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'Evolution Plan' gets a new skeptic
It seems that NBC Universal’s unwieldy plan to build 2 million square feet of new commercial space, including 500 hotel guest rooms and 2,937 residential units, attracted a powerful new skeptic this week in Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev...Tags: Zev Yaroslavsky
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Supervisor speaks up on studio plan
Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky weighed in this week on NBCUniversal’s proposed 400-acre “Evolution Plan,” asking the company to drop efforts to build almost 3,000 residential units that are part of the proposed project....Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Layoffs and Downsizing, Companies and Corporations, Politics, Public Transportation
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L.A. County supervisor opposes Universal Studios housing plan
Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky shot a torpedo at NBCUniversal's $3-billion "Evolution Plan," saying he opposes the company's proposal to build housing on part of its famous back lot in Universal City.
The supervisor asked Universal Studios...Tags: Los Angeles Times, Amusement and Theme Parks, Zev Yaroslavsky
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City grapples with filling NBC lot
The race is on to find tenants to fill the space in Burbank’s media district currently occupied by NBCUniversal’s news operations, which will move out in late 2013. The company announced that it will move its news operations out of their...Tags: Telemundo (tv network), Jay Leno, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, NBC (tv network)
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Disney sells to Amazon, renews with Netflix
Walt Disney Co. has gotten on the Amazon gravy train. Looking to acquire content for its video streaming service Prime Instant, Amazon has struck a deal with Disney's ABC broadcast network as well as its cable channels including Disney Channel, ABC...Tags: ABC (tv network), Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Science, Amazon Kindle Fire, The Walt Disney Co.
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Local wins award at Cooperstown tourney
Bits and pieces from the local sports scene: Toluca player takes first in Golden Arm competition: The Fightin' Titans, a Toluca Baseball Pony League team, enjoyed modest success recently at a Cooperstown Dreams Park Tournament. During the event in New...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Arkansas Razorbacks, Newspaper and Magazine, College Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Leader announces endorsements for City Council, school board
Leader backs Bric, Gabel-Luddy for Burbank City Council
A down economy, ongoing police oversight issues, impacts of a new airport transit center and a behemoth Universal City development adjacent to Burbank, a possible high-speed rail corridor —...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Teaching and Learning, Business, Unions, Career and Workplace
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More time to grow suggested for Warner Bros.
Planning commissioners this week recommended that the city extend major development agreements with Warner Bros. by another 15 years, giving the studio more time to grow. The development agreements with the city were approved in 1995 and allowed for 20...Tags: Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Politics, Local Elections, Elections
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Keep tabs on NBC project's impact
With the inertia of a 400-acre NBC Universal development pushing potential traffic and woes ever closer to Burbank's boundaries, the City Council officially lodged its concerns this week for an important environmental impact report. The massive Universal...Tags: Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Headaches
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Council hopefuls plead their case
With an $8.8-million budget gap looming over City Hall, candidates for City Council took a hard line this week against continuing merit-based bonuses for city employees.
Last fiscal year, city workers got a combined $1 million in bonuses, even as City...Tags: Voting, Employees, Politics, Health and Safety at Work, Local Elections
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Teams prepare for disaster
BURBANK — From extinguishing a small fire to rescuing someone trapped under a refrigerator, six teams on Saturday demonstrated their best disaster-preparedness skills in an inaugural Community Emergency Response Team challenge. Teams assessed and...Tags: Employees, Disasters, Redondo Beach, Emergency Planning, Fires
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DC moves westward
The Green Lantern is coming, but the news crews are leaving. Warner Bros. Studios will bring workers with subsidiary DC Entertainment from New York to Burbank over the next 16 months. DC Entertainment is the movie and game arm of DC Comics, publisher...Tags: Jay Leno, Telemundo (tv network), Access Hollywood (tv program), Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Employees
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