An estimated 1,300 students of Pacoima Charter Elementary School took part in the LAPD “Just Say No!” program and signed a pledge against drugs, gangs, crime, and/or bullying during a rally for the entire school on Monday, March 2. One lucky student, here with LAPD Officer Deirdre Fonseca, w…
The San Fernando High girls’ wrestling team was edged out by James Logan High of Union City for the 2020 state CIF championship. Logan High finished with 94 points, to 90 for San Fernando High. Adelina Parra was the lone Tiger to reach a final, but lost her 189-pound match to Alia Abushi of Arroyo High School.
LA City Council President Nury Martinez joined by developer Izek Shomof and his family, celebrated the grand opening of renovated Panorama Tower on Feb. 27. The tower was originally designed as an office building in 1962, but has been empty since sustaining damage from the 1994 Northridge Earthquake. Purchased by the Shomof Group in 2015, with two added penthouse spaces on the roof, the no…
Photo courtesy LADWP/Art Mochizuki
San Fernando Gardens in Pacoima, the only public housing project in the San Fernando Valley, will receive a boost in protection with the addition of 10 LAPD officers and one supervisor. San Fernando Gardens, which houses 1,500 residents, is the ninth housing project to be part of the Community Safety Partnership Program — established in 2011 and funded by the LAPD — to foster relationship…
Taft Charter High School history teacher Richard Derry (dressed as Santa Claus) joins in with several Taft students to perform Christmas music at Telfair Elementary School in Pacoima. A total …
The Mall Merchants Association has a new board led by President Christina Bernal of Throwback Junction, and they mean business. Their mission is to improve the downtown mall area, attract mor…
The San Fernando Chamber of Commerce welcomes the American Legion Post 176 as its newest member.
Students from more than 12 San Fernando Valley area schools including Reseda Charter High, Sylmar Charter High, Monroe High, Kennedy High, and Panorama High were among those participating in t…
The city's oldest resident passes. Margarita Medrano Ahumada, 108-years-old passed away in her Sylmar home on Oct., 30, 2019. She lived in Sylmar for 65 years where she and her husband raise…
Motorists should find a smoother passage on Osborn Street, between Arleta Avenue and Laurel Canyon Boulevard — in the Northeast San Fernando Valley, between Arleta and Pacoima — after that str…
Northridge Hospital Medical Center (NHMC) and its Leavey Cancer Center announced the installation of a community quilt. Dozens of cancer survivors recently attended a special reunion and were …
Los Angeles Unified officials, families and community partners recently celebrated the official opening of the renovated Telfair Student and Family Wellness Center, which will provide medical,…
Valley Alarm, a major Southern California electronic security company, has officially opened its new headquarters in the City of San Fernando. The company’s new offices on Pico Street were a r…
DaVita Health sent over a mobile clinic to the San Fernando Swap Meet on Tuesday, July 30, offering free medical screenings, including diabetes and high blood pressure, as well as information …
Two budding young scientists at Discovery Cube LA (DCLA) in Sylmar prepare to launch a “cap” rocket in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. According to the US S…
State Assemblywoman Luz Rivas (D-Arleta) recently secured $5 million for Discovery Cube Los Angeles (DCLA), located in Sylmar, to build a Sustainability Park to help educate the public on the …
Hundreds of police cadets and officers joined community residents for the third edition of the LAPD Foothill Fitness Run on June 9 at the Hansen Dam Recreation Center. Participants could choos…
LA City Councilmember Greg Smith leads the cheers and applause for the Granada Hills Charter High state and national champion 2019 Academic Decathlon team. Street signs were unveiled near the …
The students from Serrania Charter for Enriched Studies Elementary School in Woodland Hills were the winners of the Conga Kids Dance Championship, held recently at the Xbox Plaza at L.A. Live.
Congratulations to the Remedy All-Star cheerleading squad from Sylmar on their 2018-2019 season!
On Sunday, April 7, 120 young mariachi musicians returned to the stage following a long hiatus to perform in the much-loved concert La Voz del Mariachi, at San Fernando High School’s Cesar Cha…
The Cesar Chavez March for Justice, now in it's 26th year in the Northeast Valley traveled from Brand Park in Mission Hills to Ritchie Vallens Park in Pacoima. Students throughout the valley …
Students from Cantera Elementary School in Reseda and Tulsa Street Elementary School in Granada Hills will present staged productions of two Disney-themed musicals.
A 58-year-old San Fernando Valley stroke victim who was told he would never walk again but recently completed a 1K race, had an emotional reunion with the medical team that saved his life to c…
A new Creative Arts Building was opened at Monroe High School on Monday, March 25. The $19.8 million project includes a robotics laboratory, a wood shop, a media center, classrooms, restrooms,…
Dance and poetry readings along with student scientific and engineering projects at the 4th Annual Arts Lit STEAM Festival held at San Fernando High School on March 23. The free event put a br…
Los Angeles City Councilwoman Nury Martinez honored four honorees (from left) Christina Díaz Hernández, Diana Trujillo, Prinsesa Alvarez, and Luz Maria Martinez Sierra for their accomplishment…
In the photo, Pedro Hernandez is all smiles next to his parents. He’s sweaty, his uniform dirty after a grueling game.
Photo courtesy of the Los Angeles Dodgers
“National Night Out” remains a popular family event in the City of San Fernando. And one of the reasons is the ability to attract top Latino stars to appear.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Los Angeles Unified School District board member Ref Rodriguez has pleaded guilty to a felony conspiracy charge and four misdemeanors for reimbursing donors to his 20-15 e…
On Saturday, July 21, the San Fernando Chamber of Commerce and the City of San Fernando celebrated the Grand Opening of the new CVS store on the corner of San Fernando Road and San Fernando Mi…
Photos Courtesy of the Los Angeles Dodgers
On Monday June 25th the San Fernando City Chamber of Commerce members conducted the Grand Opening ceremony of the Truman House Tavern. Over 100 people turned out to eat, drink and celebrate …
The American Red Cross Los Angeles Region, in partnership with Southern California Gas, is offering free smoke alarms for Pacoima residents on Saturday, April 29.
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Friends of the LA River (FOLAR) are strong supporters of the plans to turn sections of LA’s flood control systems into recreation areas. It’s their goal to make the river channels “publicly a…
For years Iris Mabel Flores, 17, has traveled with a US Passport.
PANORAMA CITY (CNS) — A 26-year-old man in custody on suspicion of molesting a lost child after luring her into the parking lot of a Panorama City shopping center last year may have other alle…
LOS ANGELES — The city clerk is reminding Angelenos that they must register to vote by May 1 to be eligible to cast a ballot in the May 16 general municipal election.
It’s getting to a point where the officials of the US Academic Decathlon should just hand out a permanent trophy to Granada Hills Charter, and give the other competing schools something else t…
LOS ANGELES — The city clerk is reminding Angelenos that they must register to vote by May 1 to be eligible to cast a ballot in the May 16 general municipal election.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The percentage of adults in Los Angeles County without health insurance has declined to under one million, but disparities persist among low-income Latinos, according to…
On January 7, things were looking up for 34-year-old Eloise Elizarraraz.
ENCINO (CNS) — Powered by the donated heart of a former pro football player, Baseball Hall of Famer Rod Carew visited an Encino Little League field Tuesday, April 18, to speak out about the po…
Gidget Candia Romero is feeling the pain, and not just because she's been having contractions since Monday, April 17, in anticipation of the birth to her fifth child at any moment this week.
In this era of Internet, Twitter, Snapchat and what have you, there shouldn’t be many secrets left in the world of sports.
The City of San Fernando has lost four key members of its management team over recent months leaving key positions vacant.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Enefiok Edem, A 32-year-old registered sex offender with a lengthy criminal record, was arrested Monday, April 17, for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman he approached …
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — A 75-year-old military veteran was acquitted Tuesday, April 18, of illegally hanging an American flag on the fence of a Veterans Affairs facility in West Los Angeles withou…
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — More than two-thirds of Los Angeles County residents support the idea of making their hometown a “sanctuary city,” according to a new poll released by Loyola Marymount University.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — A janitorial airline contractor at Los Angeles International Airport and more than a dozen of its employees who alleged their supervisor improperly prohibited them from spe…
Gender and women’s studies professor Nayereh Tohidi, director of the Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Program at California State University, Northridge, feels her stomach clench every time …
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The California Supreme Court on Monday, April 17, upheld a man’s conviction and death sentence for murdering his ex-girlfriend to keep her from pursuing a rape case against him.
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