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Burbank school to get needed playground upgrade
One of Burbank Unified's oldest schools will be the first to receive an upgrade using funds from the $110-million Measure S bond that voters approved in March. At Washington Elementary, school officials plan to add new fencing along Winona Avenue and...Tags: Travel, Tourism and Leisure
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Burbank council ponders cost of art
A $450,000 proposal to populate Lincoln Park with three sculptures was rejected by the City Council this week as being too expensive, sending city officials back to drawing board. “I think $450,000 is way too much money,” Mayor Dave...Tags: Travel, Sculpture, Arts and Culture, Public Officials, Google Inc.
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Burbank man falls to death off Grand Canyon outcropping
A 42-year-old Burbank man fell to his death at the Grand Canyon National Park on Friday as he reportedly attempted to hop from one rim outcropping to another, according to the National Park Service. The man, identified as Andrew N. Stires, fell 500 feet...Tags: Travel, National Parks, Tourism and Leisure, Burbank (Los Angeles, California)
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A beastly bestowal of gratitude
Supporters of the Los Angeles Zoo came out in force to show their love and gratitude to legendary actress and longtime Greater Los Angeles Zoo Assn. Trustee Betty White at the 40th annual Beasty Ball Saturday evening.
Renowned as one of Southern...Tags: Tom LaBonge, Pauley Perrette, Wendy Greuel, CBS Corp., Adam Schiff
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Olive Avenue Confidential
The good news first: Last week I had the great fortune to be offered a reporting gig here at the Times Community News chain. As you read this, I'll be breaking in a new beat at the Foothill Boulevard offices of the Leader's sister paper, the La Cañada...Tags: Pasadena (Los Angeles, California), Elections, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Crime, Law and Justice
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Organizations: Students win Noon Lion poster contest
Burbank Noon Lions recently recognized local level competition winners in the annual Lions Clubs International Peace Poster Contest during an awards presentation on Nov. 22 at the Burbank Central Library. First-level winners are Tnick Trivimol, Jordan...Tags: Breast, United Nations, Diseases and Illnesses, Dining and Drinking, Middle Schools
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City changes tree ordinance
CITY HALL — The large tree limb came crashing down in August, about 10 minutes after Marina Manukian pulled her Infiniti G35 into a curbside parking space across the street from her Andover Drive home. Manukian, who last year spent months trying...Tags: Tree Pruning, Travel, Agricultural Research and Technology, Forestry and Timber, Natural Resources
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Social media for 'Social Emotional Curriculum' studied in Deerfield District 109
Deerfield public school officials want to make social media part of the "Social Emotional Curriculum" that the state legislature mandated a decade ago, long before the rise of Facebook and Twitter. The curriculum is a set of behavioral and decision-...
Tags: Travel, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Students, Human Interest, Tourism and Leisure
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Review: Knott's 'Boom Town' mixes cirque acrobatics, gold rush fever
Over the years, cirque-style shows have dealt with themes as wide-ranging as Hollywood and 1960s counterculture, magic and martial arts, evolution and sexuality, fairy tales and mythology, Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson. But cirque meets the Wild...Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Theme Park Vacations, Trips and Vacations, Gymnastics, Metal and Mineral
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State beaches to increase parking on Fourth
Visitors to Huntington State Beach, Bolsa Chica State Beach and Crystal Cove State Park will pay as much as $5 more to park on the Fourth of July, following a recommendation by the California Coastal Commission. These locations will charge beachgoers...Tags: State Parks, Travel, Holidays, Tourism and Leisure, Labor Day
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Disney tickets now have a Magic Kingdom premium
For many years, as it grew from one theme park to four, Walt Disney World adhered to a simple principle: Each of those parks, no matter how disparate the attendance, was worthy of the same ticket price. No longer. When Disney raised ticket prices this...
Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Prices, Theme Park Vacations, Trips and Vacations
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Old play equipment is new in some parts of the world
Tim Clauson has traveled around the world installing playgrounds for impoverished children. In 2010, during a trip to the Republic of Zambia, he learned that some children in the African country weren't even familiar with the concept. "They didn't...
Tags: Zambia, Travel, Trips and Vacations, Tourism and Leisure, Botswana
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