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Schiff aims to stop employers from asking for Facebook passwords
U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) helped introduce legislation last week to rein in the growing practice of employers who require job applicants or current employees to provide access to password-protected accounts, such as Facebook, as a condition of...
Tags: Employment, Same-Sex Marriage, Employment Opportunities, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation
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Walmart's tactics don't work here
Burbank residents are tired of Walmart spokespeople falsely claiming that Burbank wants a Walmart, and we're tired of being referred to as “special interests.” When it was announced that Walmart purchased the space formerly occupied by the...Tags: Walmart
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Burb's Eye View: A haven of beauty in a complex world
In an increasingly complex world, art can be that one thing to slow it all down and make you forget about the hate and vitriol pouring out of the TV, the radio, the Internet. Everywhere. Enter the lofty yet noble vision of Connie Towns Burr and Bruce...Tags: Arts and Culture, Arts, Artists, Fine Artists
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Family of missing Burbank FBI agent launches own search
The family of an FBI agent who disappeared from his Burbank home more than a month ago made an emotional plea on Wednesday for the public’s help in preventing the case from going cold. It was the second time the family of Special Agent Stephen...
Tags: Jim Ryan, FBI, Police Investigations
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Burb's Eye View: Riding the wave of bacon mania
His brassy name tag read “Frank,” and Frank was all that stood between me and my bacon-encrusted ice cream. It was on the Burbank Burger King menu for only a few hours, but none had yet asked for the plat du jour, the bacon sundae. Then...
Tags: Burger King, Bacon
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Volunteer search effort for missing FBI agent comes up empty
More than 30 people volunteered this past weekend to join in the ongoing search for FBI Special Agent Stephen Ivens, who disappeared from his Burbank home more than a month ago. The volunteers were “mostly strangers who cared enough to help us out,...Tags: FBI, Police Investigations
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Small Wonders: The invasion of the parrots
You hear them long before you see them. They announce their pending arrival like the blare of an ambulance giving you warning from blocks away — a distant peal growing louder and louder until you can't ignore it any longer. When you look up from...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Angelina Jolie, Air and Space Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Amusement and Theme Parks
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Ed Helms entertains Burbank students
Actor and musician Ed Helms, best known for his roles on the NBC sitcom “The Office” and the hit movie “The Hangover,” took his star power to Providencia Elementary School on Tuesday where he performed for students as part of a...
Tags: Music Industry, Arts and Culture, Entertainment, NBC (tv network), Ed Helms
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Smart meters join Facebook
A Facebook application that allows smart-meter customers to gauge how much energy they're using compared to others went live Tuesday, Burbank officials announced. Burbank Water and Power customers can connect their utility accounts to the Opower app...Tags: Sociology, Arts and Culture, Culture, Media Industry, Social Media
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Locals remember Dick Clark
The Burbank community this week mourned the loss of Dick Clark, the host of “American Bandstand” and New Year’s Eve countdown fixture, who died of a heart attack Wednesday at 82. Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center remembered Clark,...
Tags: Health, New Year's Day, Dick Clark, Hospitals and Clinics, Media Industry
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Small Wonders: It's time to claim your voice
“You are lucky to be one of those people who wishes to build sand castles with words, who is willing to create a place where your imagination can wander.... This is what separates artists from ordinary people: the belief, deep in our hearts, that if...Tags: Starbucks Corp., Arts and Culture, Pauly Shore, Artists, Science and Technology
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Rebecca Mieliwocki lauded as Teacher of the Year
Flanked by her family and colleagues, President Obama today called Burbank Unified teacher Rebecca Mieliwocki — the 2012 national Teacher of the Year — “the definition of ‘above and beyond.'” Mieliwocki, a Glendale...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles Times, Adam Schiff
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