Chris Erskine: First, We Stopped at Soccer Practice

I always tell newcomers: If you really want to mess with people’s minds, just...

Ascencia Gala Surpasses $400K Raised for Homeless Services

Ascencia’s 16th annual gala was a record-setting event, drawing in more than $400,000 and...

Chris Erskine: Chef’s Kiss to Descanso Gardens

Random thoughts about books, baseball and a game-changing new restaurant headed for Descanso Gardens...

Chris Erskine: Hooray for L.A. — or Most of It Anyway

Right now, L.A. smells like children — like a birthday bash of toddlers, the...

Burbank Fire Department Welcomes Two New Firefighters

First published in the April 13 print issue of the Burbank Leader.

Dolores Huerta Receives Holiday Proclamation at City Hall

Dolores Huerta was born on April 10, 1930, in Dawson, New Mexico, a once-booming...

Burbank Advances Tiny Homes Village Plan

The Burbank City Council declared a citywide shelter crisis Tuesday and requested $3.45 million...

COMMUNITY

Elevate Burbank to Hold Free Multicultural Arts Festival

Elevate Burbank will host its third annual Multicultural Arts Festival, “Celebrate Burbank,” on Saturday, May 11, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 2400...

SCHOOLS

Burbank School District, Parents Defend Rainbow Club After Complaints

Superintendent John Paramo addressed Burbank parents at a Board of Education meeting on Thursday after some members of the community voiced complaints that they...

Burroughs to Present ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’

John Burroughs High School is preparing residents for a “night of laughter and mayhem” as it presents its spring play, “The Play That Goes...

Burbank Unified Stresses Child Safety After Alleged Assault

The Burbank Unified School District this week advised that children walking home from school should do so in groups and near high-visibility areas such...

Come November, Voters to Decide on Burbank School District’s Financial Future

Voters will decide the fate of the financially encumbered Burbank Unified School District during the general election this November, when a facilities bond measure...

Holocaust Survivors to Speak at Burroughs

Four Holocaust survivors will visit Burroughs High School in person to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day, also known as Yom HaShoah, on Tuesday, April 30. The...
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Events

Letters

Have We Learned Nothing? Nonviolent Protest Wins

Last Monday afternoon, I rode my bicycle to UCLA from Burbank, while taking advantage of the Metro subway train to get over the hill...

BUSINESS NEWS

Parkway Grill to Feature Top Arizona Chef Oct. 3-5

The renowned Parkway Grill will feature its first guest chef experience in more than four years when the acclaimed restaurant hosts one of Arizona’s...

Caruso Celebrates Year of the Rabbit

CONTENT PROVIDED BY CARUSO The festive nature of the holidays continues with the 2023 Lunar New Year.The storied meaning, tradition and symbolism behind this celebration...

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