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Los Angeles Parks Foundation, a nonprofit created in 2008 to enhance and preserve the 450 parks in the city, has selected a Torrance resident as its new leader. Tony Budrovich, who “has had a distinguished career as a nonprofit and amusement park executive,” recently began his new role as the organization’s executive director, the Los

Will homeowners insurance pay if your house falls off a cliff? Not unless you have what’s called an added DIC — or Difference in Conditions — policy, as it turns out. That could be an issue for residents of the 12 Peartree Lane homes, in Rolling Hills Estates, that were destroyed by a massive and

A sprawling retirement complex is coming to Warner Center. Spieker Senior Development Partners broke ground earlier this year on Wisteria at Warner Center, which includes 480 units and stretches across 17 acres just north of the 101 Freeway. The housing complex at 5500 Canoga Ave. in Woodland Hills will include a medical office, independent-living units,

The 2023 OC Fair is set to open Friday, July 14, offering 23 days jam-packed with entertainment, games, shopping, wacky foods and thrilling rides. More than 1 million people are expected to visit during the fair’s run through Aug. 13 – it is closed Mondays and Tuesdays – at the the fairgrounds in Costa Mesa.

When you think of historical landmarks in Los Angeles County, your mind goes to the Hollywood Sign, the Gamble House, Tail O’ The Pup, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Angels Flight Railway, the Queen Mary and Watts Towers, just to name a few. Of course, there are hundreds more. In fact, the Los Angeles Conservancy lists

First Presbyterian Church of Granada Hills presents “Jazz in July” on July 8, 15 and 22 outdoors at their Zelzah Avenue campus in Northridge. (Google Street View) Here is a sampling of upcoming faith gatherings in the San Fernando Valley area. July 8 Hamakom – the Place: The two Conservative Judaism congregations Temple Aliyah, in

If you went to high school in the San Fernando Valley during the 1960s, ’70s, or early ’80s, you remember their names. We called them Coach. They were a post-World War II generation of no-nonsense, tough, dedicated men who staffed the athletic departments of older, established high schools in the Valley, and the new ones

State regulators have approved Los Angeles County’s plan to consolidate 275 youth detainees at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall ahead of the state-imposed shutdown of the county’s two other juvenile halls later this month. The sign-off was one of the last major hurdles before the county Probation Department can begin moving the youths to Los Padrinos

With climate change and pollution continuing to impact weather and atmospheric conditions around the globe and the pandemic highlighting just how vulnerable humans are to invisible pathogens, many people are thinking harder about the air they breathe and how it could affect their health. Unfortunately, almost 36% of Americans – or 119.6 million people –

LOS ANGELES — The Glendale Unified School District faces trial in a lawsuit brought on behalf of an Altadena girl who says she fainted after being required to perform in hot conditions at a campus Christmas holiday recital in 2017. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Cherol Nellon heard arguments May 17 on the district’s motion

Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum presents Jon Sprik, Taylor Jackson Ross and Jonathan Blandino in Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” on July 9, and selected dates through Sept. 21 in Topanga. (Photo by Ian Flanders/Courtesy of Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum) Here is a sampling of things to do in the San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles

Happy Fourth of July! In the photo, participants wear patriotic attire for the annual neighborhood Fourth of July parade in Agoura Hills, Monday, July 4, 2022. (Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer) Here is a sampling of things to do in the San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles area, June 29 to July 6. EVENTS

The morning haze made the red, white and blue of swimsuits pop as people made their way to the beach to prepare to celebrate Independence Day in the South Bay. More than a thousand people participated in this year’s Hermosa Beach Ironman on Tuesday, July 4 — and many more filled the beach to cheer

Jose Perez, of Covina, waves an American flag as fireworks from a Fourth of July celebration goes off at Ayala Park in Chino on Saturday, July 2, 2022. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Government offices — Los Angeles city and county, national and state — and courts (www.lacourt.org/holiday/ui/index.aspx), libraries (www.lapl.org/holiday-closures; lacountylibrary.org/library-locator/) and schools are

Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez will host her third annual anonymous fireworks buyback program Saturday, July 1, in a continued effort to stop illegal fireworks — and she is sponsoring a 500-drone light show at Hansen Dam the following evening. “We communicate every single year the importance of making sure that residents understand that fireworks in the

A view from the San Fernando Valley: An onlooker waves an American flag as the Taft Charter High School Band marches by during the 31st Canoga Park Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 29, 2023. (Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer) Community meetings bring people together for exchange of ideas and memorable shared experiences. Here’s

Keith Birmingham is a Los Angeles-based photographer specializing in sports, editorial and portrait photography. He has been a staff photographer for 24 years with the Los Angeles Newspaper Group including the Pasadena Star-News, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Whittier Daily News and Los Angeles Daily News. His work has appeared in Sports Illustrated, the Los Angeles

The congregation at First United Methodist Church of San Fernando welcomes their new pastor on July 2 at the Glenoaks Boulevard location, between Harding Avenue and North Workman Street. (Google Street View) Here is a sampling of upcoming faith gatherings in the San Fernando Valley area. July 1 Sherman Oaks Lutheran Church: The Rev. Titus

Her life-size statue stands on the walkway of the Peace Through Strength pavilion on the west side of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library — not far from an F-117 stealth fighter jet, F-14 fighter jet and an Abrams MI tank. The strength when peace fails. It arrived by truck two weeks ago and was taken