Donna Manfredi has been named as the new principal at Golden Oak Adult School in Santa Clarita. (Photo courtesy of William S. Hart Union High School District) Donna Manfredi, an almost 30-year educator in the William S. Hart Union High School District, has been named as principal of the Golden Oak Adult School in Santa
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People watch the Raptor Encounter during the reopening of Universal Studios Hollywood, Thursday, April 15, 2021. (Photo by Michael Owen Baker, contributing photographer) Here is a sampling of upcoming in-person and online things to do in the San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles area. EVENTS Grand Park’s Our L.A. Voices – Digital Spring Arts +
Los Angeles public health officials reported 439 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases to 1,229,998 as of Wednesday, April 21. Officials reported 35 new deaths linked to the coronavirus, for a total 23,702 deaths since tracking began. There were 19 more hospitalizations reported since Tuesday, raising the official count of
LOS ANGELES — In an effort to alleviate some financial burdens on Los Angeles restaurants and reduce plastic waste, the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved an ordinance to make disposable foodware, including utensils and napkins, only available at restaurants when requested by customers. The ordinance, which was requested in a motion already
Multiple Los Angeles County Animal Control employees were caught on duty sleeping like a baby or lifting weights in the gym – all while not lifting a finger for taxpayers.
A 19-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a woman and her 8-year-old daughter in Rancho Cucamonga.
Accountability. A path to healing. For one man and his family: Justice. For the country: But one step in a larger journey toward racial justice, too long deferred. Those were the reactions from Los Angeles County’s elected officials on Tuesday, April 20, in the wake of a Hennepin County jury finding former Minneapolis police officer
Two new communities the size of Diamond Bar are on the drawing boards in Los Angeles County’s northern frontier. Both would contain more than 19,000 new homes built over the next two decades, transforming undeveloped valleys and hillsides into houses, schools, libraries and parks. Both ultimately would house more than 57,000 residents in nine new
The Pasadena City Council on Monday, April 19, postponed an effort to consider a pair of nominees to the city’s new Community Police Oversight Commission after concerns emerged over two of the hopefuls’ current service on the same board of a local advocacy organization. Florence Annang and Juliana Serrano sit on the board of the
A view from the San Fernando Valley: Fly fishers talk after practicing casting at Lake Balboa Park, Saturday, April 3, 2021. The Sierra Pacific Fly Fishers meet for casting practice the first and third Saturdays of the month at Lake Balboa. Practice rods and reels are available and it is free and open to everyone.
“You’ve got two minutes or less to get your family out of the house before it’s too late.” — Barbara Mariscal, disaster program manager for the American Red Cross Northern Valleys chapter. Two minutes before the smoke and flames overcome you. Not a lot of time to grab your most valuable possessions, and run. So,
Marines at Camp Pendleton were back in the ocean this week training in amphibious assault vehicles for the first time since nine men died when one of the troop carriers sank on July 30 during a training exercise off of San Clemente Island. The Marine Corps’ fleet of the seafaring vehicles was suspended from all
The search for a 45-year-old hiker from Palmdale who went missing in the rugged terrain of the Angeles National Forest earlier this week had a pleasant ending when rescue crews found him on Tuesday along a remote ridgeline. A photo the hiker, Rene Compean, had texted to a friend was just enough of a clue
St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church on Coldwater Canyon Avenue in Studio City. (Google Street View) Here is a sampling of indoor, outdoor and online religious services in the San Fernando Valley area. Temple Beth Hillel services: Havdalah online, 7 p.m. April 17 (click on the Facebook link here: bit.ly/3aa4P4A). A Shabbat service, 7
Rumors of a massive chemical dumping ground about 10 miles off the coast of L.A. fell through the cracks.
The newly renovated Galpin Motors Land Rover in Van Nuys Thursday, Apr. 15, 2021. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) President and COO of Galpin Motors, Beau Boeckmann at the newly renovated Galpin Motors Land Rover in Van Nuys Thursday, Apr. 15, 2021. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Sound The
SANTA CLARITA — The estranged husband of a woman stabbed to death in her Santa Clarita area home was in custody Friday morning following an hours-long standoff with authorities in Gorman. The stabbing occurred about 5:10 a.m. Thursday on the 22800 block of Fir Court, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The woman
Clearwater shaft site in Carson on Thursday, April 15, 2021. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG) Cathy Warner, chair of L.A. County Sanitation’s Administrative District 2, speaks at a virtual press conference to launch the underground tunneling in the $630 million Clearwater project in Carson on Thursday, April 15, 2021. Approved in 2012, the LA County
People ride the Revolution roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, Thursday, Apr. 1, 2021. The theme park opened on April 1 for the first time after a yearlong pandemic closure. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Here is a sampling of upcoming in-person and online things to do in the
Los Angeles public health officials reported 411 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases to 1,226,964 as of Wednesday, April 14. Officials reported 57 new deaths linked to the coronavirus, for a total 23,533 deaths since tracking began. A total of 5,939,158 vaccinations have been administered in the county as of