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A view from the San Fernando Valley: The nearly completed Porter Ranch Community Park, a new 50-acre park in Porter Ranch, on Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Community meetings bring people together for exchange of ideas and memorable shared experiences. Here’s a sampling of events in the San

About 1,000 faculty and staffers from the 23 California State University campuses, as well as their supporters, rallied outside the CSU chancellor’s office on Tuesday, Nov. 7, demanding a fair contract and lighter workloads to interact more with students. The rally came in the wake of last week’s vote to approve a strike for more

Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn plans to call for an investigation and a security overhaul at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall following a weekend escape, the second in just four months since the facility reopened. In the latest incident, a group of six juveniles attacked a staff member at about 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4,

San Fernando Valley DET. 1277 Marine Corps League ride in the 19th annual San Fernando Valley Veterans Day Parade along Laurel Canyon Boulevard on Friday, November 11, 2022. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Although Veterans Day is officially on Nov. 11, this year most government offices — Los Angeles city and county,

A two-mile stretch of sand along Sunset Beach was closed Sunday after a small whale came ashore and drew shark activity, Huntington Beach officials said. The small whale — possibly a northern right whale dolphin — was discovered near Tower 22 around 3:45 p.m. Sunday after beachgoers alerted Huntington Beach City Lifeguards about the whale

Members of the Roman Catholic community in the San Gabriel Valley welcomed a new bishop to their area on Saturday, Nov. 4. The installation Mass of new Auxiliary Bishop Brian Nunes for the San Gabriel Pastoral Region of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles was held at the San Gabriel Mission Catholic Church. Archbishop Jose Gomez

The 2023 pilgrimage of the images of Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego come to St. Mel Roman Catholic Church on Nov. 7-8 on Ventura Boulevard in Woodland Hills. (Google Street View) Here is a sampling of upcoming faith gatherings in the San Fernando Valley area. Nov. 4 Craft Fair – Bethlehem Lutheran

All Metrolink trains will be shut down for four days after Christmas for maintenance and repairs, the passenger-rail agency announced on its website on Friday, Nov. 3. Metrolink trains will not operate from Tuesday, Dec. 26 through Friday, Dec. 29. The Southern California regional rail system will resume its regular service schedule on Saturday, Dec.

Sometimes, the kids lead and the adults follow. Sometimes, they see things with a pair of fresh eyes that the weary eyes of age miss. This is one of those times. The year was 1972 and nobody wanted to talk about Vietnam. Our boys came home from war to a country that turned a cold

A vast 1 million-square-foot housing and commercial development to replace the shuttered Fry’s Electronics store in Warner Center is moving forward. “District at Warner Center” will include 852 multi-family residential units, including 316 live-work units; a hotel with 204 guest rooms and ancillary amenities and services; and about 2,171 square feet of ground floor retail.

The California High-Speed Rail Authority is proposing a change to the configuration of the tracks planned for its 33-mile route from Los Angeles to Anaheim. While the plan, called the “shared passenger track alternative,” isn’t set in stone, Jim Patrick, a spokesperson for California High-Speed Rail Authority, said it is likely the option the agency will

American Heroes Air Show, an all-helicopters aviation event, is on Nov. 4 at Hansen Dam Recreation Area in Lake View Terrace. In the file photo, people check out all kinds of helicopters from law enforcement, fire, military and private helicopters on display at the 2021 American Heroes Air Show Nov 13, 2021. The only-helicopters air

The White House is sending a top-level cabinet member who oversees the U.S. Forest Service to the San Gabriel Valley next week to hear from the public as to whether President Joe Biden should expand the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument. Homer Wilkes, under secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture for natural resources and

The message is announced with rows of yellow marigolds, flapping crepe-paper banners, smiling photographs and personal artifacts enjoyed by the deceased in the best of times. Not with prayer cards, rosaries or copies of eulogies. The Mexican holiday, Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead that coincides with All Souls Day has taken

More than a thousand local high school students got a peak at their potential futures in the aviation field on Wednesday, Oct. 25, during the Los Angeles International Airport’s eighth annual Aviation Career Day. The event, hosted at the airport’s Flight Path Museum and Learning Center, featured representatives from various commercial airlines, the Federal Aviation

A view from the San Fernando Valley: Evelyn Arnold, 11, the main jump scare actor, is helping her brother Elliot Arnold with their scary experience “The Purge Reawakening” haunted house in the family Woodland Hills home garage on Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Community meetings bring people together

Less than 3% of the 5,113 people booked for a crime in the first three weeks of October committed were arrested for a second offense after their release under Los Angeles County’s controversial zero-bail policy, according to the Superior Court. Officials for the court system touted the low reoffense rate and other preliminary findings released

By John Walton | CNN You’ve seen them on TikTok and on Instagram: people flying on the new generation of long-haul, low-cost airlines where the fares sound too good to be true. Flights from New York to Paris for $200? They’re out there, if you’re able to be flexible, and if you’re willing to skip

Manny Velazquez drops marigold flower petals in front of paper mache sculptures made by Velazquez and his brother Jose Velazquez for a Dia de los Muertos event Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022 at Pacoima City Hall. Los Angeles City Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez’ 7th District office presented the event where community members remembered deceased loved ones through

ArroyoFest has begun — opening up the 110 Freeway from Pasadena to Los Angeles — not for car traffic, but for all things foot traffic. Hundreds were out early for the event on Sunday, Oct. 29, strolling, riding bicycles, traversing and using other kinds of non-motorized crafts on the Arroyo Seco Parkway from South Pasadena