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In Theory: Do we bring tragedy on ourselves?
The recent tornado in Oklahoma that killed 24 people and destroyed or damaged 12,000 homes has stirred up a row on social networking site Twitter. The day after the disaster, popular evangelical speaker and author John Piper tweeted two references to...Tags: Tra Thomas, Bible, Judaism, Religion and Belief, Earthquakes
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Grants slated to boost traffic safety
Burbank will be getting more than $800,000 in federal grant assistance for pedestrian and traffic safety upgrades along the North San Fernando Boulevard corridor, where officials logged 89 collisions over a five-year period, one of them fatal. The...
Tags: Highway Transportation, Ken Johnson
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Burbank police get grant for more DUI checkpoints
The Burbank Police Department has received a $31,500 grant to fund sobriety checkpoints citywide through next September. The funds will be used to conduct three sobriety checkpoints in Burbank streets in an effort to reduce the number of alcohol-related...
Tags: Transportation Accidents, Drunk Driving, Google Inc., Motorvehicle Accidents
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San Fernando Valley roundup: Metrolink survivors still recovering, Three die in Studio City crash and North Hollywood man arrested in parents' death
Good morning, readers. Today is Sunday, September 9. A retired couple who live in Woodland Hills got a surprise phone call in June from their neighbors at their shared house in Twentynine Palms asking if they gave someone clearance to clean out the home. ...
Tags: Google+
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High-speed crash in Burbank sends two drivers to hospitals
Two people, including the alleged driver of a stolen Infiniti, were transported to local hospitals Wednesday afternoon after their cars collided head on in Burbank, police said. The driver of the Infiniti, identified by police as 20-year-old Ian Mac...
Tags: Theft, Hospitals and Clinics, Transportation Accidents, Health, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Burbank car fire in underground lot under investigation
A car fire in an underground, residential parking structure on Monday remains under investigation after it was knocked down in about 15 minutes. The fire, in the 300 block of West Alameda Avenue, was reported about 2:40 p.m., Burbank Fire Capt. Peter...Tags: Fires
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Friends of Otto Jensen express shock, sadness over his death
Those who knew Otto Jensen — the 101-year-old Burbank photographer who was struck and killed by a 91-year-old driver Tuesday night — were in a state of shock and mourning this week as they recalled a man who was as much a devoted volunteer...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Transportation Accidents, Photography, Arts, Motorvehicle Accidents
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State officials investigating Burbank crushing death
California workplace safety officials are investigating the death of a worker who was accidentally crushed in Burbank last week after becoming trapped in the bottom-dump doors of a gravel truck. The death of the worker, 58-year-old Vigen Boodaghian,...
Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Memorial Day, California Department of Transportation, Heavy Engineering, Accidental Death
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Man who evaded police faces felony charges
The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office on Tuesday filed four felony charges against the man who led Burbank police and California Highway Patrol officers on a one-hour pursuit on multiple freeways through the San Fernando Valley Friday...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Trials, Highway Transportation, Crime, Law and Justice, Motorvehicle Accidents
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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: Facebook, Transportation Accidents, Air and Space Accidents, Apple iPad, Busch Gardens Orlando
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Investigation into death of 101-year-old photographer to go to prosecutors
Burbank police plan to turn over their investigation of a 91-year-old woman whose car struck and killed a popular photographer last month to prosecutors for review. The woman, Mary Beaumont, was questioned and released at the scene on May 22 after her...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Lawyers, Transportation Accidents, Justice System, Accidental Death
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Transient killed near Bob Hope Airport
The 50-year-old man who was struck and killed by a car near Bob Hope Airport on Saturday was homeless, authorities said.
Burbank police on Monday continued their investigation into the death of the man, who Los Angeles County coroner’s officials...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Bob Hope, Motorvehicle Accidents
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