History
Burbank is also known the world over as the "media capital of the world”. Burbank is home to many an entertainment and media company within the United States of America. It is located in an eastern corner of an urbanized valley in Southern California, the San Fernando Valley.

A lot of experts have theorized that it was named after an American botanist (a scientist who specializes in plants) and horticulturist (a scientist who studies methods of culturing and cultivating plant life) named Luther Burbank. However, truth be told, Burbank was named for Dr. David Burbank. Dr. David Burbank was a dentist born in the New Hampshire area. During the year 1867, Dr. David Burbank was actively participating and dealing in real estate within Los Angeles. He purchased two large Spanish land grants, the Rancho San Rafael and Rancho La Providencia. Together with some professional land speculators, he developed the land into subdivisions. In the following years some people started to build structures and the land was recognized as a city – the city of Burbank.

As of July 2004 an estimated population of 104,114 had chosen to take up residence in the city of Burbank, with almost half of them, 48.5%, being males and the remaining 51.5% were females. A vast majority of Burbank’s population are caucasoid with a white non-hispanic lineage (59.4%). The rest of the ethnic landscape in Burbank could be broken down into Hispanic (24.9%), Other Races (9.9%), Black or African American (2.1%), Native American Indian (1.2%), and People of mixed two or more races taking up 6.0%.Asians take up a large minority with Filipinos (3.3%), Korean (2.2%), Chinese (0.9%), Japanese (0.8%), Other Asian (0.7%), Asian Indian (0.7%), and Vietnamese (0.6%).

As stated above Burbank is known by its alias as the "Media Capital of the World”. This is mainly because large entertainment companies like Walt Disney and Warner brothers can be found in the city of Burbank. NBC (National Broadcasting Company) have also put up a base of operations within the limits of the city of Burbank. Due to the large influence of entertainment, some Colleges and universities offer different courses related to entertainment. It is not uncommon for colleges and universities like Film Industry Workshops, Inc., M C Westmore Academy of Cosmetic Arts and Woodbury University to offer courses ranging from film production (cosmetics, costumes, and directing) to acting. These are examples of schools servicing the entertainment industry. There are 32 different schools in Burbank.

Although 32 different schools are located in the city of Burbank, students have their own option to choose from schools in Burbank and schools from their neighbor cities in Los Angeles.

Burbank. Other entertainment companies like CBS Studio Center, DreamWorks, Universal Studios, Studio City, Glendale, Universal City, Capitol Records and Paramount are also located close to Berbank. Local IATSE (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees) union offices for the Stagehands Local 33, Grips Local 80, Make-up and Hairstylist Local 706 and Set Painters Local 729 also make their home in Burbank with Teamsters Local 399, IBEW(International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) Local 40 and many other IATSE locals nearby.

Celebrities
Aside from the entertainment's large influence in the city, many famous people or personality lived in and called Burbank a home. Some of them are Wally Albright (actor, The Little Rascals), Tim Burton (Edward Scissor hands, The Nightmare Before Christmas), Rod Beck (Major League Baseball player in San Francisco Giants and Boston Red Sox), Dick Clark (TV personality, "America's Oldest Teenager". American Bandstand, New Year's Rockin' Eve), Debbe Dunning (actress, Home Improvement), Soleil Moon Frye (Punky Brewster, Sabrina the Teenage Witch), Mark Harmon (St. Elsewhere, Stealing Home), Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind, The Da Vinci Code), Clint Howard (Gentle Ben, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), James J. Jeffries (The Boilermaker" World Heavyweight Boxing Champion), Kelly Johnson (chief aeronautical engineer at Lockheed's Skunk works), Patton Oswalt (comedian, actor, and writer; Magnolia, MAD TV), Sean Penn (actor, director, activist; Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Mystic River), Eve Plumb (The Brady Bunch), Bonnie Raitt (singer/songwriter, Luck of the Draw,), Debbie Reynolds (actress, Miss Burbank 1948, Singin' in the Rain), Randy Rhoads (Lead guitarist and founding member of Quiet Riot), John Ritter (actor and comedian of TV's Three's Company and 8 Simple Rules), Doug Savant (actor, Melrose Place, Desperate Housewives), Adam Schiff (Democratic U.S. Congressman from California since 2000.), Martin Scorsese (director, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas), and Wil Wheaton (actor and writer, Stand By Me, Star Trek: The Next Generation)

Today Burbank continues to grow and develop. Entertainment really helps in the progress of the city. It has already developed from a large rancho to a city. It is a city built by people, pride, and progress. This element has turned a rural town into a world famous community.

DR. JOHN CHAVES
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