John Burroughs

There is an invasive visitor to the East Fork of the San Gabriel River, aggressively sucking up water resources, contributing to fire danger, and squeezing out native plants. The Tamarisk, an alien shrubby tree is the invader disrupting the San Gabriel watershed ecosystem. Eagle Scout candidate Griffin Armstorff, from Boy Scout Troop 209 in Burbank, believes the Tamarisk can be brought under control.

As another sign of safety precaution, the John Burroughs and Burbank football programs invested in the gamebreaker helmets this past summer.

In their regular season opener on Friday night at Memorial Field, Burroughs lost to Paraclete of Lancaster, 35-10, but in the process lost its first and second string quarterbacks during the contest.

This is the first game back at home on Memorial Field for Burroughs after having spent all of last year traveling on the road.

The Indians have won three consecutive Pacific League titles and four of the last six years.

The Indians enter the season with high hopes of making the CIF postseason playoffs for the first time since 2006.

Burroughs football player in hospital ICU with non-life threatening injury.

The PTA at William McKinley Elementary School created the McKinley Alumni Scholarship to help a young person who went to McKinley as a young child achieve their dreams of a higher education

After a year away from Memorial Field while it underwent construction, Burroughs seniors were back where they fought to be during graduation - Here is a complete list of graduates with photos by Ross A. Benson.

The John Burroughs High School Drama closed its season with Once In a Lifetime, a knowing and witty look at “the business” whose Burbank/Hollywood epicenter is but a few miles away