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Saturday, March 29, 2014

Best days to get cheapest airfares? Not on the weekend

Thinking of planning a relaxing getaway or even a business trip? For air travel, the weekend is not the best time to buy tickets. A recent survey from Boston travel-tech company Hopper found… ” Thursday is the cheapest day to purchase a ticket, with weekends the worst.” according to Businessweek. The bargain airfares are for Wednesday departures and returns are cheapest on […]
Saturday, March 29, 2014

Earthquakes shake up the Southland and movie screenings of “Noah”

A lot of rocking and rolling in SoCal Friday evening as dozens of earthquakes rumble through the region.  A 3.6 magnitude quake near La Habra at 8:03 p.m.last night kicked off a swarm of shakers centered in Orange County. That was apparently a foreshock to a moderate 5.1 quake, which rolled and swayed through our area at around 9:09 p.m.. It […]
Friday, March 28, 2014

New action packed trailer for “Jupiter Ascending”

A new sci-fi film is stirring up interest. “Jupiter Ascending” is directed  and written by Andy and  Lana Wachowski, two science fiction/fantasy loving filmmakers who created  the ground-breaking  special effects laden”Matrix”  movie series. “Jupiter Ascending” stars Mila Kunis as Jupiter Jones, a janitor who had some tough breaks, but also has an impressive set of genes, which mark her as the […]
Friday, March 28, 2014

Los Angeles Dodgers hosting major job fair

If you are unemployed or thinking about changing jobs you might want to check out the major event at Dodger Stadium tomorrow. The Los Angeles Dodgers are hosting a huge job fair at the stadium on March 29, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. More than 100 companies including Kaiser Permanente, Warner Bros. Entertainment and Lowe’s will be on site […]
Thursday, March 27, 2014

City Buzz: First official Burbank City Council candidate for 2015

Burbank has been buzzing for some time about the two city council seats on next year’s election ballot. Several potential candidates have been talking about launching campaigns in 2015 for city council, however, none had officially announced until today. Burbank Planning Board member/small business owner, Chris Rizzotti, officially announced his candidacy for the city council on MyBurbank today. In his announcement, […]
Thursday, March 27, 2014

Conventional TV pretty much dead for majority of teenagers

That old argument between parents and their teenagers over the TV remote is not happening a lot these days, according to a new study out by professional services and consulting firm, Deloitte.  Surveying the 14-24 group, the so-called “training millennials,” found 56 percent of them catch their “… favorite shows on computers, smartphones, tablets and gaming devices rather than a television,” […]
Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Web Buzz: March 26, 2014

Oprah is going on tour. The big announcement in the Media and on Oprah.com today. “Oprah’s The Life You Want Weekend” will feature Oprah Winfrey and special guests in 8 city arenas:  San Jose, California, Miami, Florida, Washington, DC, Atlanta, Georgia, Newark, New Jersey, Auburn Hills, Michigan, Houston, Texas, and Seattle, Washington. So far, the Southland is not on the […]
Wednesday, March 26, 2014

“The Amazing Spider-Man 2” trailer

No surprise, a lot of buzz out there for “The Amazing Spider-Man 2.” The movie web-slings into theaters in a few short weeks. Andrew Garfield is back as the struggling hero, Peter Parker, and Emma Stone is Gwen — the love interest. Probably most interesting are the villains: Jamie Foxx as Electro and Dana DeHaan as Green Goblin.  “Amazing Spider-Man […]
Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Facebook buys a virtual reality company for $2 billion

Facebook has made another staggering purchase — $2 billion for  the virtual reality gaming company, Oculus VR Inc. The social network made the announcement on its website yesterday. The deal includes $400 million in cash,  23.1 million shares of Facebook common stock, and $300 million earn-out in cash and stock “…  based on the achievement of certain milestones.” “Mobile is the platform of […]