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Monday, January 10, 2011
By Fronnie Lewis Monday, January 10, 2011
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City Buzz

 Burbank’s merit pay for city employees controversy Some new developments in the growing controversy about merit pay for Burbank city employees — who gets them — how much per individual — what is the real criteria for who pockets those extra bucks — are the main questions yet to be answered fully by city officials. Late last Friday, city officials made […]
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Saturday, December 4, 2010
By Fronnie Lewis Saturday, December 4, 2010
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City Buzz

The week began windy and very cold, but  by Wednesday, December 1, the temperature warmed up and the winds died down — just in time for the annual Mayor’s Tree Lighting Ceremony on the steps of City Hall on East Olive Avenue in Burbank. Hundreds turned out for the festive holiday occasion that included performances by both a children’s and adult choir, and […]
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Friday, November 5, 2010
By Fronnie Lewis Friday, November 5, 2010
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Photo Gallery: Halloween flashback & upcoming Christmas haunt

Burbank Mayor Anja Reinke officially opened a haunted house The “Nightmare at the Museum” haunt was a smashing success. Steve Ferguson, Chair of the Burbank Park, Recreation, and Community Services Board and one of the organizers, reports over 2,800 people visited this Halloween haunt on California Street in Burbank last month. They raised more than $4,000 for the Family Service Agency of Burbank.  The […]
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Friday, November 5, 2010
By Fronnie Lewis Friday, November 5, 2010
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Restoration of Grand View set to get underway next month

 The gates of Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale will be open this Sunday, a few weeks before the anticipated start of the restoration. By the order of Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Anthony Mohr, the struggling 120-plus-year-old cemetery will also be open for visitors on Sunday, November 21, as well as Sunday, December 5.  In an e-mail update this week, […]
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Monday, October 25, 2010
By Fronnie Lewis Monday, October 25, 2010
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Photo Gallery: President Obama & Radio Host Piolin

President Barack Obama breezed into Glendale last Friday for an interview with Radio Host, Eddie “Piolin” Sotelo, at the Univision Radio building on North Central Avenue. In this photo,  President Obama introduced Cecila Munoz, Assistant to The President for Intergovernmental Affairs, to Piolin. The Spanish-language “Piolin Show”  is one of the top rated radio programs in the country.  More on the president’s brief visit to […]
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Sunday, October 24, 2010
By Fronnie Lewis Sunday, October 24, 2010
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Photo Gallery: Grand View open today

When I dropped by the beleaguered Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery on Glenwood Road in Glendale last Friday, a bunch of fresh flowers were sticking in the closed gate. Today, visitors will be allowed inside Grand View and can bring flowers to place on the grave sites of friends, relatives, and loved ones. Grand View will be open from noon and until […]
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Saturday, October 23, 2010
By Fronnie Lewis Saturday, October 23, 2010
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President Obama’s visit to the Southland & quick stop in Glendale

More than 37, 000 gathered in a park at USC to see and hear President Barack Obama’s rousing get out the vote for the mid-term election speech yesterday. Later in the afternoon, much smaller crowds clustered in Glendale on street corners, in restaurant doorways, wherever they thought they might catch a glimpse of the presidential motorcade. Yet, from what I observed, the Glendale crowds […]
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Friday, June 25, 2010
By Fronnie Lewis Friday, June 25, 2010
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Remembering the King of Pop weekend: the fans, the music, and a new lawsuit

Michael Jackson  (August 29, 1958 — June 25, 2009) Kudos, flowers, tears, and memories are being shared around the world today for Legendary Entertainer, Michael Jackson, on this the first anniversary of his death.  Like millions of his fans, first I was shocked and then saddened, when reports of Jackson’s death were confirmed on June 25, 2009. Later, the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office […]
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Tuesday, June 8, 2010
By Fronnie Lewis Tuesday, June 8, 2010
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Election Day!

                           Photo: FLLewis/A Writer’s Groove — Voters mark their ballots at a Glendale polling place, November 4, 2008 Go vote. The polls are open until 8 p.m. tonight.  Got questions or need to find your polling place, check the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk website, lavote.net.
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