Municipal cleanup crews began a third sweep Monday, Nov. 5, through homeless encampments in the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve, an area here in the San Fernando Valley that has long been ripe for wildfires and has been the scene of two recent blazes.
Stolen artwork valued at about $800,000 was turned over to authorities by a San Fernando resident who said the lithographs were found in a late relative’s storage facility, Los Angeles police reported.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — State Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced the arrests of 148 people so far this year during the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting Program enforcement effort, the nation’s largest such multi-agency eradication program.
VAN NUYS (CNS) — The grand opening celebration for a fire station in Van Nuys held on Nov. 2 culminated a 10-year effort to replace the Los Angeles Fire Department’s oldest active station.
La Llorona – that mythical being from Latin American legends who is said to have drowned her kids in a fit of rage over a cheating husband – was not crying, but instead sweating while taking part in the City of San Fernando’s Día de los Muertos 5K Individual Race on Saturday, Nov. 2.
Students at the Humanities Magnet at Cleveland Charter High are taught much differently than students at most other schools. There are no textbooks — at this school the curriculum is created b…
The 16th annual San Fernando Valley Veterans Day Parade will stride proudly along Laurel Canyon Boulevard — between San Fernando Mission Boulevard and Paxton Street — on Monday, Nov. 11.
California State University, Northridge Central American studies professor Beatriz Cortez is the recipient of the inaugural Frieze LIFEWTR Sculpture Prize and will create a major new work for …
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…
Los Angeles City Councilmember Monica Rodriguez has announced the latest mural art creation titled “Rushing Waters ” coming to Pacoima, a neighborhood known as the “mural city.” This is the ac…
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Many seniors avoid getting a potentially life-saving flu vaccination based on misinformation, Los Angeles County officials said.
Hope Escalante stretches her arms, moves her legs and keeps up with the rest of the seniors in the Stretch Aerobics class at Las Palmas Park in the City of San Fernando.
Arthritis-related severe joint pain affects adults of all ages, both sexes, and all races and ethnicities.
The flu season is here, and will be in full effect until May 2020. And those who have previously endured the symptoms that can include headaches, muscle aches, fevers, coughing, runny noses an…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare is experimenting with a new direction in health care. Starting next year, seniors in many states will be able to get additional services such as help with chores and…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of retirees will get a modest 1.6% cost-of-living increase from Social Security in 2020, an uptick with potential political consequences in an election year when Dem…
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…
Just a reminder that Medicare’s annual Open Enrollment Period started Oct. 15 and runs through Dec. 7.
Going for regular doctor checkups is definitely a must for seniors. But there are other things you can do yourself to stay healthy.
When people were kids, teens, even young adults falling down — unless from a great height — wasn’t often viewed as dangerous. In fact, some could find it humorous if no one got hurt. A pratfal…
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 …
The early afternoon traffic is pushing itself hard in all directions at the intersection of Balboa Boulevard and Lassen Street in Northridge. The drivers, however, appear somewhat mindful of t…
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The Los Angeles City Council has unanimously adopted an emergency ordinance aimed at halting “no-fault” evictions of many rental-unit tenants until Jan. 1, when a new state…
Next month, Juana and Mauro Rosales are taking their first airplane trip with their children, Matthew and Janis.
The estimated Halloween spending this year on decorations, costumes and more: $8.8 billion.
Halloween is just around the corner, and celebrations of every kind are now held for the youngest of kids and the oldest of adults.
Baudelia Mendoza is going for a walk at “The Mile” in Hansen Dam, Veterans Park and around other parks in the area. It’s in preparation for her participation in the “Dia de los Muertos 5K” run…
More than 500 San Fernando Valley residents took part in the Woodland Hills’ portion of a 14-city Walk to End Alzheimer’s series across Southern California, and raised more than $90,000 to go …
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — A Los Angeles nonprofit charged with tackling poverty in some of the city’s neediest neighborhoods has suffered from weak oversight, inaccurate financial reporting and a bu…
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Los Angeles City Councilmember John Lee called for a report that details the findings of the regulatory investigations of the Aliso Canyon underground natural gas storage f…
PORTER RANCH (CNS) — The Saddleridge Fire in the northern San Fernando Valley was considered 97% contained by Wednesday morning, Oct. 23, with 8,799 acres burned, officials said.
In conjunction with its 50-year anniversary, the department of Chicana/o studies at California State University, Northridge will hold its annual Días de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebrati…
NORTH HILLS (CNS) — A man who was fatally shot in the North Hills area has been identified, but his killer remains at large.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Los Angeles County health officials this week have confirmed the county's first flu-related death of the 2019-20 flu season.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — NASA awarded Cal State Northridge a three-year, $3 million grant to establish a research center to study artificial intelligence systems, from autopilots to advanced system…
Earlier this month Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 1482 into law, imposing rent control limits across California. But tenant activists are saying landlords are quickly raising rents ahead of the m…
Indigenous Peoples’ Day was celebrated in downtown Los Angeles last Sunday although the official holiday was Monday, Oct. 14, with LA government offices closed. Hundreds attended the weekend …
PORTER RANCH (CNS) — The Saddleridge Fire in the northern San Fernando Valley has burned at least 8,391 acres, damaged or destroyed nearly 100 homes. Firefighters continue to work to increase…
Sloan Ashley, was standing quietly in front of Van Gogh Charter elementary school in Granada Hills with her son Zach while dozens of teachers from that school and others in the Los Angeles Uni…
It’s time to select and decorate pumpkins for your Halloween display. Get family and friends involved in a trip to the pumpkin farm and consider hosting a decorating party.
California State University, Northridge to host Family Education Day, a daylong celebration focused on providing educational resources for thousands of youth and families on Oct. 26.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The swift-moving impeachment probe pushed onward Wednesday as a former top State Department aide testified that the Trump administration’s politicization of foreign policy co…
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors have approved a plan to assess the needs of homeless Native Americans.
Joelle Casteix, a survivor of childhood sexual abuse in California and successfully sued the Catholic Church in 2002, applauded the signing of AB 218 into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — A bill requiring the California Department of Education to report on the use of existing lockdown drills in K-12 public schools was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) —The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has voted to create a Youth Climate Commission.
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,…
For years, Mary Mendoza has been showing up at the San Fernando City Council meetings regularly to comment on agenda items, criticize projects or laud others.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Homelessness has become a growing concern across the region, but an analysis released found that residents in Granada Hills made the highest rate of complaints about encamp…
Actor Danny Trejo is known in the San Fernando Valley as a man always willing to lend a hand to make an appearance for a community group or make someone’s day by stopping to give an autograph …
During Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October, the American Red Cross urges eligible donors to give blood or platelets to provide hope and healing to patients fighting cancer. Breast cance…
The California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Five will hold a special oral argument outreach session for students at California State University, Northridge on Oct. 16.
A Woodland Hills man has pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges in connection with a scheme where Chinese nationals fraudulently obtained student visas by hiring people with fake Chinese p…
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The answer to how physicians might be able to predict the growth of patient’s prostate cancer could lie in the person's DNA, according to a report released by a research te…
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A Granada Hills man has been sentenced to 12 months of home detention for his role in a scheme that used sham pop-up clinics to divert millions of prescription pills — incl…
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