Pandora

Generally speaking, Harry Potter, Artemis Fowl and other male protagonists are the norm in children?s literature. But where are the girls? Breaking onto the scene with her ?Pandora? series, Burbank resident Carolyn Hennesy brings a rarely seen but much-desired female perspective to the historical adventure genre. One of Hennesy?s latest in the series, ?Pandora Gets Lazy,? is a continuance of her main character?s adventures, trials and travails in Ancient Greece. In typical mythical fashion, ?

Carolyn Hennesy has a knack for being versatile. On the nighttime TV series ?Cougar Town? she plays Barbara, a woman without scruples. She?s fun-lovin? mob lawyer Diane Miller on the daytime drama ?General Hospital.? And when not in front of the camera, the Burbank resident is writing books for young adults. Hennesy has three visits planned to Burbank public schools to talk about her ?Pandora? series, which include the titles ?Pandora Gets Lazy,? ?Pandora Gets Jealous? and ?

The Walt Disney Co. has struck a deal to bring the fantasy world of "Avatar" to Disney Parks, starting with a multi-attraction themed land at Disney's Animal Kingdom in Orlando, Fla. Director James Cameron and his producing partner Jon Landau -- the team behind the 2009 cinematic blockbuster "Avatar" -- will serve as creative consultants, working with Walt Disney Imagineering to bring the fantasy world of Pandora and the broader Avatar universe to...

Don't venture under the bed lightly. More than wild things await you there. I looked under my bed not long ago and got more than I expected. Among the picture frames, lost socks and dust brontosaurs, I came across a collection of cassette tapes. Remember cassettes? Before CDs and after eight-track-tapes? Those things that, once warbled and snagged in the player, were tossed from car windows in streams of festive, brownish-gray ribbon to line the freeway in a symbol of urban angst?

The U.S. Department of Transportationdoesn't want you tweeting on Twitter, poking on Facebook, or giving a "thumbs up" to new music on Pandora when you're behind the wheel -- unless your car is parked. And to that end, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced on Thursday the "first-ever federally proposed guidelines to encourage automobile manufacturers to limit the distraction risk for in-vehicle electronic devices. " Translated, LaHood and the Transportation Department are calling for an end to distractions caused by our in-car infotainment systems, which are increasingly relying on touch screens to operate and bringing navigation, music and even social networking apps into the cabin of our rides.

The legendary Proposition 13, known as the Jarvis-Gann Initiative of 1978, is under constant assault by our state government. With the current unpopularity of raising taxes in California -- and throughout the United States for that matter -- Sacramento politicians see the low rate of property taxes guaranteed by Proposition 13 as a hurdle they must overcome. They tried an end run around the law a few years ago with Proposition 170 that would have replaced the two-thirds vote requirement for passage of local bonds with a simple majority.

March 9, 1914- Sept. 7, 2004 Catherine Cecilia Brown, 90, died peacefully in her sleep on Sept. 7, 2004, at her home in La Cañada. At her side was her husband of 66 years, J. Howard Brown. Born on March 9, 1914, Catherine was the daughter of the late Earl W. and Mary V. Tuttle of Glendale. She graduated from Hoover High School in 1932 and the University of Southern California in 1936. In 1969, at the age of 54, she returned to school, earning a secondary teaching credential in home economics from California State University, Los Angeles.

As the City Council appears ready to grant two of this city’s biggest retail destinations permission to post billboard-sized ads on their exteriors, it might be wise to take a step back and observe how quickly such zoning deals can turn into a mess. For years, advertising companies and private developments have been allowed to erect large billboards — some of them electronic — and wrap their buildings in so-called supergraphics to create what critics have termed massive visual blight.

NORTHEAST GLENDALE ? The Design Review Board approved plans on Thursday for a controversial Kennington Drive home. Board members commended the design of Art Simonian's 1,800-square-foot hillside home on the 2600 block of Kennington Drive in Chevy Chase Canyon, saying it was a quality design. "I think we've all been following the saga of this house ? but this architecture is pristine, quality design," board member Larry Tison said. This raises the bar for the quality of hillside design in Glendale.

The Walt Disney Co. has struck a deal to bring the fantasy world of "Avatar" to Disney Parks, starting with a multi-attraction themed land at Disney's Animal Kingdom in Orlando, Fla. Director James Cameron and his producing partner Jon Landau -- the team behind the 2009 cinematic blockbuster "Avatar" -- will serve as creative consultants, working with Walt Disney Imagineering to bring the fantasy world of Pandora and the broader Avatar universe to...

Generally speaking, Harry Potter, Artemis Fowl and other male protagonists are the norm in children?s literature. But where are the girls? Breaking onto the scene with her ?Pandora? series, Burbank resident Carolyn Hennesy brings a rarely seen but much-desired female perspective to the historical adventure genre. One of Hennesy?s latest in the series, ?Pandora Gets Lazy,? is a continuance of her main character?s adventures, trials and travails in Ancient Greece. In typical mythical fashion, ?

Carolyn Hennesy has a knack for being versatile. On the nighttime TV series ?Cougar Town? she plays Barbara, a woman without scruples. She?s fun-lovin? mob lawyer Diane Miller on the daytime drama ?General Hospital.? And when not in front of the camera, the Burbank resident is writing books for young adults. Hennesy has three visits planned to Burbank public schools to talk about her ?Pandora? series, which include the titles ?Pandora Gets Lazy,? ?Pandora Gets Jealous? and ?