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City helps French prep school acquire loan
Burbank has agreed to join a state financing authority so that a private French-language prep school can obtain a $12-million tax-exempt loan to revamp a site it plans to use as a school. The move is a rare show of government-backed economic development...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Finance
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Electric cars are the buzz
Movie studios, car rental companies, government agencies — all were wooed by proponents of electric cars, test drives and all, at Bob Hope Airport this week in an effort to increase the use of the zero- and low-emissions vehicles. “An airport...
Tags: National Government, BMW, Jay Leno, Tesla, Bob Hope
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School buys Rancho facility
After months of intense neighborhood opposition, the developer of a proposed project for 50 single-family homes now plans to sell the roughly five-acre site in Burbank's Rancho area to a private school for an undisclosed price.
The property, a former...Tags: Property, Vehicles, Services and Shopping
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How the Rancho District maintains its tranquil, rural feel
Numerous residents at a community meeting last week at the Buena Vista Library said they had never heard of the Rancho Review Board, the only neighborhood review board in Burbank.
“Yes, this is the only neighborhood with a review board,”...Tags: Arts and Culture, Architecture
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Meeting draws project opposition
Roughly 250 people packed the Buena Vista Library Wednesday to stake out positions on a 120-unit residential project proposed for a lot in the Rancho District.
Although the intention of the meeting was to discuss the Rancho District’s future as...Tags: Rentals, Whole Foods Market, Politics, Government, Services and Shopping
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Project promises to be hot topic
A 120-unit residential project proposed for the former General Motors training site in the Rancho District is expected to be a hot topic during a community Wednesday night.
While the focus of the meeting is to discuss the neighborhood’s future...Tags: Whole Foods Market
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GM is latest sponsor to pull ads from 'John and Ken' show
General Motors on Wednesday became the latest company to pull ads from KFI’s "John and Ken" show in support of a boycott pressed by Latino and immigrant-rights activists who say the popular radio show promotes hate speech.
The National Hispanic...Tags: Minority Groups, National or Ethnic Minorities, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Vehicles, Services and Shopping
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Hearing set for alleged Kmart shooter
A preliminary hearing for the homeless man accused of shooting two police officers outside a busy Kmart is scheduled for March 1 in Burbank.
Police say Jamie Willard managed to grab an officer's gun and begin firing despite being handcuffed behind his...Tags: Theft, Crime, Law and Justice, Local Government, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Assault
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Police: Thieves target SUV seats
DOWNTOWN — Large sport-utility vehicles have become a recent target of break-ins, police said, with bandits smashing windows to steal valuable third-row seats. At least 35 similar break-in burglaries have occurred this year, often midday at busy...Tags: Travel, Road Transportation, Theft, Santa Clarita (Los Angeles, California), Transportation
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CalPERS health premiums will rise an average of 3% in 2014
The California Public Employees' Retirement System, the country's third-largest purchaser of health benefits, said its health insurance premiums next year would increase 3%, on average, for nearly 1.3 million members. The giant pension fund said that...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, California Public Employees' Retirement System, Politics, Government, Public Employees
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Car buyers get hijacked
Gov. Rick Perry is fond of saying that Texas is "wide open for business." A couple of months ago he was in Illinois offering hope to local companies suffering from burdensome government regulation. "There is an escape route to economic freedom," he said,...
Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Tesla Motors, Inc., Consumers, Anti Trust Crime, Crime, Law and Justice
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Study: New J.D. Power Initial Quality Study puts Porsche, GM in spotlight
Autoblog.comFiled under: Car Buying, GM, Porsche J.D. Power and Associates has released its annual Initial Quality Study, and this year, Porsche and General Motors took the spotlight. The study, which asks new car owners to report problems experienced during the...
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