Burbank may soon have a different schedule for future city elections. The Burbank City Council unanimously voted on Tuesday to have city staff work on a charter amendment that would align the city’s election dates with the state’s dates as a way to…
What was once a subtle joke by Burbank Mayor Will Rogers has become the community’s symbol of support for the elected official. On Tuesday, about a dozen plastic flamingos of various sizes popped up in the planters at the back of City Hall in honor…
With a narrow 3-2 vote on Tuesday, Burbank became the most recent city in California to recognize the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples Day. Council members decided to replace Columbus Day, a federal holiday that celebrates Christopher…
Walk Bike Burbank is hosting the first Burbank Bicycle Festival this Sunday, Oct. 1, from noon to 4 p.m. at Edison Elementary School (at Keystone Street and Chandler Boulevard). The purpose of the bicycle festival is to inform parents and students …
Standardized test scores for students in the Burbank Unified School District remained flat this year compared to previous years, according to data released Wednesday by state officials. However, they continue to perform slightly better than the sta…
A John Burroughs High School senior will see her short play come to life on stage next year at the Old Globe in San Diego as a winner in this year’s California Young Playwrights Contest. Savannah Spatafora, 17, wrote “Idiot, I’m Great” about a girl…
It has been almost a year since officials with Pickwick Gardens in Burbank announced they were starting to plan a strategy to meet with residents in the adjacent Rancho District, where several horse owners live, to determine what should be done wit…
The famed author of the book “Black Hawk Down” will be in Burbank on Wednesday to talk about his latest project, which is about one of the most crucial battles during the Vietnam War and how it was affected by journalism. Mark Bowden will be at the…
A group of high school grads have earned a 4.0 when it comes to connecting those who attended or taught at the crosstown rival schools. I’m talking about the steering committee members of the Burbank Burroughs Alumni Assn. who organize quarterly mi…
In May 1996, legendary television writer, producer and director Garry Marshall stood next to a ribbon-adorned shovel in an open lot on Burbank’s West Riverside Drive. Surrounded by his wife Barbara, daughter Kathleen and son Scott, Marshall, who wa…