Fronnie Lewis, Author at Media City Groove

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

By Fronnie Lewis Wednesday, November 3, 2010

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Brown, Newsom, Gatto, Prop. 19 & other election results

Attorney General Jerry Brown will be moving to the governor’s office very soon. Brown has been declared the winner over his strong Republican and big-money challenger, Meg Whitman, in yesterday’s General Election. The latest figures from the Secretary of State’s Office give Brown 53.7 percent of the vote and and Whitman 41.3 percent. A check of the statewide voting map shows Whitman […]

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

By Fronnie Lewis Wednesday, November 3, 2010

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A scorcher in November

A blazing hot day on tap for the Media city today. At 10 a.m., it’s already 80 degrees in Burbank. The weather forecast is for a high in the mid-to-upper 90s! Yes, we’re deep off into fall, but we’re getting another reminder of what a gorgeous summer day feels like in the Southland. I was out before nine this morning and saw a […]

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

By Fronnie Lewis Tuesday, November 2, 2010

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City Buzz

It’s your right. Vote! The candidates have had their say, now it’s time for the voters to speak. The polls opened for the November 2 General Election at 7 a.m. this morning and close at 8 p.m. tonight. If you still have your mail-in ballot, don’t worry. You can drop it off at any polling place or surrender that ballot and step into […]

Monday, November 1, 2010

By Fronnie Lewis Monday, November 1, 2010

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Horror wins the Halloween Box Office

Movie fans were gong-ho for horror flicks on Halloween weekend, propelling “Saw 3D” to the top of the Box Office. “Saw 3D” debut with a respectable $22.5 million, acccording to the final figures out today. “Saw 3D” is now the number one movie in the country. This is the seventh and reportedly final chapter in John “Jigsaw” Kramer’s torture series of challenges and tests for his […]

Monday, November 1, 2010

By Fronnie Lewis Monday, November 1, 2010

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Write a novel in a month — thousands are trying to do it in November!

Writers around the world are pounding computer keys or scribbling as fast as they can in notebooks — as part of the annual Write A Novel in a Month project. It kicked off today and writers have until November 30 to produce 50,000 words — that’s a short novel of 175 pages. Last year, 165,000 writers reportedly took the challenge and 30,000 […]

Sunday, October 31, 2010

By Fronnie Lewis Sunday, October 31, 2010

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Happy Halloween!!!

Watch out for the trick-or-treaters!

Sunday, October 31, 2010

By Fronnie Lewis Sunday, October 31, 2010

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It’s Halloween time!!!

Saturday, October 30, 2010

By Fronnie Lewis Saturday, October 30, 2010

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A wet start to the Halloween weekend

We got some rain early this morning in Burbank and could get more before the day is done. So keep that umbrella nearby. The weather forecast is for cool temperatures in the 60s and overcast skies with some occasional sunshine. The rain should be gone by tomorrow. The weather watchers are predicting sunny and dry conditions on Halloween in the Media City and the rest of […]

Friday, October 29, 2010

By Fronnie Lewis Friday, October 29, 2010

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Burbank haunted house makes a killing before Halloween

This is the big weekend for Halloween haunted houses. As I mentioned earlier, last Saturday I attended the opening of “Nightmare at the Museum,” a delightfully ghoulish experience at 907 North California Street. A skilled crew of professionals and volunteers worked for weeks to construct this scary haunt. “Nightmare at the Museum” was open for visitors both Saturday and Sunday last weekend and made a […]