toluca lake homes: The Week in Review........... - 08/17/07 08:09 PM
And what a week it was! We saw housing starts and permits fall to their lowest level since 1996! Then Merrill Lynch put out a report suggesting that Countrywide Financial Corp., the biggest U.S. mortgage lender, could go bankrupt, naturally they lowered the stock rating to a sell. Next day,
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toluca lake homes: The Week Ahead........ - 08/12/07 01:50 PM
Monday 13 Retail Sales- Consensus 0.2 Business Inventories-Consensus .4% 3 Month & 6 Month Bill Auction Tuesday 14 Producer Price Index PPI Consensus Forecast for July 07: +0.1 percent ICSC-USB Store Sales Tracks comparable weekly sales from major retail chains and represents 10% of total retail sales. Is considered to be one
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toluca lake homes: Recycle Corner! - 08/07/07 12:34 AM
If you are like me and try to recycle as much as possible you will want to read on! If you have any batteries, old eyeglasses, cartridges from your printers, CD's and DVD's you can take them to your local Burbank library! Just bring them to any Burbank library location and
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toluca lake homes: The Week Ahead......... - 08/05/07 07:57 PM
Monday 6 3 & 6 Month Bill Auction Treasury Strips Tuesday 7 ICSC-USB Store Sales Tracks comparable weekly sales from major retail chains and represents 10% of total retail sales. Is considered to be one of the most timely indicators of consumer spending. Redbook a timely indicator of consumer spending and also
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toluca lake homes: Burbank Adult School! - 08/03/07 01:04 AM
For those Burbank and Toluca Lake residents looking to increase your academic prowess or just learn something new, the Burbank Adult School Fall 2007 Class schedule is out! The Burbank Adult School includes but is not limited to classes for: Parenting Computer Literacy Foreign Languages Health Occupations Training Photography and much more!!!! This campus is conveniently located at:
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toluca lake homes: Is Your Home Energy Efficient? - 08/03/07 12:46 AM
City of Burbank Water and Power has a really great tool, the Home Energy Analyzer, that can help you analyze your home's annual energy consumption and give you suggestions as to how you can improve your home's efficiency. I would recommend that you have at least a few months of your
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toluca lake homes: Did you know....... - 08/02/07 12:55 AM
That in March of this year the Burbank City Council adopted a Shopping Cart Containment Ordinance that establishes rules for the containment of shopping carts within the confines of each business. In summary, before this ordinance was adopted, there were no requirements for businesses to keep their carts on their premises. After
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toluca lake homes: Burbank and Composting! - 07/31/07 10:53 PM
Did you know, that City of Burbank has a composting program? The program started back in 1989 and through this program Burbank has been able to keep 50% of it's waste from making it to the landfills! Composting is the process where living organisms turn organic waste and yard waste into a
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toluca lake homes: The Week Ahead........... - 07/28/07 11:44 PM
Monday 30 3 Month & 6 Month Bill Auction Tuesday 31 ICSC-USB Store Sales Tracks comparable weekly sales from major retail chains and represents 10% of total retail sales. Is considered to be one of the
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toluca lake homes: The Week Ahead............. - 07/22/07 01:09 PM
Monday 23 3 & 6 Month Bill Auction Tuesday 24 ICSC-USB Store Sales Tracks comparable weekly sales from major retail chains and represents 10% of total retail sales. Is considered to be one of the most timely indicators of consumer spending. Redbook a timely indicator of consumer spending and also represents about
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toluca lake homes: The Week Ahead................ - 07/15/07 12:41 PM
Monday 16 Empire State Manufacturing Survey-monthly survey of manufacturers in New York State.Consensus 17.5 3 Month & 6 Month Bill Auction Tuesday 17 Housing Market Index-Produced by the National Association of Home Builders. This is a survey which is filled out by the members of this organization and it gives their opinion of
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toluca lake homes: City of Burbank Second Hand Smoke Ordinance - 07/07/07 12:40 AM
On April 3rd of this year, the Burbank City Council voted to adopt the proposed second hand smoke ordinance. If you are a smoker you can still smoke in the City of Burbank, just not at certain locations. The intent of this ordinance is to limit second hand smoke
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toluca lake homes: City of Burbank Public Works Projects - 07/07/07 12:25 AM
Did you know there is a website that will show you where all of the current and upcoming public works projects are located? This page is available through the City of Burbank site and is an invaluable resource that will keep you up to date on all of our street
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toluca lake homes: Burbank City Council gets tough on Rancho Neighborhood Developments - 07/06/07 12:30 AM
At the Tuesday night Burbank City Council meeting the Council voted 3-2 to impose more rigorous rules to any developers seeking to build grocery stores in the Rancho area. The vote was motivated by the community uproar against Whole Foods trying to build at the site on the corner of
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toluca lake homes: Kwik E Mart! - 07/04/07 04:56 PM
Ok, this is an update on my last post! I went by the Kwik E Mart and shot these pictures! It was a really funny experience as there were families taking pictures of themselves in front of the Kwik E Mart sign and putting their children in front of the graffitied
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toluca lake homes: Quirky Burbank Info! - 07/04/07 01:51 AM
As it so happens I was driving down the street the other day and noticed that a local 7-11 was undergoing some transformation. I had no idea what was going on, until I ran across this interesting article! It turns out that to promote the upcoming Simpsons Movie, coming out on
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toluca lake homes: Stough Canyon Nature Center - 06/30/07 01:17 AM
The Stough Canyon Nature Center is one of Burbank's best kept secrets! You and your entire family can enjoy nature camps, hikes, activities, workshops and special events! For those just starting out the docents can take you on a hike that lasts 90 minutes where you can experience nature
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toluca lake homes: The Week Ahead..................... - 06/24/07 09:22 PM
Monday 25 Existing Home Sales-consensus 5.99M The market has low expectation for this number, we'll see where it comes in. 3 & 6 Month Bill Auction Tuesday 26 ICSC-USB Store Sales Tracks comparable weekly sales from major retail chains and represents 10% of total retail sales. Is considered to be one of the
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toluca lake homes: Sizzling Summer Nights at the Autry National Center! - 06/17/07 11:38 PM
Every Thursday night in July and August from 6:30pm to 8:00pm the Autry National Center will host live music for outdoor dancing fun for the entire family! Enjoy the fabulous beat of latin jazz, mambo and Afro-Cuban rhythms along with food, drink and complimentary dance lessons! Admission is $5 or FREE
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toluca lake homes: Griffith Park Update - 06/15/07 01:21 AM
As some of you may know one of the most wonderful resources we have, Griffith Park, experienced a tragic fire last month. It was truly sobering to watch on TV and quite sad as my husband and I watched the flames in the distance, from our back yard. After all was
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