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Local News in Brief : Developer Plans Trust for Burbank

Sherman Whitmore, who battled Burbank residents and officials for eight years over development rights in the Verdugo Mountains, announced Monday that he intends to establish a trust that will grant the city at least $5 million when he dies.

Whitmore, 55, said he wants the money to go to the city’s schools, libraries and “helping the disenfranchised.”

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