Sunday, January 9, 2011
In a terrific article by Richard Ruelas of the Arizona Republic, Nancy Platt, an instructor at the community college where the alleged gunman, Jared Loughner, once attended, is quoted as saying: “We always look for the perpetrators outside of us, different nationalities, or different religions,” she said. “Turns out its just one of us.” Congresswoman, Gabrielle Giffords, who remains in critical condition after […]
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Remarks by the President on the Shootings in Tucson, Arizona The White House THE PRESIDENT: As many of you are aware, earlier today a number of people were shot in Tucson, Arizona, including several who were meeting at a supermarket with their congresswoman, Gabrielle Giffords. We are still assembling all the facts, but we know that Representative Giffords was one […]
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Judge dismisses charges against Anna Nicole Smith’s boyfriend In a surprise decision, a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge today threw out the charges against Anna Nicole Smith’s long-time boyfriend/attorney, Howard K. Stern. Last October, a jury found Stern guilty of two conspiracy felony charges in connection with drugs prescribed for Smith — who died of an accidental overdose February 7, 2007. Also, the […]
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
The second largest Mega Millions jackpot is history. In yesterday’s draw for a $380 million money pot — two tickets — one in Idaho and the other in Washington state — had all six of the winning numbers. Those lucky digits are: 4, 8, 15, 25, 47, and the Mega Ball 42. Mega Millions is played in California and 41 other states. Yesterday […]
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
The 2011 WGA screen award nominees The Writers Guild of America today announced its nominees for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen in 2010. Here are some of the big screen nominees: Original Screenplay Black Swan, Screenplay by Mark Heyman and Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin; Story by Andres Heinz; Fox Searchlight The Fighter, Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy […]
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Lottery fever is raging just about everywhere. The reason: the Mega Millions jackpot, which grew to $355 million this morning, according to the California Lottery website. Players are throwing down all kind of money for these lottery tickets — hoping to score this mega jackpot. This is the second biggest Mega Millions jackpot of all time. The largest Mega Millions jackpot reached $390 […]
Sunday, January 2, 2011
UPDATED 12:30 p.m: Monday, January 3rd, 2011 This very cooold storm is slowly moving East, leaving behind clearing skies, some sun, and a few showers here and there in Burbank and the rest of SoCal. As the rain diminishes, the winds are expected to kick up. The weather watchers are predicting winds of 15-to-25 mph with gusts reaching possibly 30 mph this evening […]
Saturday, January 1, 2011
The Mega Millions jackpot blew-up again! No one picked all of the winning numbers in yesterday’s New Year’s Eve draw. So today the jackpot skyrocketed to $290 million and will most likely go even higher before Tuesday’s game — with lottery fever on the rampage. The winning numbers from yesterday’s game: 10, 12, 13, 35, 56 and the Mega Ball 9. […]
Saturday, January 1, 2011
A new year. A new beginning … “Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.” Oprah Winfrey
Friday, December 31, 2010
Whether you’re ringing in the new year at a small or intimate affair at home or rocking the night away with a crowd of friends, relatives and or strangers — check out radio station K-Earth 101 FM. This Los Angeles oldies station is counting down the top 101 party jams of all time right now. On the radio or on the Internet, K-Earth is boogieing down this New […]
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Burbank used same audit firm as Bell A report from State Controller, John Chiang, reportedly found considerable problems with the audit of the city of Bell’s finances by Mayer Hoffman McCann — the same accounting firm that has done work for the city of Burbank. In a news release last week Chiang said: “MHM appears to have been a rubber-stamp rather […]
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Mega Millions lottery fever is likely to afflict even more folks in the next few days. The reason: the Mega Millions jackpot has exploded and is now $237 million !!! Again, no one picked all of the winning numbers in yesterday’s draw. The lucky numbers: 6, 18, 36, 40, 49 and the Mega Ball 7. Two California players did win […]