Board Of Education Votes To Close Down 2 L.A. Charter Schools

California’s State Board of Education has voted to close down two Los Angeles charter schools run by a nonprofit being investigated by the U.S. Department of Education and the inspector general of the Los Angeles Unified School District. Some parents and teachers at the schools cried through their testimony Thursday at an emotional hearing, which ended with the […]

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Cockroach infestations temporarily shut down these San Fernando Valley restaurants

Three restaurants in the San Fernando Valley were temporarily closed last week due to major public health hazards. Between April 30 and May 6, those facilities had their health permits suspended for cockroach infestations, according to a report from the Los Angeles County Public Health Department. Restaurants and markets whose permits are suspended must close […]

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The Wave House

Gayle Anderson was live in Venice to continue her HOME SWEET HOME series at THE WAVE HOUSE by Mario Romano. For more information, please take a look at the website. If you have questions, please feel free to call Gayle Anderson at 323-460-5732 or e-mail Gayle at Gayle.Anderson@KTLA.com.

Holocaust survivors remembered in interfaith outpouring

As a large audience packed Temple Emanu El in Burbank Tuesday night for the 33rd annual Days of Remembrance commemoration of the Holocaust, the need to stand up against a renewed perception of global fear and hatred hung in the air.

“It is a debt owed not only to those in the past, or of those…

Burbank police net hundreds of pounds of drugs in take-back event

With the promise of no questions asked, residents across Burbank handed in more than 450 pounds of prescription drugs to the Burbank Police Department during a special take-back event held late last month.

Held at the department’s headquarters, the event collected any and all unused prescriptions…

Burbank resident to study lemurs in Madagascar

A Burbank resident who has long admired the work of notable primatologists will spend her summer studying bamboo lemurs in Madagascar on the path to becoming a primatologist, or someone who studies primates, herself. As a girl, Emma Thurau would dr…

Rattlesnake bites 8-year-old girl in Burbank Hills neighborhood

A North Hollywood family got a brief scare last month after an 8-year-old girl was bitten by a baby rattlesnake in the Burbank Hills. Kathryn Campa was visiting her brother in the 3000 block of Trudi Lane on the night of April 23 when, sometime aro…