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Burbank seeks to cut $2.5 million from budget
Burbank officials this week proposed cutting roughly 2% — or $2.5 million — from the city’s $149-million General Fund budget, which pays for most public services. The proposal also addresses soaring employee pension costs by allocating...
Tags: Elections, Primaries, Google+, Career and Workplace, Budgets and Budgeting
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Burbank officials call CalPERS plan 'a good thing'
Burbank officials this week said plans by the state's pension agency for public employees to increase employer contributions will sting in the short term, but "is a good thing" for the city's long-term financial health. The California Public Employees'...Tags: California Public Employees' Retirement System, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Politics
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Victory for David Gordon, Jess Talamantes
Dave Golonski — who first took office a few months after Bill Clinton became president — lost his bid Tuesday for an unprecedented sixth term. Golonski, who established himself on the City Council dais 20 years ago, lost out to fellow...
Tags: Google Inc., Elections, Political Fundraising, Unions, Career and Workplace
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Burbank officials bemoan loss of 'Tonight Show,' vow to stoke continued media interest
Burbank officials on Wednesday treated news that “The Tonight Show” was leaving for a new host in a new city like a painful break-up. And as with most epic break-ups, the rumor mill had been whirling for weeks. On Wednesday, NBC ended...
Tags: Conan O'Brien, NBC (tv network), The Tonight Show (tv program), NBCUniversal, Career and Workplace
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Hazel, the shelter pit bull mix that trained Burbank utility workers, is finally adopted
After a year in the Burbank Animal Shelter, the Labrador-pit bull mix that taught utility workers how not to get bitten, has finally found a new home. Ironically, Hazel was given up by her owner last March after the dog reportedly didn’t allow...
Tags: Google+, Career and Workplace
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Bob Hope Airport safe from sequestration cuts, so far
Bob Hope Airport will avoid the impact of $85 billion in automatic federal spending cuts that are slated for midnight Friday -- a move that officials warn will force a scale back in operations at airfields across the nation. A last-minute huddle between...
Tags: Transportation Security Administration, Federal Aviation Administration, Google+, Budget Control Act of 2011, Barack Obama
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Appreciative of classified employees
I want to express my appreciation to the California School Employees Assn., Burbank Chapter 674 for endorsing Measure S, voting date March 5. Although teachers are obviously aware of any changes or improvements being made at their school sites,...Tags: Career and Workplace
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Motion Picture & Television Fund workers protest stalled talks
Dozens of healthcare workers from the Motion Picture & Television Fund rallied outside the charity's Wasserman campus in Woodland Hills and other locations around Los Angeles on Thursday to protest stalled contract talks with their employer. The...
Tags: Los Angeles Times, Collective Contract, Unions, Politics, Healthcare Contract Issues
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Refurbished bicycles distributed to Burbank families in need
More than 150 refurbished bicycles were donated to the Salvation Army on Tuesday by the Burbank Bike Angels, a group of 50 city employees and residents who have been greasing chains, brushing up rusty metal and fixing flat tires for more than three...
Tags: Google+, Career and Workplace, The Salvation Army
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A Word, Please: Some indefinite articles are a matter of opinion
As the holiday season drags on and workplace productivity grinds to a halt, you may find yourself running out of ways to waste time at the office. And once paper-clip sculptures, baiting Donald Trump on Twitter and gossiping about a certain co-worker'...Tags: FBI, Automotive Equipment, Manufacturing and Engineering, Religious Festivals, Holidays
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Best Buy workers mobilize to win crucial Black Friday battle
It's 8 a.m. Sunday and John Palyok, general manager of a Best Buy store in Burbank, is brandishing a $19.99 Dynex HDMI cable like a battle standard. A group of 50 employees, mostly in their 20s, gather around him, gulping coffee and nodding slowly....
Tags: Los Angeles Times, Science and Technology, Career and Workplace, Electronics
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NBCUniversal cuts about 500 employees
In a round of year-end belt tightening, NBCUniversal is cutting about 500 employees, or about 1.5% of its total workforce. The cuts are distributed throughout the media company, which boasts nearly 30,000 employees, according to a person close to the...
Tags: Los Angeles Times, The Tonight Show (tv program), Satellite and Cable Service, NBCUniversal, Career and Workplace
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