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HISTORICAL FACTS: 2 | History Defined

Former Burbank Burroughs High School Boys Basketball Coach Charged With Theft

Burroughs coach Austin Pope was fired on Dec. 1 after less than a year in the position.

Sports Illustrated

Brickbat: You Can Tell Us

California state Sen. Anthony Portantino, (D–Burbank) has introduced a bill that would require gun owners to annually register their firearms with the state. The registration information would be available to law enforcement agencies. "SB 1160 will give the state better data and help us understand how many firearms are in…

Reason

Man from southwest suburbs accused of spraying officers, breaking windows during Capitol riot

William Lewis is accused of spraying officers on three occasions during the riot. One officer reported that he was sprayed in the mouth, and that he experienced a burning sensation on his face and eyes.

Chicago Sun-Times

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‘Absolute control’: how Walt Disney’s obsessive habits built a 100-year empire

From his fastidious lunches to his quest for perfect lighting, Disney’s legacy still looms large as the studio celebrates a centenary

The Guardian - US

Tim Burton on cancel culture and his Beetlejuice sequel: ‘I used to think about society as like the angry villagers in Frankenstein’

The director who defines modern gothic on screen talks to Geoffrey Macnab before a major new exhibition of his work in Italy

The Independent UK

Hollywood’s Picket Line Confronts Its Color Line

People of color hired in the streaming-era diversity push say they now bear the brunt of inequities.

Capital & Main

California: bear soaks in hot tub to beat the heat

Animal, found lounging in a Burbank neighborhood, climbed over a wall and headed back after it was done relaxing

The Guardian - US

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Bear found cooling off in swimming pool in Southern California amid searing summer heat

Police in Burbank city find the grizzly in a residential neighbourhood

The Independent UK

In summer heat, bear spotted in Southern California backyard Jacuzzi

Police in the Southern California city of Burbank found a bear sitting in a Jacuzzi behind a home in a residential neighborhood

The Independent UK

Dry cleaners, restaurants, hotels: the ripple effects of Hollywood’s strike

As the actors’ and writers’ strikes settle in, restaurants, cleaners and other businesses prepare for a financial downturn

The Guardian - US

MSG Sphere’s little cousin is a testing ground for feature films

BURBANK, Calif. — While not as imposing as its bigger cousin on the Las Vegas Strip, Big Dome makes quite an impression in this office park near Hollywood Burbank Airport.

Tribune News Service

Disney CFO Christine McCarthy is leaving the company

Walt Disney Co. Chief Financial Officer Christine McCarthy is leaving after more than two decades at the Burbank entertainment company.

Los Angeles Times

Stars of Ted Lasso join Los Angeles picket lines to support striking writers

Hannah Waddingham, Nick Mohammed, James Lance and Jeremy Swift were all pictured outside Warner Bros studios in Burbank, California on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Man and woman shot to death in restaurant in southwest suburban Burbank

Police were called to Frank’s Chicago Shrimp House in the 6500 block of West 79th Street around 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

Chicago Sun-Times

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‘Short’ jibes boost male demand for leg-lengthening surgery

Demand is growing from men for leg-lengthening surgery, a doctor has said. The procedure, normally used to treat skeletal dysplasia, bone growth issues and bone length differences, has become popular among men who are worried about their height, said Dr Shahab Mahboubian, a surgeon at the Height Lengthening Institute in…

Chicago Sun-Times

Man shot and killed in Burbank

The man, 32, was in the 7600 block of South Cicero Avenue, just outside Chicago city limits, when he was shot.

Los Angeles Times

Disney layoffs begin this week. Iger says 7,000 job cuts to finish before summer

Walt Disney Co. this week begins its plan to cut 7,000 jobs as part of a wider effort to rejuvenate the Burbank entertainment giant's finances and reach profitability at its streaming business.

Los Angeles Times

'None of those were mercy killings': A vigil for disabled people killed by family

LOS ANGELES — In the Burbank chapel, as attendees braced to hear the names of the dead, Pastor Ryan Chaddick welcomed the sparse crowd with familiarity.

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'Saving Private Ryan' Actor Tom Sizemore Dead at 61

Tom Sizemore, a talented but troubled actor who made a career of playing tough guys, but struggled to stay on the right side of the law, has died at the age of 61, his manager said Friday. He suffered a brain aneurysm in February and on Friday was removed from…

Chicago Sun-Times

Tom Sizemore dies at 61; actor known for ‘Saving Private Ryan,’ ‘Natural Born Killers’

The actor suffered a brain aneurysm Feb. 18 at his Los Angeles home and died in his sleep Friday at a hospital in Burbank, California, his manager said. Despite ample legal trouble, Sizemore had steady film and television credits.

Los Angeles Times

Aborted landing at Burbank airport was latest close call for US flights. Why experts say not to worry

LOS ANGELES — A flight arriving at Hollywood Burbank Airport this week was forced to abort its landing about 1,000 feet above the runway after an air traffic controller cleared another flight for takeoff at the same time, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

Los Angeles Times

It’s not just Disney: Hollywood slashes jobs as streaming bubble pops

LOS ANGELES — Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Bob Iger said last week that the Burbank company will be slashing 7,000 jobs as the firm’s streaming efforts continue to lose money and the wider economy wallows through a downturn.

Evening Standard

Lisa Loring, original Wednesday Addams star, dies aged 64

The actor died on Saturday night (January 28) at St Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California due to complications from a stroke

Los Angeles Times

Jay Leno broke bones in a recent motorcycle accident — and now his 'Garage' is canceled

Jay Leno broke his collarbone and several other bones in a motorcycle accident last week, the comic revealed in an interview published Thursday night. The revelation comes less than two months after he suffered second-degree burns in a car fire in his Burbank garage — and at the same time…

Los Angeles Times

Key players in the Disney leadership drama

Walt Disney Co.'s bombshell news Sunday night that Bob Iger would return as chief executive sent shock waves throughout the Burbank entertainment giant, Hollywood and Wall Street.

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