burroughs for two hours and forty minutes on a warm and sticky Tuesday afternoon, the...
View ArticleBurroughs Girls Volleyball Requires Three Sets Versus Host Burbank
By Rick Assad It was extremely loud and it was pretty much jammed-packed with excited fans on both sides of the gymnasium when the Burbank High girls’ volleyball team hosted rival Burroughs on Tuesday...
View ArticleEmpire Interchange to Open, Burbank Freeways Ramps to Close
After many years and construction delays, the long-anticipated Empire Interchange at the I-5 Freeway is due to open next week. (Photo by Ross A Benson) With this opening comes another phase of the...
View ArticleBurbank Football Starts Quick And Prevails 39-21 Over Pasadena
Rick Assad When a quarterback has multiple targets at his fingertips, he’s likely going to rack up significant yardage and score multiple touchdowns. Aram Araradian has that luxury as the left-handed...
View ArticleBurroughs Football Stopped by Crescenta Valley
One thing was certain Friday night and that was that either host Burroughs High or visiting Crescenta Valley would leave Memorial Field with their first loss of the season. In the end, it was the...
View ArticleWalk and Bike to School Day is Wednesday
Walk Bike to School Day at Jefferson in 2018 (Photo by Ross A Benson) Motorists are encouraged to be on the lookout for an increased number of pedestrians and bicyclists this coming Wednesday, October...
View ArticleRestaurant Review: OG Wingz
Burbank Is filled with many different amazing restaurants from Tallyrand to The Castaway, but when it come to finding a good hot wing restaurant in Burbank there aren’t many. Photo by Connor McCrory...
View ArticleHernandez Makes Grand Return in Pacific League Golf
It has been a long wait for Burbank High sophomore Kiara Hernandez to make her debut after sitting out the first part of the season following her transfer from Burroughs. Hernandez returned Wednesday...
View ArticleFamily Service Agency to Honor LA County Supervisor Kathyrn Barger
Tonight, October 4th the Family Service Agency of Burbank (FSA) will present an award named for an extraordinary Burbank woman and one of their visionary founding board members, Mary Alice O’Connor to...
View ArticleBurbank Coordinating Council Holds First Meeting Of Season, Plans Holiday...
The Burbank Coordinating Council holds its first meeting of their 88th year on Monday, October 7, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Little White Chapel in Burbank. The long-running aid organization...
View ArticleBurroughs Boys Water Polo Gets Good Start, Knocks Off Crescenta Valley
By Rick Assad One objective that Jacob Cook, the Burroughs High boys’ water polo coach wanted his team to accomplish was get off to a productive start in Thursday’s Pacific League match against...
View ArticleBurroughs High Drama Instructor Guy Myers Named A 2020 California Teacher Of...
John Burroughs High School Drama instructor Guy Myers was named one of the five California State Teachers of the Year for 2020 by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond on Friday,...
View ArticleBurroughs Football Dropped by Muir
Anyone who understands football knows that any time a team has 21 penalties for more than 200 yards and can still win by four touchdowns, something must be wrong. Friday night visiting Muir High did...
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