Burbank tax preparer pleads guilty to falsifying returns

A man faces up to six years in federal prison after pleading guilty Monday to two counts of submitting false tax returns through his Burbank firm.

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DUI patrol in Glendale nets 9 arrests

Eight motorists were arrested Saturday on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol during a saturation patrol operation, police said.

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Burbank brush fire grows to 20 acres

Burbank brush fire grows to 20 acres

A brush fire in the hills above DeBell Golf Club in Burbank has consumed roughly 20 acres, officials said.

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Brush fire reported in hills above DeBell golf course in Burbank

Firefighters are trying to contain a brush fire near DeBell Golf Club in Burbank that was reported shortly after 12:15 p.m.

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Big rig carrying fruit crashes on 210 Freeway, creates jam

Monday’s morning commute started off horribly for drivers in the San Gabriel Valley when a big rig carrying fruit overturned on the 210, blocking lanes in both directions in Monrovia for most of the morning.

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Ron Kaye: Brains, talent, too much ambition

Ron Kaye: Brains, talent, too much ambition

In the costliest and most vicious City Council race of the Los Angeles election season, the battle for Hollywood has shattered beliefs about Armenian solidarity, with Paul Krekorian's role seen as causing deep rifts in the community.

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Cleanin' up the Los Angeles river

Cleanin' up the Los Angeles river

Alex Hausman and his four-year-old son, Theo, were walking across a shallow area of the Los Angeles River on Saturday morning when they spotted a child-sized mattress floating near the edge.

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La Cañada baseball continues turnaround season with playoff win

La Cañada baseball continues turnaround season with playoff win

LA CAÑADA — Daniel del Valle and Clayton Herrmann haven't feared the big moment all season long and that continued, thankfully for the La Cañada High baseball team, in the team's CIF Southern Section Division IV opener.

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Glendale's real estate market strengthens

The real estate market in Glendale ticked upward again last month after a brief stall in March, reflecting an ongoing limited number of homes for sale and a multitude of potential buyers, according to the latest real estate report.

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Crime reporting to go digital in Glendale

Reporting a crime in Glendale could soon be just as easy as the press of a button.

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Allen Yekikian and Sosé Thomassian married about eight months ago, beneath a starry sky. On May 10, Thomassian and Yekikian died in a head-on car crash while on a weekend getaway in Georgia, Armenia's neighbor to the north.

A young couple gone too soon

Beneath a starry sky, Sosé Thomassian and Allen Yekikian held each other on their wedding night, arms looped around hips, eyes locked, for more than 20 minutes so the photographer could capture what would become their favorite wedding photo.

News-Press Editorial: Tending the flame of genocide's victims

Those tending the flame of those who perished in the Armenian Genocide had a bit of a mixed bag this week. In happy news, Glendale Unified and its teachers' union agreed to make April 24 — the day that commemorates the horror — an official day off.

Columnist June Casagrande

A Word, Please: Of adjectives and noun phrases

It's a billboard custom-tailored to grammar buffs. "Every day we help people get back to their everyday," proclaims the ad for Keck Medical Center of USC. In that single sentence, the copy writer does more to help people with grammar than I probably will in this whole column. But I'll give it a long-winded shot anyway.

Leader Editorial: Colony show's success is a boon for the city

With the Colony Theatre teetering on the edge of insolvency, many feared its latest production, "Falling For Make Believe," might very well be its last.

Columnist Ron Kaye

Ron Kaye: It's time for Burbank to think twice

Here we go again — at the first sign of recovery from the worst recession since the Great Depression, government officials are gearing up to line their pockets with taxpayer money.

Columnist Patrick Caneday

Small Wonders: Where more than wild things are

Don't venture under the bed lightly. More than wild things await you there.

Schiff to announce student art contest winners at Descanso Gardens

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) will announce the winners of an annual student art competition this Sunday at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge.

Burbank, Glendale schools hold breath over budget

Despite plans by Gov. Jerry Brown to spend roughly $1.6 billion more on education, local school officials this week remained only cautiously optimistic about their financial prospects.

A group of girls walk with a few thousand protestors in a long revolving line at a protest rally in front of the Turkish Consulate demanding an end of Armenian genocide denial by Turkey in Los Angeles on Wednesday, April 24, 2013. A few thousand attended the rally organized by the Armenian Youth Federation.

Schiff introduces Genocide resolution, again

In what has become an annual exercise, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) this week introduced a House resolution calling on the U.S. to formally recognize the Armenian Genocide, in which roughly 1.5 million Armenians were massacred by Ottoman Turks from 1915 to 1918.

ARCHIVE PHOTO: A line, with about 25 David Starr Jordan Middle School students, get onto the City of Burbank Park and Recreation Department's Youth Transportation Program "Got Wheels!" bus on the corner of Main Street and Cedar Avenue in Burbank on Thursday, February 17, 2011. The bus program could be cut from the City of Burbank's budget.

Youth rides may end in Burbank

The days appear numbered for Got Wheels!, Burbank's summer bus system for youth, after city officials this week proposed cutting the program.

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