Weekend Update -- April 22, 2007
A tapas plate before the main course...
- Yet another Times take-out on bigger, badder malls popping up around the Southland -- the hook is developer Rick Caruso, who recently won approval from the city of Arcadia to build his 830,000 square-foot "Shops at Santa Anita." Caruso, of course, is the man behind the Americana on Brand here in Glendale and the Grove over in LA's Fairfax neighborhood.
- Small fire and explosion in Burbank Saturday night damaged two apartment buildings on the 200 block of Ash Avenue. No injuries. NBC4 has video here -- just have to sit thorugh the Sit 'n Sleep guy before you're FREEEEE to see it. (y'know, it's not a bad-looking Web site for a local mattress store...)
- Security cameras are coming to Burbank and Burroughs high schools. Leader
- From WBEZ Chicago (by way of Burbank), it's This American Life. The public radio show recently shot a episode of its new television series at the Burbank Senior Artists Colony and it's been airing since Thursday on premium cable Showtime.
The theme -- Growth Spurt -- a story in two acts. Act One -- in which we follow Suzanne Knode's odyssey in getting her first ever screenplay made at age 63. Knode, a Colony resident, wrote the 10-minute short "Bandida" in a screenwriting class, and she's got big plans for it. The page here has a few clips.