Friday, May 23, 2014

New twist in Clippers drama: Wife to sell team

New twist in the Donald Sterling/Los Angeles Clippers drama. There are reports now that the embattled billionaire owner of the Clippers has had a change of mind about previous plans to fight the forced sale of the team. ESPN is reporting Sterling has agreed to allow his wife, Shelly, and her attorneys to negotiate a sale. Earlier this week, the […]
Thursday, May 22, 2014

“Shield” actor charged with murdering wife

“The Shield” actor, Michael Jace’s, life has turned into a real police drama. Today the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office charged Jace with murder in connection with the shooting death of his wife last Monday.. Police say the actor called 9-1-1 Monday night to say he had shot his wife. April Jace was discovered in the hallway of the couple’s Los […]
Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Jennifer Lopez has a new book deal for a memoir

Jennifer Lopez photo courtesy NUVOtv Entertainer Jennifer Lopez is on a roll. Last Sunday, J Lo picked up Billboard’s Icon Award. Now, comes the announcement that the singer has landed a deal for a new memoir, “True Love.” The Penguin imprint, Celebra, says the book will explore a  “… transformative two-year journey of how, as an artist and a mother, she […]
Monday, May 19, 2014

NBA puts L.A. Clippers’ owner Donald Sterling on notice

  Today the NBA moved to strip embattled Los Angeles Clippers’ owner, Donald Sterling, of his team. The league put Sterling on notice of the charge against him and what he needs to do to respond, according to a news release issued this afternoon. Here’s what the release says about the charge against the 80 year-old billionaire: “The charge asserts that […]
Sunday, May 11, 2014

Mother’s Day shout-outs to NBA’s Kevin Durant and his mother

On this Mother’s Day, Oklahoma Thunder superstar, Kevin Durant, gets a shout-out for the praise he heaped on his mother this week. While accepting this season’s NBA MVP award last Tuesday, Durant gave an emotional speech thanking his mama for her sacrifices and faith in him. Choking back tears the NBA power forward called Wanda Pratt the “real MVP” for being […]
Saturday, May 10, 2014

Ticket bought in Burbank shares top lottery prize

   Someone who bought a Fantasy 5 lottery ticket in Burbank  for last night’s draw is going to share the top prize. The lucky numbers from that draw: 5, 10, 19, 30, and 37. One of two winning tickets was purchased at Daniel Market 7119 Seville Avenue #E2 in Huntington Park. A second ticket was bought right here in  Burbank at WBSF Newsstand 4000 […]
Saturday, May 10, 2014

Twin authors conduct book signings for “Early Burbank”

Identical twins, Jamie C. and Erin K. Schonauer, have a lot in common beyond their obvious appearance. They both like history and are talented writers who work in the children’s market. A little over a year ago, the Burbank residents decided to pen a book about the early beginnings of the Media City. It was published last month by Arcadia […]