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Prince of Peace Episcopal Church on Rudnick Avenue in Woodland Hills. (Google Street View) Here is a sampling of upcoming faith gatherings in the San Fernando Valley area. Feb. 18 Donations for Earthquake Relief in Syria and Turkey: The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles has asked parishes to add a special collection on Feb.

MTA service employee, Arthur Winston, in March 2006. (Photo by John Lazar, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) When President Gerald Ford officially named February as Black History Month in 1976, he urged all Americans to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor.” Fast forward 47 years

The changes taking place in San Pedro are hard not to notice. But the quickly developing attractions may also be hard to navigate at some point, especially for those new to the now-branded LA Waterfront area — and the Port of Los Angeles seems fully aware of that looming problem. And so, the firm that

Los Angeles County public health officials reported  1,096 more cases of the coronavirus since Thursday, bringing the total number of cases to 3,694,317 as of Friday, Feb. 17. Officials reported 17 more deaths linked to the coronavirus since Thursday for a total of 35,545 deaths since tracking began. There were 12 fewer hospitalizations since Thursday,

Three people were hospitalized after a pursuit of a stolen vehicle in South Los Angeles ended in a crash on Thursday, Feb. 16, according to police. Officers with the 77th Division of the LAPD began chasing a stolen vehicle Thursday night, according to an officer with LAPD South Traffic Division. At the intersection of South

Los Angeles County public health officials reported  1,144 more cases of the coronavirus since Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases to 3,693,237 as of Thursday, Feb. 16. Officials reported 20 more deaths linked to the coronavirus since Wednesday for a total of 35,528 deaths since tracking began. There were 10 more hospitalizations since Wednesday,

Jimmy Ngan and his wife Jenny and children Jolie and Jaycan thank first responders during Monterey Park City Council’s meeting on, February 15, 2023. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Brandon Tsay, who disarmed the gunman minutes after the Monterey Park mass shooting, is welcomed to Monterey Park City Council meeting on Wednesday,

Kindred hospitals across Southern California will hold a hiring event from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22 as the company looks to hire nurses and case managers. Hospitals in Los Angeles, Baldwin Park, Brea, La Mirada, Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga, Riverside, Santa Ana, West Covina, Gardena and Westminster have openings for registered nurses, certified

Los Angeles County public health officials reported  1,191 more cases of the coronavirus since Monday, bringing the total number of cases to 3,690,901 as of Tuesday, Feb. 14. Officials reported 20 more deaths linked to the coronavirus since Monday for a total of 35,490 deaths since tracking began. There were five fewer hospitalizations since Monday,

Los Angeles County public health officials reported  388 more cases of the coronavirus since Sunday, bringing the total number of cases to 3,689,718 as of Monday, Feb. 13. Officials reported 10 more deaths linked to the coronavirus since Sunday for a total of 35,470 deaths since tracking began. Hospitalizations numbers pending information from the California

The monumental task of counting the number of homeless in Los Angeles County has been completed, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) announced on Monday, Feb. 13. About 6,066 volunteers, plus employees from several cities and LAHSA staffers fanned out over the county from Jan. 24 through Jan. 26 and some in the weeks

Cannery workers pose in front of the French Sardine Cannery at Fish Harbor, Terminal Island circa 1939. French Sardine later became StarKist. (Los Angeles Maritime Museum Collection, Gift of Matt Matich). Star-Kist cannery on Terminal Island in San Pedro. (Photo Courtesy of Anthony Pirozzi) Exterior of the Star-Kist plant that once employed thousands in its

The Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant could soon have new state rules to follow. Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi, D-Torrance, will introduce a new state bill in the coming weeks that would possibly require the wastewater recycling facility and its operator, Los Angeles Sanitation & Environment, to do more to mitigate odors caused by hydrogen sulfide, which have

Family members look on as runners take to the course at the start of the 30K Students Run LA Friendship Run at at Hansen Dam Recreation Center Sunday morning. Thousands of middle and high school students and their volunteer leaders participated in the run as a part of the SRLA marathon training program.(Photo by Andy

Los Angeles City Council member Tim McOsker along with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass unveiled the intersection of West 3rd Street and South Mesa Street in San Pedro as NAACP SQUARE in honor of Americas oldest and largest civil rights organization. (Photo by contributing photographer Chuck Bennett) Los Angeles City Council member Tim McOsker along

Former NAACP Chairwoman Myrlie Evers-Williams has donated her archival collection to her alma mater, Pomona College, the university has announced. Evers-Williams, 89, a leader of the civil rights movement, became nationally known after her husband, NAACP official Medgar Evers, was killed in the driveway of their Mississippi home by a white supremacist in 1963. After

Kathryn Barger, the Los Angeles County supervisor of the Fifth District, announced on Friday, Feb. 10, that she intends to run for another term on the powerful board. Barger, a registered Republican in a non-partisan seat, is the only member of the GOP on the five-person, all-female Board of Supervisors. But supporters say Barger knows

The call to the billing department at SoCalGas was made around 11 a.m. last Tuesday. It ended two loads of laundry and a car wash later while I waited on hold. “We apologize, but we’re experiencing high call volume. Your wait time is between one hour and five minutes and one hour and 38 minutes.

CHATSWORTH — A man was killed Thursday morning in a two-car crash at Winnetka Avenua and Nordhoff Street in Chatsworth. The collision occurred about 6:05 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. The crash sent one vehicle — a Honda Fit — through a wrought-iron fence and into the yard of a home on

A deal appears to be in the works to provide temporary space for the San Pedro Fish Market somewhere within the 40 acres of the West Harbor waterfront development site. The business must vacate its long-standing waterfront premises by March 3, in San Pedro on Wednesday, February 8, 2023. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG) A