A UCLA and a CSUN graduate, Rick Assad is a longtime sportswriter and editor and has been in the Burbank area for over 35 years. He can be reached at rassad@myburbank.com
There’s a quiet rhythm to knitting—loop, pull, repeat. It’s meditative, deliberate, and deeply human. For Tamala Takahashi, Mayor of Burbank, that rhythm is more than a hobby. It’s a philosophy—one that threads through her life as an artist, a community leader, and a public servant.