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 one how to identify potential kidney disease risk factors.
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 Space & Rocket Center and DCLA, a total of 5,000 model rockets were simultaneously launched around the world to commemorate the milestone.
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 ways the state is working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. DCLA has more than 100 family friendly hands-on science exhibits on climate change, STEM education, and sustainability.
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 choose between a 5K or 10K course. LAPD Foothill Division Youth Services Officer Claudia de la Cruz estimated that more than 800 people took part in the competition.
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 campus. This victory represents the seventh time Granada Hills Charter has won the National Championship in nine years.
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.
Manuel D. Flores
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.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Police are asking for help today with finding a 15- year-old girl who went missing on April 6, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Investigators with the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) carried out an enforcement operation aimed at curbing Disabled Person Parking Placard (DPPP) abuse in parking lots that sur…
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Students from North Hollywood High School and Reseda High School were recently recognized today by Los Angeles City Council members Paul Krekorian and Bob Blumenfield for b…
Several free family-friendly Easter and Spring time community celebrations will be held throughout the San Fernando Valley this Saturday, April 15, in parks and community centers.
On Feb. 28 at around 7:30 p.m., Edgar Ruiz was unloading the catering van for the business he owns with his wife — Epic Tacos — when, to his surprise, a man jumped into the driver’s seat and t…
At the corner of Herrick Avenue and Paxton Street in Pacoima is a strip mall with a Mexican restaurant, a grocery store and a Christian church. And for the past couple of weeks, a new tenant h…
Distracted driving has become a growing health hazard for teenage and young adult drivers who seemingly cannot bear to let one text message or cell phone call go unanswered.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — In response to a spike in so-called “knock-knock” burglaries in the San Fernando Valley in 2017, Los Angeles City Councilmember Mitchell Englander submitted a motion offeri…
Aspiring to have more control of the Pacoima Wash, the San Fernando City Council decided to support Assembly member Raul Bocanegra’s plan to make the Pacoima and Tujunga washes more recreational.
The picture of retirement that many of us have is a post-work period filled with travel and plenty of relaxation. It's a time when you can finally take up a new hobby, sink into the pile of bo…
Last year’s homeless count revealed that, on any night, Los Angeles County has around 47,000 homeless people, a 5.7 percent increase from 2015, and an 11 percent rise within the city of Los An…
California State University, Northridge will honor three globally impactful alumni whose influential work has left an indelible footprint on their respective fields on April 29.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Two people are suing the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, alleging a Mission Hills cemetery is in such disrepair that they cannot find their loved ones’ graves.
Whatever the students and their coaches at Granada Hills Charter High School are doing to prepare for the annual local, state and national academic decathlon competitions, they do it very well.
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