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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
By Fronnie Lewis Wednesday, March 23, 2011
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A giant tree knocked down by the stormy weather causes havoc in a Burbank neighborhood

The first in yet another series of storms is rolling through Burbank this evening, increasing the concerns that more trees will topple. Several trees were knocked down by last weekend’s treacherous storm, one of the casualties, a graceful giant at Third Street and Bethany Road. The building manager, Ben Cantu, says the huge stone pine took the fall at about […]
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Sunday, March 20, 2011
By Fronnie Lewis Sunday, March 20, 2011
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Major storm battering the Southland

Burbank and the rest of the Southland is getting hammered by a major storm system this afternoon. The rain is coming down in sheets. Powerful winds are whipping through the area. The National Weather Service says rain is falling at a quarter to a half an inch an hour and that could increase to an inch per hour by nightfall. The […]
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Sunday, March 20, 2011
By Fronnie Lewis Sunday, March 20, 2011
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Rain, lightning, and thunder in Burbank

  A lot rain falling in Burbank this morning. Just before 9 a.m. lightning flashed across the sky, followed by rumbling thunder in B-town. The calendar says it’s the first day of spring. It still feels like winter. This Pacific storm is pounding the entire Southland and is expected to continue the assault through tonight. This storm is packing winds 15-to-30 mph with some […]
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Saturday, March 19, 2011
By Fronnie Lewis Saturday, March 19, 2011
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A late winter storm rolls into Burbank

As predicted, light rain began falling in Burbank early this morning. This late winter storm arrives with a full payload — some bouts of heavy rain, cold temps, and breezy conditions. Weather watchers are saying this storm will linger in the Southland — probably for several days. So get out the umbrellas, jackets, and boots again.
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Saturday, February 26, 2011
By Fronnie Lewis Saturday, February 26, 2011
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Freaky weather: sunshine, rain, and hail in Burbank

A brief period of sunshine gave way to more dark clouds, then rain, and just before noon, hail in Burbank!  The hard pebbles pounded the roof of my house and created white patches of quickly melting ice on the ground in the hillside area. The weather is freaky out there today. Don’t get faked out by a little sunshine —  keep that umbrella handy.
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Saturday, March 6, 2010
By Fronnie Lewis Saturday, March 6, 2010
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A stormy Saturday in the Southland

Surprise, we’re getting dumped on by another winter storm. The cloudy skies let loose with a prelude of thunder and drizzle, which soon erupted into a steady rain in Burbank shortly after 10 a.m. This is a cold rainstorm. The high might reach 60 in Media City, but I doubt it. The rain is expected to hang around through tonight. The prediction is for cloudy […]
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Saturday, February 6, 2010
By Fronnie Lewis Saturday, February 6, 2010
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Devastating Southland storm triggers mud flows & evacuations

  Photo: Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times — a runaway mud flow sweeps away trees and rocks and races down a street in La Cañada Flintridge today. Check out the L.A. Times storm photo gallery here. A vicious storm sucker punched the Southland early this morning, unleashing landslides, swift mud flows, causing power outages, damaging around 43 homes, and forcing evacuations. Some areas got as much […]
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Friday, January 29, 2010
By Fronnie Lewis Friday, January 29, 2010
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Props and praise for Burbank city crews

Photo: FLLewis/A Writer’s Groove — A Burbank city crew on East Angeleno Avenue, between Glenoaks Boulevard and 3rd Street, fixing some of the potholes created by that brutal week of powerful storms.  City of Burbank work crews were taking care of serious business during the past couple of weeks. They were on the job during and after the recent big storms cleaning up debris, removing downed […]
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