Saturday, March 1, 2014
Folks are scrambling to do some clean-up this morning before the next wave of stormy weather in Burbank and the Southland. The situation is pretty precarious in the nearby foothill communities of Monrovia, Azusa, and Glendora where they’re already dealing with mudslides, flooding, and mandatory evacuations effecting more than a a thousand homes. During yesterday’s deluge, trees were knocked down […]
Saturday, March 1, 2014
A suspect has been identified in connection with the discovery of two explosive devices in Burbank late yesterday. Burbank Police detectives reportedly found the first device while carrying out a search warrant at a residence in the 1900 block of North Rose Street at around 4:50 p.m. on Friday. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s bomb squad was called in and […]
Friday, February 28, 2014
Burbank and the rest of the Southland is getting pounded today by much-anticipated winter storm slow rolling through our region. The strong system moved in overnight and is expected to linger through tomorrow bringing at least 2-to-4 inches in Los Angeles area and 4-to-7 inches in the valleys and Inland Empire. Along with tons of rain, this huge storm is […]
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Sunshine off and on in Burbank today, where it has been mostly cloudy skies and cool temperatures. The high is expected to reach only into the mid-60s. Weather watchers say a couple of winter storms are approaching the Southland and the raindrops are expected to start falling some time this evening. The storms are expected to deliver a one-two-punch to […]
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Outside news racks for The Burbank Leader have been disappearing from the city streets for some time. I have been critical of that fact in the past. Now the word from the editor, Dan Evans, is that all the Burbank Leader news racks will be history soon. Bad news. Terrible idea. The reason, Evans says, it’s “theft.” In a recent […]
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Human skeletal remains discovered in the Burbank hills were removed today by Los Angeles County Coroner’s investigators. A short while ago, Burbank Police tweeted out “We have cleared the area. Awaiting identification by LA coroners office.” A city worker reportedly found the remains in brush near the Stough Canyon Nature Center yesterday afternoon. This morning, BPD officers with cadaver dogs […]
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Temperatures heating up again in the Southland with weather watchers predicting 70’s and 80’s for the rest of the week. By noon today, it was already 75 in Burbank and the high is expected to be near 80. This latest patch of hot, dry winter weather is in the forecast through Monday. Hopefully, there will be a dramatic change soon, […]
Sunday, February 9, 2014
The new website Transparent California is a real eye opener for taxpayers. The salaries and pensions of many of the city, county, and state employees in the Golden State for 2011 and 2012 are listed. Some are not on the site for various reasons. Glendale, Newport Beach, Inglewood, and City of Industry are “refusing to produce” the required data, according […]
Saturday, February 8, 2014
Did you feel it? The Southland got hit with an earthquake this morning at 10:13 a.m. Apparently it was center four miles south-southwest of Glendale and two miles east-southeast of Hollywood, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. They say it measured 3.0. Here in Burbank, the shaker felt like a quick, sharp jolt. So far no reports of damage from […]
