Chris Erskine: Palm Springs Family Trip Follows the Tiki Trail

PALM SPRINGS — So we’re doing a tiki crawl in this dusty, grassless prairie...

Burbank Public Library Hosts Acclaimed Writers

The Burbank Public Library Buena Vista Branch hosted an afternoon with Guggenheim Fellow Robin...

Chris Erskine: Looking for One Last Love Story

A chef has recommended on social media that, if the butter is too cold...

Chris Erskine: Parents Live for Homecomings

Home. Celebrate him home, as Kenny Loggins once sang.When my son gets home for...

Chris Erskine: When Life Hands You Dandelions …

Most poetry doesn’t send me — I’m more into limericks and fight songs. But...

Burbank Holds Workshop for Media District Plan

The Community Development Department invites the public to participate in an upcoming virtual workshop,...

Chris Erskine: Pasta, Gin and Joni Mitchell

In a recent episode, we established two things: 1) that pasta was essentially bourbon...

COMMUNITY NEWS

Chris Erskine: Palm Springs Family Trip Follows the Tiki Trail

PALM SPRINGS — So we’re doing a tiki crawl in this dusty, grassless prairie two hours from Los Angeles. In summer, it’s like living...

SCHOOLS

Burbank Unified School District Revamps Campus Security, Talks Safety Concerns

The Burbank Unified School District has overhauled security at Burbank’s 21 school sites after safety concerns in the community soared when a man allegedly...

District Honors 2024 Teacher of the Year

First published in the March 30 print issue of the Burbank Leader.

BUSD Balances Budget as State Funding Plummets

The Burbank Unified School District has balanced its budget, but that’s not stopping the storm clouds from gathering, said district staff, as the state’s...

Watchdog Reports on Burbank School District Accounting Error

Almost a year after Burbank Unified School District leaders announced an $11 million accounting error, the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team — California’s...

Amid Staff Cuts, Burbank School Board Pushes Bond Measure

The Burbank Unified School District Board of Education approved layoffs for 12 teaching positions and slashed hours for teachers and classified employees amid increasingly...
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Events

Letters

Give Public Transportation a Chance to Succeed

Reading Richard Cathcart’s long Letter to the Editor, published in the Leader on March 23, where he doesn’t get to the point of his...

SCHOOLS

Burbank Unified School District Revamps Campus Security, Talks Safety Concerns

The Burbank Unified School District has overhauled security at Burbank’s 21 school sites after safety concerns in the community soared when a man allegedly...

District Honors 2024 Teacher of the Year

First published in the March 30 print issue of the Burbank Leader.

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