General manager named to Graciela hotel Graciela...

General manager named to Graciela hotel

Graciela Burbank hotel named Shawn L. Gracey its new general

manager, the company said in a news release Tuesday.

Gracey most recently worked as general manager Le Merigot, a JW

Marriott Beach Hotel and Spa, a four-diamond hotel in Santa Monica.

Gracey also worked as director of revenue and sales at the Hilton

Universal City and Towers.

He will succeed Jerome Strack as general manger.

Graciela Burbank opened in March 2002 and is one of the hotels

developed by Robert Zarnegin, of Graciela Hotels & Resorts, LLC’s,

which was also behind the development of the Peninsula Beverly Hills.

Graciela Burbank is at 322 N. Pass Ave., and means “divine grace”

in Latin. For more information, log on to o7www.thegraciela.com.

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Warner Bros. takes on M. Night Shyamalan film

M. Night Shyamalan, director of “The Village,” “Signs” and “The

Sixth Sense,” has begun production on “Lady in the Water,” starring

Paul Giamatti and Bryce Dallas Howard, with Warner Bros., studio

officials announced on Monday.

The film is the story of a building manager who rescues a

mysterious young woman from danger and discovers she is a character

from a bedtime story trying to get back to her story world. The film

will be released worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures and will film on

location in Philadelphia.

Lockheed credit union offers 10% return on CD New Lockheed Federal Credit Union members can take advantage of a

new six-month certificate of deposit with a 10% annual percentage

yield after opening a checking account with a minimum deposit of

$250.

New members can also be eligible by opening a money market account

with a minimum deposit of $2,500 or opening a new loan. Just one

certificate of deposit is allowed per household and to be eligible

for the offer, funds must not be currently on deposit at the Lockheed

Federal Credit Union.

Burbank-based Lockheed Federal Credit Union has been a

member-owned cooperative established since 1937 and operates nine

branches in Southern California. Membership in the credit union is

free and open to anyone living or working within Burbank, Palmdale,

Pasadena, Valencia, Westlake Village and Woodland Hills.