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San Fernando Valley roundup: L.A. City Council supports regulating helicopter noise, Berman and Sherman to debate tonight
Good morning, readers. Today is Wednesday, August 15. The Los Angeles City Council showed support Tuesday for a bill that would curb helicopter noise, an issue that residents have recently complained about. The bill would direct the Federal Aviation...
Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Howard Lawrence Berman, Antonio Villaraigosa, Google+, Brad Sherman
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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: Companies and Corporations, Job Layoffs, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Government
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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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'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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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: Entertainment, ABC (tv network), Television, Amazon Kindle Fire, Desperate Housewives (tv program)
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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: Companies and Corporations, Telemundo (tv network), Economy, Business and Finance, NBC (tv network), Jay Leno
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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: Entertainment, National Collegiate Athletic Association, High School Sports, Elections, Dominican University
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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: Elections, Politics, Local Elections, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.
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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., Headaches, Burbank (Los Angeles, California)
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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, Elections, Career and Workplace, Los Angeles, Employees
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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, Examinations, Small Businesses, Teaching and Learning, Career and Workplace
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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: Entertainment, Jay Leno, Health and Medical Professionals, Television, Universal City
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