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Tuesday, August 9, 2022

By Fronnie Lewis Tuesday, August 9, 2022

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Media City Buzz: Multicultural Arts Festival denied access to a Burbank park

Burbank High School is the new site of the Elevate Burbank Multicultural Arts Festival on Saturday Aug. 20. Kudos to the Burbank Unified School District Board for stepping up and making this happen. Nevertheless, it is disappointing to hear foot dragging by the Burbank City Attorney’s Office pretty much derailed the initial plan to host the free, family-friendly event in […]

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

By Fronnie Lewis Tuesday, August 6, 2013

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The Washington Post sold: Is the Los Angeles Times and Burbank Leader next?

A lot of chatter on the Internet and elsewhere about the surprising, and maybe not so surprising, sell of The Washington Post to the billionaire founder and CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos. The online tech titian paid a reported $250 million for one of the most respected newspapers in the world. The negotiations reportedly went on for months in secret. […]

Monday, July 4, 2011

By Fronnie Lewis Monday, July 4, 2011

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City Buzz

Happy Fourth of July! Dodger Stadium festivities The guys in blue kick-off a four game series against the New York Mets tonight. Also, fans will be treated to fireworks and tributes to our military. Gates at Dodger Stadium open at 3:40 p.m. Fireworks and more at the Starlight Bowl A July 4th tradition continues tonight at the Starlight Bowl in Burbank. A […]

Thursday, January 13, 2011

By Fronnie Lewis Thursday, January 13, 2011

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Big changes for the Burbank Leader & Glendale News-Press

Lately, there’s been a lot of chatter and speculation in B-town about changes at the Burbank Leader. Today, there are details of some of those changes over on Kevin Roderick’s popular website, LA Observed. Roderick posted a piece on former Los Angeles Daily News editor/ sometime activist/media commentator, Ron Kaye, who has a new gig as a front-page columnist for the new […]