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Saturday, July 12, 2025

By Public News Service Saturday, July 12, 2025

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CA schools in financial pinch after Trump administration freezes federal funds

Suzanne Potter, producer/reporter, California News Service, a bureau of Public News Service. Panic has set in at school districts across the Golden State as the Trump administration continues to withhold federal funds. Tony Thurmond, state superintendent of public instruction, said California school districts stand to lose close to $1 billion immediately. Luis Valentino, retired superintendent of Coachella Valley […]

Saturday, July 12, 2025

By Fronnie Lewis Saturday, July 12, 2025

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Burbank School Brd takes another action against Charlene Tabet

The Burbank School Board took another action against beleaguered member Charlene Tabet this week. At its meeting last Thursday, on July 10, the board of education removed Tabet as clerk. Oscar Macias, acting superintendent, presented the case for Tabet’s dismissal. Marcias gave a report noting the board’s decision last month to formally censure Tabet for her failure to disclose […]

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

By Fronnie Lewis Wednesday, July 9, 2025

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Demands are growing for Charlene Tabet to resign from the Burbank Brd of Education

Pressure mounts for embattled Burbank School Board member Charlene Tabet to resign. A petition on change.org demanding that Tabet step down is nearing 700 signatures. The petition was initiated by a group of concerned Burbank parents on June 10. The group took this action following the June 5 school board meeting, where a bombshell was dropped regarding Tabet and […]

Monday, June 9, 2025

By Fronnie Lewis Monday, June 9, 2025

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Burbank Police investigating an alleged contract scheme involving BUSD

The Burbank Police Department is investigating an alleged contract scheme in the Burbank Unified School District, which has already claimed one high-profile victim. John Paramo is no longer the superintendent of BUSD. Last Thursday night, the school board accepted Paramo’s resignation during closed session. Absent from that closed-door meeting was board member Charlene Tabet. In a statement emailed out to […]

Thursday, May 22, 2025

By Fronnie Lewis Thursday, May 22, 2025

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Medical debt relief coming for thousands of Los Angeles County residents

More than 134,000 Los Angeles County residents with heavy medical debt will receive a special notice in the mail this week. The notice declares the recipient’s medical debt has been erased or retired. This is the first wave of a new program. Last December, the county joined forces with the national non-profit Undue Medical Debt to launch the medical […]

Thursday, March 27, 2025

By Fronnie Lewis Thursday, March 27, 2025

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Sundance Film Festival ditching Utah, moving to Colorado

The Rocky Mountain high city of Boulder, Colorado, is rolling out the welcome mat for the Sundance Film Festival. There has been a lot of buzz about the festival possibly moving from its longtime Park City, Utah, location. Well, today it became official with announcements from the festival and on the Boulder Twitter/X page. After a year-long search, Boulder won […]

Friday, March 21, 2025

By Public News Service Friday, March 21, 2025

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Trump’s actions against US Dept of Education increase concerns over student loans

Mike Moen, producer/reporter, United States News Service, Public News Service. Student loans are among the areas overseen by the U.S. Department of Education. Since President Donald Trump has followed through on his threat to gut the agency, questions are mounting about the fate of loan services. The president signed an order Thursday he said begins the process of dismantling […]

Saturday, March 8, 2025

By Guest Contributor Saturday, March 8, 2025

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Burbank Water and Power alert about door-to-door scams

Friday, March 7, 2025

By Public News Service Friday, March 7, 2025

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Educators sue to block Trump anti-DEI policy

Suzanne Potter, producer/reporter, California News Service, a bureau of Public News Service. The American Federation of Teachers and the American Sociological Association are suing the Trump administration over a threat of funding cuts and investigations of schools that integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion into their policies or lessons. The letter schools received purports to reinforce anti-discrimination laws – but casts efforts to […]