I-5 Empire Project: Upcoming Construction Activities and Closures
The construction activities and closures listed below will occur March 8-13, 2015, as part of the I-5 Empire Project in Burbank, a series of freeway improvements between Magnolia Boulevard and Buena...
View ArticleBaseball Preview: Burroughs and Burbank Swing Into Action
The two cross-town rivals will meet on April 24 and May 15 (Photo by Dick Dornan) By Jim Riggio Special to MyBurbank Most high school programs go through their ups and downs, as players graduate and...
View ArticleBurbank Celebrates Read Across America Day
Members of the Burbank community visited public schools to highlight the Read Across America program on Friday, March 6. Special events were also held during the first week of March at the Burbank...
View ArticleContractor Killed at Burbank Landfill
Burbank Fire units received a call for a search and rescue at 2:56 pm on Monday at the City of Burbank’s Landfill located at 3000 North Bel Aire. A Coroner’s van is seen leaving the landfill after an...
View ArticleBTAC Honors Saint Joseph Hospital at Its Annual Fundraising Gala
Hundreds of community notables attended Burbank Temporary Aid Center’s annual fundraising gala last Friday, March 6, at the Castaway’s Verdugo Room. “Funds raised tonight will touch the lives of more...
View ArticleMuir Cheer Places First At USA Junior Nationals
John Muir Middle School Cheerleading team placed first in their division at the recent USA Junior Nationals held on March 1 at Disney California Adventure theme park. The Muir Cheer squad remains...
View ArticleCloser Than Ever Is Better Than Ever At Hollywood Piano
(Photo Courtesy of Rich Clark) Good People Theater Company presents a fantastic Closer Than Ever, a “slice-of-midlife musical revue” that Hollywood Piano is hosting at its Irwin & Rhoda Treibitz...
View ArticleInside Out Shows What a Show’s All About
Inside Out is great fun. From the intimate stage of the Grove Theater Center, six women gave us one sassy session of entertainment therapy. Their “hot singing time machine” takes us back to the...
View ArticleAccident Causes Flood After Hydrant Sheared Off
A Burbank Police officer got flagged down Tuesday afternoon by a passerby that there was an auto accident with a sheared fire hydrant on Buena Vista near Empire. (Photo by Ross A. Benson) When the...
View ArticleBurbank Boys Volleyball Sweeps Hoover to Begin League Action
Burbank swept Hoover in three sets to begin Pacific League action (Photo by Dick Dornan) By Dick Dornan MyBurbank Sports Editor What a difference 24 hours can make. The season is less than two weeks...
View ArticlePresident’s Visit to Snarl Burbank Streets Thursday
(Photo Courtesy Chester Brown) The Burbank Police Department is sending out an advisory the community of a traffic situation for Thursday, March 12. In an effort to assist the public to avoid possible...
View ArticleSt. Francis Xavier School 60s Dinner Auction Raises Funds And Fun
A colorful floral and paisley decorated VW Bus, along with groovy 1960s costumes galore, transported the supporters and parishioners of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church and Elementary School back in...
View ArticleBurroughs Pop Show 36 is at the Top of Its Game
“Lovin’ is really my Game” Pop Show 36 wowed packed Burroughs Auditorium audiences this past March weekend, belting out great tunes in full leonine roar and also creating moments of lamb-‐y sweetness....
View ArticlePresident Obama’s Motorcade Causes Traffic Nightmare
Motorcades transporting President Barack Obama and wife Michelle drove through Burbank yesterday causing some people temporary headaches during their passage. (Photo by Ross A. Benson) In the morning...
View ArticleSoftball Preview: Burbank and Burroughs Pursue Lofty Goals
The rivalry continues on April 23 and May 13 between the two talented ballclubs (Photo by Ross A. Benson) By Rick Assad Special to MyBurbank For Burbank High and Burroughs the race to the Pacific...
View ArticleSoCal ETSY Guild Puts on Show This Weekend at Burbank Town Center
Vendors who create their own merchandise are showing their wares this weekend in the center court on the first floor of the Burbank Town Center Mall. The pop-up show features artists who are members of...
View ArticleSheared Power Poles Shuts Down I-5 Freeway Through Burbank
Traffic along the I-5 freeway was stopped for more than an hour after four power poles supporting high voltage electricity over the freeway at Alameda Street were snapped off leaving energized power...
View ArticleI-5 Empire Project: Upcoming Construction Activities and Closures
The construction activities and closures listed below will occur March 15-20, 2015, as part of the I-5 Empire Project in Burbank, a series of freeway improvements between Magnolia Boulevard and Buena...
View ArticleDr. Oscar Macias Appointed Principal of Luther Burbank Middle School
At the March 5th Board of Education meeting, Dr. Oscar Macias, Assistant Principal of Instruction at John Burroughs High School, was appointed Principal of Luther Burbank Middle School. Oscar will...
View ArticleFake Receipt at Costco Leads to Real Arrest
A 19 year-old Los Angeles man better go back to school to learn some better Photoshopping skills after he arrested Saturday after trying to use a fake receipt at Costco. Dashgombo Munkhbayar was...
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