Saturday, August 30, 2008
Handy Market cooks grilling to the max at a recent July BBQ. The grill team will be smoking in the parking lot of the Handy Market on West Magnolia Boulevard in Burbank today. The market has been open for business more than 35 years. Also, Handy Market has won the Burbank Leader Readers’ Choice Award for the best grocery store 12 years straight. Every Saturday, the market’s […]
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Photos: FLLewis/A Writer’s Groove The Burbank Town Center mall has become a tense place to work for some tenants and their employees. Business owner Diana Daoud says she’s “scared” to carry merchandise to and from her car in the mall parking lot. Also, Daoud is worried about another burglary at her second level AT&T Wireless kiosk. The business has been […]
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Photos: FLLewis/A Writer’s Groove A rash of burglaries and robberies have some business owners and their employees on edge at the Burbank Town Center mall in Downtown Burbank. Business owner Diana Daoud brought her complaints and frustrations to the Burbank City Council on Tuesday, August 12. During her few minutes at the podium, Daoud presented details about the recent burglaries at […]
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Hoop star Lisa Leslie went out in style at the Olympics in Beijing. Leslie helped the U.S. women’s basketball team crush Australia 92-to-65 to win the gold medal, yesterday. Team USA has taken the gold in four straight Olympics — beating the Aussies in the last three for it. Leslie scored 14 points before fouling out with 6:33 left […]
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Visitors spent time at gravesites during the August 10 opening at Grand View. For the second time this month, Grand View Memorial Park cemetery will be open to the public today from noon until 4 p.m. I dropped by during the Sunday, August 10 opening and was surprised by the small turnout and the bleak appearance of the Glendale cemetery. I have heard […]
Friday, August 22, 2008
Caltech founded in 1891 The California Institute of Technology in Pasadena is small but mighty. Caltech, a major research institution, has a student body of about three thousand. U.S. News & World Report has come out with its 25th annual best American colleges lists for 2009 and Caltech rated very high. In the rankings of best national colleges for undergraduate studies Harvard […]
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Those long-running Screen Actors Guild negotiations appear to be stalled in a nowhere zone. The most recent press release posted on SAG’s website is dated August 15 and it claims “informal discussions” are happening. Ah, but wait, over on the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers’ website a posted statement denies there are ANY talks underway. Not a good […]
Saturday, August 16, 2008
A couple of motorists pump gas in Burbank. Photo by FLLewis I filled up at a gas station in Burbank on Thursday. It was not as painful as it has been in weeks past – but it still hurt. I pumped a little over eight gallons – at $4.039 a gallon – total $34.02. That was a good deal, according to the […]
Friday, August 15, 2008
Author Sherrilyn Kenyon shows off her new vampire fangs at a book signing. photos by FLLewis New York Times bestselling author, Sherrilyn Kenyon brought her wildly exciting book tour, complete with vampire fangs, special gifts, and prizes to Burbank on August 8. Even though I was familiar with Kenyon’s incredible success, I was still surprised to see so many local […]