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Southern California Renewal Communities celebrate 50 years with a program of healing prayer, worship and a Mass on Aug. 27 at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Encino. (Google Street View) Here is a sampling of upcoming faith gatherings in the San Fernando Valley area. Aug. 27 Southern California Renewal Communities 50th Anniversary Celebration:

Casa De Tacos on Topanga Canyon Boulevard in Canoga Park. (Google Street View) Seventeen restaurants were closed due to health hazards between July 12 and Aug. 24 in the San Fernando Valley area. The food facilities had their health permit suspended for either vermin, unsafe food temperatures or sewage discharge according to reports from the

As California is increasing restrictions on water usage, it may not feel like it, but drought here is less severe than many places around the world. A look at the United Nations 2022 global drought-vulnerability index Some drought impacts around the world More than 1.4 billion people were affected by drought between 2000 and 2019.

Two San Fernando Valley mass transit projects were awarded a combined total of $110 million from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Thursday, Aug. 25. By unanimous votes of the LACMTA (LA Metro) Board of Directors, about $66 million was approved to hire a construction management firm to oversee the East San Fernando

I’m always up for a meal at a Jewish deli. It’s not that I’m a member of the tribe — I should be so lucky — but a pastrami on rye, with coleslaw and a pickle on the side, hits the spot. If I’m headed to the L.A. County Museum of Art, I invariably stop

Brent Madison was new to the neighborhood when he looked out his front window last year and saw the older man who lived  across the street struggling to lift a heavy box into the trunk of his car. The 32-year-old independent film producer walked across the street and lifted it into the trunk for him.

Though waiting for completion will take patience, San Fernando Valley leaders are buoyed by two major contracts for mass transit lines in the Valley coming up for votes Thursday, Aug. 25, by the L.A. Metro Board of Directors. The board will hear staff reports on preliminary design and management services for the proposed 9.2-mile East

The San Pedro skate community is stoked to see its beloved Channel Street Skatepark rise from the concrete ashes. Two decades after local community members built a skateboarding mecca piece-by-piece — and eight years after it closed — skaters, and other San Pedro residents and officials celebrated its reopening as a legal skatepark with a

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to adopt the Los Angeles Police Department’s military equipment-use policy in accordance with state legislation intended to increase the accountability and transparency of law enforcement. The ordinance, which will be held over for a second vote next week, passed 10-3 on Tuesday with Council Members

Aviation enthusiasts were thrilled by the aerobatics on Saturday during the Wings Over Camarillo air show. The theme for this year’s show was “Women in Aviation.” The Ventura County Chapter of the Ninety-Nines International Organization of Women Pilots curated an exhibit on “Notable Women in Aviation” that included information on trailblazing pilots Florence “Pancho” Barnes,

An excessive heat warning has been issued by the National Weather Service for the Antelope Valley for Tuesday, Aug. 23, while the inland valleys of Los Angeles County also will be hot. The heat warning will take effect on Tuesday morning at 9 a.m. and end around 10 p.m. Lancaster and Palmdale are expected to

A view from the San Fernando Valley: Is this squirrel “splooting” to beat the heat? A squirrel hangs out on a cool slab of concrete at the Lake Balboa Sports Complex on Thursday, August 4, 2022. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Community meetings bring people together for exchange of ideas and memorable

Steve Scauzillo has been a journalist for more than 40 years, has worked as a beat reporter, assistant city editor, Opinion Pages Editor, general assignment and transportation/environment writer. Steve loves to explore the outdoors by hiking the Angeles National Forest and is an amateur bird watcher. Steve is on the board of the San Gabriel

With Propositions 26 and 27 both related to tribal gaming, we look at the history of Native Americans and their casinos. The Rincon Band of Mission Indians, located in San Diego County, made the first attempt to open a tribal casino in California in 1970. The San Diego County sheriff shut it down and the

Bishop Brenda Bos, Southwest California Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, is the guest speaker on Aug. 21 at St. Luke Lutheran Church in Woodland Hills. (Google Street View) Here is a sampling of upcoming faith gatherings in the San Fernando Valley area. Aug. 20 Sherman Oaks Lutheran Church: The church holds a

The Wishing Tree Park will soon open in an area known as West Carson in Unincorporated Los Angeles County, once construction is complete on Thursday, August 18, 2022. A street of homes were demolished at the Del Amo site and the 8.5 acres languished for over 25 years. It will be opening later this year

LOS ANGELES — City Councilman Bob Blumenfield is seeking to expand protections for street vendors after an attack earlier this week in Woodland Hills, according to a motion filed Friday. A man was seen on video striking a street vendor’s cart with an ax on Sunday at the intersection of Canoga Avenue and Dumetz Road.

A five-mile backup greeted commuters Thursday on both the eastbound and westbound 210 Freeway during the second, five-day semi-closure in the past month to allow Caltrans to perform major roadwork on the bridge over the San Gabriel River. In the morning, westbound vehicles were backed up about five miles to Grand Avenue in Glendora, adding

A T-34 airplane taxis at Camarillo Airport during the Wings Over Camarillo media day, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022, to promote the airshow, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 20 and 21 at Camarillo Airport. (Photo by Michael Owen Baker, contributing photographer) Judy Phelps will pilot her Pitts Special Biplane at the Wings Over Camarillo airshow,

The Port of Los Angeles had its best-ever July, officials announced on Wednesday, Aug. 17, outpacing the same month last year, which was the previous record, by 5%. Dockworkers and terminal operators moved 935,345 twenty-foot equivalent units, the industry’s measuring standard, in July, good enough for yet another record-breaking month — a regular occurrence since