Health Department officials have listed the latest number of confirmed novel COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles county at 1,073,111 (as of Jan. 23).
The United States of America now awakens to a new day, a new president and administration, and waits to see if anything can and will change.
San Fernando Valley resident Alex Padilla formally resigned as California Secretary of State on Monday, Jan. 18., so he could begin his historic appointment to the US Senate.
WASHINGTON (AP) — In his first hours as president, Joe Biden will aim to strike at the heart of President Donald Trump’s policy legacy, signing a series of executive actions that will reverse his predecessor’s orders on immigration, climate change and handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Center for American Progress, a nonpartisan public policy research and advocacy organization, estimates some five million essential workers are undocumented.
Two of Gloria Salazar’s three children have struggled with distance learning.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — A celebration of life was held Monday, Jan.19, at Dodger Stadium for former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, who died Jan. 7 at age 93.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden predicted he would take office amid a “dark winter,” and the outlook is only getting bleaker.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Implementation of a nationwide mask mandate, combined with complementary public health measures, could reduce the coronavirus’ spread to essentially zero and have a potenti…
A new strain of the coronavirus has been found in more than one-third of COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles and may be contributing to the acceleration of the recent surge of cases across Southern …
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — A study at Cedars-Sinai Medical Canter has found that during nighttime hours, women might be more likely than men to suffer sudden death due to cardiac arrest, the hospital…
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner said he has asked state and county health officials to allow the district to provide COVID-19 vaccinations…
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Mayor Eric Garcetti and Councilmember Monica Rodriguez have jointly announced the expansion of the city’s COVID-19 care kit initiative, which has already been distributing…
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles County began scheduling COVID-19 vaccination appointments for residents aged 65 and older on Tuesday, Jan. 19, advancing an effort that wasn’t expected to start…
Health Department officials have listed the latest number of confirmed novel COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles county at 1,014,662 (as of Jan. 17).
By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Jonathan Lemire and Alan Fram
Lalo Garcia is clear in saying that he isn’t a “political artist.”
Alex Garcia says his nerves are shot.
The Northeast San Fernando Valley, which is one of the areas of the city with the highest rates of COVID-19, is also facing another pandemic — a surge in shootings that has left at least two p…
LOS ANGELES (CNS) —The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services has announced it will discontinue the use of Curative COVID-19 PCR tests at pop-up testing sites after a significant amo…
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Mayor Eric Garcetti announced that testing operations at Dodger Stadium would conclude on Jan. 11, and in conjunction with the county, vaccine distribution will begin by th…
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Federal prosecutors are recommending a two-year prison sentence for former Los Angeles City Councilman Mitch Englander, who pleaded guilty to obstructing an investigation i…
Jess Margarito, a lifelong resident of the City of San Fernando who was the first Chicano elected to the city council and who also served as mayor, has died from complications of the COVID-19 …
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — As expected, the state of California has authorized immediate access to COVID-19 vaccines for all residents aged 65 and older, following new guidance from the federal government.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez has introduced a motion to set the city on a path toward expanding its Emergency Renters Relief Program using additional fu…
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The Los Angeles Police Department is working to identify officers who may have attended the pro-Trump rally in Washington, DC, or the subsequent insurrection at the US Cap…
Hip-hop journalist, radio personality and show producer Skyy Hook will be offering an inside look at the music, culture and generational disconnect in the world of hip-hop as a visiting schola…
VAN NUYS (CNS) — A homeless man is suing a woman who allegedly promised to bathe his service dog, Boots, in December, but never returned with the animal after taking it from the Sherman Oaks s…
NASA has authorized a mission extension for its Juno spacecraft exploring Jupiter. The agency’s most distant planetary orbiter will now continue its investigation of the solar system’s largest…
Health Department officials have listed the latest number of confirmed novel COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles county at 920,177 (as of Jan. 10).
NEW YORK (AP) — The riotous mob that laid siege to the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday was the product of the destructive forces that President Donald Trump has been stirring for years, culminating …
Food insecurity has long been a problem in California.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Four additional vaccination sites for healthcare workers opened in the San Fernando Valley and Eastside of Los Angeles on Wednesday, Jan. 6, bringing city sites’ collective…
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Anticipating Los Angeles county’s fair share of $25 billion in federal rent relief, the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to extend and expand both a local rent relief…
A grassroots citizen’s organization is seeking a restraining order against the City of San Fernando from building a supercharging station for electronic vehicles in one of the city’s downtown …
LONDON (AP) — Despite growing vaccine access, January is looking grim around the globe as the coronavirus resurges and reshapes itself from Britain to Japan to California, filling hospitals an…
On Nov. 12, 2020, a single engine personal aircraft crash landed on Sutter Street in Pacoima, just 50 yards from the Whiteman Airport runaway destroying two cars, damaging three homes and kill…
NORTH HOLLYWOOD (CNS) — Standing in front of the Los Angeles Police Department’s North Hollywood station, social activists urged LAPD Chief Michel Moore to arrest a local woman they believe — …
A volunteer for Brothers Distribution hands out food to needy families at the Vagabond Inn Motel in Sylmar. Brothers, a Sylmar-based company that distributes snack foods, drinks, and pastries …
Julie J. Sprengel has been appointed president of CommonSpirit Health’s newly expanded Southern California Division. She will continue to oversee Dignity Health hospitals in Los Angeles and Sa…
The state Department of Consumer Affairs has approved a public health emergency waiver that will enable its 36,000 dentists to administer COVID-19 vaccines to people age 16 and older.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Members of the Southland congressional delegation found themselves barricaded in their offices and other locations as supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the US Ca…
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Mirroring a problem seen nationwide, distribution of COVID-19 vaccines is moving slower than expected in Los Angeles County, but the public health director expressed cautio…
Detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department’s Valley Traffic Division have identified the 85-year-old victim of a fatal hit-and-run collision on Dec. 27.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Los Angeles county has come out No. 1 on an unenviable list — the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s rankings of the riskiest counties in America.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Gov. Gavin Newsom says the state is working to accelerate the administration of COVID-19 vaccines across the state, including expanding the number of distribution sites and…
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Latino and Black people are more likely to be searched or subjected to force if stopped by police or sheriff’s deputies, a statistic true statewide, according to a data-ric…
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — A company that sold in-home COVID-19 antibody test kits that were not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration has agreed to pay a $50,000 civil penalty and made ful…
Health Department officials have listed the latest number of confirmed novel COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles county at 818,639 (as of Jan. 3).
As we approach the end of this year we must reflect not only on what got us to where we are now, but what exactly The Now is.
2020 began with so much enthusiasm. It just sounded so cool.
Metrolink has announced the addition of new, state-of-the-art antimicrobial air filters on all its train cars to ensure the air passengers breathe throughout their journey is safe and clean.
In a pandemic year when the coronavirus outbreak repeatedly forced businesses to close, nonprofit organizations like the Boys & Girls Club of the San Fernando Valley appeared in danger of …
The first 13 years of Veronica Moran-Aguilar’s life were full of instability. There were drugs and gangs in the family, and they moved constantly between Madera in the Central Valley of Califo…
Many people are already taking their dried Christmas tree outside and putting away decorations for another year. But for Christians, the holiday season is not yet over.
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