Now more than ever, our society is centered around the internet. Social media corporations have been growing more and more powerful each day and have been recognized as a significant contributor as the hub of communication and political activity.
It’s difficult these days to walk the streets in Los Angeles county and not see someone who is seemingly distressed and in need of help.They may be out of work. They may be homeless. And — even harder — they could be suffering from a mental illness.
WASHINGTON (AP) _ With Election Day just three weeks away, President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden concentrated Tuesday, Oct.13, on battleground states both see as critical to clinching an Electoral College victory, tailoring their travel to best motivate voters who could cast potentially decisive ballots.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer said he is disappointed that the US Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to halt the US Census count immediately while a lower court’s appeals case continues.
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Still sickened by COVID-19, President Donald Trump plunged back on Tuesday into playing down the disease that hospitalized him for three days and has so far killed more than 210,000 Americans. He compared it anew to the seasonal flu and signaled he plans to return soon to the campaign trail.
According to the website LAVote.net, there is still time to register online and receive a ballot by mail. Registration must be submitted no later than Oct. 19.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles-based civil rights advocates are applauding a federal judge’s order that the government immediately reduce the population of the Adelanto ICE Processing Center …
The future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Temporary Protected Status (TPS), programs that cover millions of undocumented immigrants in the country, many of whom have …
Voters will be asked this November to vote on Proposition 16, a state-wide ballot measure that could reinstate affirmative action.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) —A Los Angeles federal judge has ordered the US Department of Homeland Security to release records regarding COVID-19 outbreaks at immigration detention centers and Border Pa…
It appears the Republican-controlled US Senate can go ahead with its plans to vote on a new Supreme Court justice nominee before the Nov. 3 presidential election.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The Los Angeles federal judge overseeing a 1997 court settlement governing the care of migrant children in detention rejected the government’s request to continue detaining…
The U.S., which has both the largest number of infections and deaths from COVID-19, is lagging far behind other countries which have far fewer resources, concluded three eminent physicians and…
With August being National Immunization Awareness Month, health officials are emphasizing the importance of children and adults getting vaccinated against the flu and other diseases to protect…
California State University, Northridge political science professor Boris Ricks has no doubt that race and the calls for racial justice will be at the forefront of many voters’ minds when they…
President Donald Trump has made good on his promises to carry out an anti-immigrant agenda over the last four years and it’s likely his race for a second term will continue to target working i…
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Animal rights advocates have put up 19 billboards across Los Angeles that connect the eating of animals to pandemics, and pay tribute to an activist killed in Canada earlie…
Elections in the United States have devolved into sporting matches in which politicians campaign with an “us-versus-them” mentality, often to the detriment of the interests of many Americans, …
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — A UCLA study published Monday, July 27, underscores that Blacks and Latinos living in Los Angeles — as well as New York — are roughly twice as likely as white residents to …
Beloved author Rudolfo Anaya, referred to as the “grandfather of Chicano literature” and a “literary giant” died this week.
Like no other time before, eyes are focused on our nation as the world watches our handling of a pandemic and massive protests simultaneously that have touched off global demonstrations.
The murder of a Black man at the hands of the police is not new. The abuse, beating and murder of people of color is an old story. It’s gone on for generations and police have gotten away wit…
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police officers surrounded, shoved and yelled expletives at two Associated Press journalists covering protests Tuesday in the latest aggression against members of…
It’s been just over a week since the death of George Floyd at the hands of Officer Derek Chauvin of the Minneapolis Police Department. Since then protests have erupted all over the country aga…
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The coronavirus continues to claim lives in Los Angeles County, with health officials this week announcing 60 new deaths and 1,202 new confirmed COVID-19 cases.
First came a high fever, drenching sweats and muscle aches. Then, almost a month later, a weird numbness that spread down the right side of her body.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The Los Angeles City Council has directed the Bureau of Sanitation and City Attorney’s Office to find ways to discourage people from littering personal protective equipment…
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The Los Angeles County Office of Education has released a detailed plan imposing severe restrictions on what teachers and students must do when schools reopen.
When the COVID-19 crisis begins to recede, and people can again attend events outside their homes, one question is what a large scale attendance might look like.
What started as a “post” on a neighborhood Facebook page is now being referred to as a “movement” by Pacoima resident, Ignacio “Iggy” Navarro to express appreciation to those who many in this …
As America now leads in cases of COVID-19, the most vulnerable communities of the United states continue to face its threat due to the lack of support, a history of injustice and vulnerability.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite pockets of attention-grabbing protests, a new survey finds Americans remain overwhelmingly in favor of stay-at-home orders and other efforts to slow the spread of the…
The coronavirus should have everyone’s attention by now, health experts say. And people with heart disease have extra reasons to be alert.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bernie Sanders, who saw his once strong lead in the Democratic primary evaporate as the party’s establishment lined swiftly up behind rival Joe Biden, ended his presiden…
Pandemic. Politics. An upending of life at a level that few Americans have ever experienced. And all of it amplified by social media.
Much is still unknown about the coronavirus pandemic that has caused a world wide emergency. With “stay-at-home” orders, we watch the briefings from our living rooms that grimly report the num…
Ed. Note: On March 25, Pacoima resident Chole Alatorre, born in 1927, passed away at age 97 after a long illness. She was a committed and respected voice in the Northeast San Fernando Valley, …
Across the nation, Americans find themselves in varying degrees of social isolation as part of a coordinated effort to try to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. Some cities are in full lo…
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - L.A County’s coronavirus toll today stood at 2,136 cases and 37 deaths.
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GENEVA (AP) — Expressing alarm both about mounting infections and inadequate government responses, the World Health Organization declared Wednesday that the global coronavirus crisis is now a …
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden decisively won Michigan’s Democratic presidential primary, seizing a key battleground state that helped propel Bernie Sanders’ insurgent candidacy four years ago. T…
MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Tuesday that recent protests against rising killings of women in Mexico will not change his government’s long-term, ground-up appr…
Noted pathologist and molecular virologist James Robb, MD, is warning the general public of the strong possibility of the coronavirus being “widespread in the US” by late March and April.
As the national election inches closer, California State University, Northridge political scientist Jason Morín has a warning for both political parties: Don’t take the Latino vote for granted.
The development came just hours after a resurgent Biden scored Super Tuesday victories from Texas to Massachusetts, revitalizing a presidential bid that was teetering on the edge of disaster j…
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, under a grant from the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program, is running a public challenge to develop an obstacle avoidance senso…
A major ocean current in the Arctic is faster and more turbulent as a result of rapid sea ice melt, a new study from NASA shows. The current is part of a delicate Arctic environment that is no…
The Supreme Court decision last month that gave the Trump administration the green light to go forward with expanding the Public Charge immigration rule is bringing yet another obstacle for th…
In February, stores are filled with gifts and cards with bright red hearts for your Valentine. It’s a month to celebrate love with those who are special to you.
Although plants don’t sleep in the same way humans do, they have circadian rhythms — internal clocks that, like our own internal clocks, tell them when it’s night and when it’s day. And like m…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump won impeachment acquittal Wednesday in the U.S. Senate, bringing to a close only the third presidential trial in American history with votes that split…
Here are some of the many highlights of Kobe Bryant’s career. The former Los Angeles Lakers star was killed in a helicopter crash in California on Sunday morning:
CALABASAS, Calif. (AP) — The pilot of the helicopter that crashed near Los Angeles, killing former NBA superstar Kobe Bryant and eight others, told air traffic controllers in his last radio me…
SAO PAULO (AP) — Kobe Bryant and Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho were working together on a children’s book, but the author of “The Alchemist” said he deleted the draft after Bryant’s death in a…
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