14th Annual MVP Summer Basketball Camps Registration Begins
(Photo by Ross A. Benson) The 14th Annual MVP Summer Basketball Camp is now accepting sign-ups. (Photo by Ross A. Benson) “We will help get you to the next level and improve your total game: defense,...
View ArticleMan Arrested For Stealing iPhone And Other Items At Gym
A Burbank man was arrested for allegedly stealing an iPhone and other property form the locker room at the Burbank Athletic Club on Monday, May 5. Officers responded to the Burbank Athletic Club,...
View ArticleFour Catalytic Converters Stolen From Vehicles Throughout City
Four catalytic converters were taken off of vehicles throughout Burbank overnight from Tuesday, May 6, to Wednesday, May 7, according to police. “Every so often, we have a group of suspects who come...
View ArticleDisplay Brings Awareness to Domestic Violence
Two local organizations have been calling attention to the plight of domestic violence victims and sexual crimes against people around the world through separate projects. The Zonta Club of Burbank...
View ArticleHollywood Digs Shares Tidbits Behind The Scenes In The Valley
Veteran screenwriter Ken LaZebnik stumbles across some former homes and hanuts of Hollywood artists, producers, studio personnel and the like and turns it into a framework for this enjoyable collection...
View ArticleMayor’s Prayer Breakfast Continues An Annual Tradition
Dr. David Gordon, Burbank’s new Mayor, faced a large morning audience for the 39th Annual Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast last Thursday at the Pickwick Banquet & Entertainment Center. He shared a story...
View Article4 Prayers We All Can Pray
Rev. Douglas Howe (Photo By Ross A. Benson) Douglas Howe, Guest Speaker at this year’s Annual Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast, is a local boy made good, having been inducted into the Burbank “Walk of Fame” in...
View ArticleBurroughs Baseball Upsets First-Place Arcadia, 1-0
Burroughs’ Roy Hirota slides in just before the tag for the game’s only run (Photo by Dick Dornan) By Dick Dornan MyBurbank Sports Editor With one week left in the regular season and a playoff berth...
View ArticleBUSD Holds Inaugural GATE Conference
Burbank Unified School District held its first annual GATE conference on Saturday, May 3, at Providencia Elementary. Headed by Director of Elementary Education and Categorical Programs, Dr. Tom...
View ArticleCIF Playoffs Begin for Burroughs and Burbank
The CIF Playoffs begin this week Boys Volleyball: Both matches on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. Anaheim Canyon at Burroughs Burbank at Foothill The post CIF Playoffs Begin for Burroughs and Burbank appeared...
View ArticleBurbank Judge Honored at State Capitol’s Holocaust Remembrance Day
Burbank Superior Court Judge, Fred Rotenberg As the child of two Holocaust survivors and a sitting Burbank Superior Court Judge, Fred Rotenberg presides over his courtroom with empathy and...
View ArticleUnorganized Crime Pays Off Handsomely
Unorganized Crime is a great ride that ramps up the tension then hurtles us through one plot twist and razor-sharp line after the other. Critically acclaimed actors CHAZZ PALMINTERI and ELIZABETH...
View ArticleThird Annual UMeHelps BTAC Food Drive Begins
Starting May 1, UMe Credit Union kicked off it’s 3rd annual food drive benefitting BTAC (Burbank Temporary Aid Center.) Under the UMeHelps program, UMe Credit Union continues to help many local...
View ArticleBurbank Residents Voice Concerns Over High Speed Rail Project
Safety and disabled access were main concerns voiced by residents attending a community meeting on the new Metrolink Bob Hope-Burbank Airport – Hollywood Way Station at the Community Services Building...
View ArticleBurbank Police Use Taser To Subdue Man On Freeway On Ramp
Burbank police used a Taser to subdue a vandalism suspect after the man walked onto the 134 Freeway on-ramp around 10:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 11. Officers were dispatched to the area of Buena Vista St....
View ArticleJoseph Servin, Burbank Volleyball
Joseph Servin has the school record for most kills in a season and in a game (Photo by Ross A. Benson) By Dick Dornan MyBurbank Sports Editor As the 2013-14 athletic calendar year comes to an end,...
View ArticleHigh School Sports Weekly Recap
BASEBALL: Doubleheader- Burroughs 5 Cathedral 0 (game 1) The Indians scored three runs in the first inning en route to the victory. Noah Hoed and Thomas Wilson each had a hit and RBI. Omar Tejeda got...
View ArticleJBHS Drama ‘Our Town’ Filled With Powerful Peformances
Our Town is an absolute triumph. Burroughs High School’s production of Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play would do a major college proud. All three acts of the play take place in the small...
View ArticleMorning Sports Ticker
BASEBALL: Burbank 7 Glendale 6 Tied 4-4 in a must win game, the Bulldogs plated three runs in the top of the 7th inning to hold off the Nitros who scored two in the bottom half. Danny Porras and Ryan...
View ArticleBurroughs Boys Volleyball Spikes Anaheim Canyon, 3-0
By Rick Assad Special to MyBurbank It took 65 minutes for Burroughs High to put away visiting Canyon of Anaheim in a CIF Southern Section Division II boys’ volleyball playoff match on Tuesday night....
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