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Schools may ban cell equipment
In the wake of a controversial proposal to install a telecommunications facility in a local church, the Burbank Unified School District is moving to ban similar equipment on any of its campuses. The district’s spokeswoman, Kimberley Clark, said a...
Tags: T-Mobile, Telecommunication Equipment, Bret Harte, Health
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Smart meters, golf courses and bears, oh my!
The year 2011 was the year of development. From a huge cost underestimate on Bob Hope Airport’s massive transit center, to news that Walmart was coming to town, to the clog of a large-scale revamp of the Golden State (5) Freeway corridor, the pang...Tags: Facebook, Rentals, Golf, Health, Credit Ratings
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Guards open CIF playoffs today
SOFTBALL Bell-Jeff vs. Public Safety Academy: The Guards were scheduled to open the CIF Southern Section playoffs Thursday against the Phoenix, but Public Safety Academy had a school function and couldn't play the game. As a result, the Division VII...Tags: College Baseball, Safety of Citizens, Government
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Three-month sidewalk battles ends
A three-month battle over the installation of sidewalks on a section of North Screenland Drive has ended with a victory for sidewalk proponents.
In a 4-to-1 decision, the Burbank City Council this week sided with the Public Works Department and...Tags: Politics, Public Officials, Vehicles, Human Interest, Parenting
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District, city breaks ground on Memorial Field
More than a decade of planning and fundraising came to a head Monday as elected officials and community leaders crowded John Burroughs High School Memorial Field to break ground on a long-awaited $12-million renovation of the site.
"It is a wonderful...Tags: Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Politics, Public Officials, John Burroughs, Schools
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Keep A Breast reps visit Burroughs
Advanced art students at Burroughs High School fielded questions from Keep A Breast Foundation representatives on Thursday about their schoolwide fundraising campaign to fund breast cancer research. The students have teamed up with the school's health...Tags: Breast Cancer, Health, Cancer, Diseases and Illnesses
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Drug use relatively low in local schools
Nine percent of Burbank Unified ninth-graders have carried a weapon to school, 5% of seventh-graders have smoked marijuana at least once, and 18% of 11th-graders have been drunk or high on campus, according to the recent California Healthy Kids Survey....Tags: Burbank (Los Angeles, California), California, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Marijuana Use, Recreational Substance Use
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Organizations
Artists welcome award winner The Valley Porcelain Artists Club had world-renowned artist Mariela Vallasmil-Kaminski as its guest demonstrator at the meeting on May 28 at the Joslyn Adult Center, 1301 W. Olive Ave., Burbank. She has a bachelor's degree...Tags: Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Johnny Carson, John Paul II, Government Aid, Vehicles
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'Fairy Godmother' of local charity dies
DOWNTOWN — Mary Alice O'Connor, the former school board member and volunteer whose service began during World War II and grew into leadership positions in the Tournament of Roses, Friends of the Burbank Library and the Burbank Historical Society,...Tags: Adam Schiff, Colleges and Universities, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Hospitals and Clinics, Children
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Mailbag: Changing from the polluting norm
It amazes me when I hear a few residents of Burbank whine about how they do not want to adopt change in their city ("Remove bike lanes from busy streets," June 12) because they don't want to be like other cities and like things the way they are. Things...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Disasters and Accidents, Transportation, Health
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Obituary: Mary Alice O'Connor
DOWNTOWN — Mary Alice O'Connor, the former school board member and volunteer whose service began during World War II and grew into leadership positions in the Burbank Tournament of Roses, Friends of the Burbank Library and the Burbank Historical...Tags: Adam Schiff, Colleges and Universities, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Hospitals and Clinics, Children
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Pink slips may be nixed
WEST BURBANK — A tentative agreement between the Burbank Unified School District and its teachers union will rescind all 67 teacher pink slips sent out earlier this year in exchange for six unpaid work furlough days for the 2010-11 school year,...Tags: Unemployment, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Medical Services, Career and Workplace, Health
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