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

By on Tuesday, August 9, 2022

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 Johnny Carson Park. Photo: FLLewis/ Media City G — Booths and exhibits at National Night Out event in Johnny Carson Park Burbank Aug.2, 2022 Elevate Burbank a nonprofit Elevate... Read More →

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

By on Tuesday, August 6, 2013

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. The sale has been rumored for a while — but still a jolt to many when the announcement came out in the Post yesterday. On the... Read More →

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City Buzz

By on Monday, July 4, 2011

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 spectacular fireworks show is planned along with entertainment and surprises. The U.S. Air Force is joining in on this “Salute to America.”  There are only 100 tickets left... Read More →

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Big changes for the Burbank Leader & Glendale News-Press

By on Thursday, January 13, 2011

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 Sunday combined edition of the Burbank Leader/Glendale News-Press. The first issue is set to hit newsstands later this month, on January 30, according to a Read More →

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