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A ribbon cutting opened a refurbished children’s playground on Monday, May 22, at Taxco Trails Park in West Hills. Parents and children, representatives from the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks and Los Angeles City Councilmember John Lee (CD-12) admired the new equipment, some with shady canopies, at the neighborhood pocket park. Two toddlers

A view from the San Fernando Valley: A dark sky follows an equestrian on the horse path near Bette Davis Park in Burbank, CA, Monday, May 1, 2023. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Community meetings bring people together for exchange of ideas and memorable shared experiences. Here’s a sampling of meetings, charity/volunteer

The second Pan-Asian Pacific Arts and Cultural Festival, held at the Museum of the San Fernando Valley in Northridge, welcomed attendees to a diverse lineup of cultural entertainment during May’s Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. The free community event on Sunday, May 21 highlighted Asian and Pacific Islander culture through art, food, music,

Museum-goers who love nature, butterflies and giant mammoth fossils may have to fork over more cash to gain access to three Los Angeles County museums that are asking for a 20% hike in admission fees to help them pay for operating costs that rose due to inflation and higher usage. The county’s Natural History Museum

Kol Tikvah on Ventura Boulevard in Woodland Hills. (Google Street View) Here is a sampling of upcoming faith gatherings in the San Fernando Valley area. May 20 Sherman Oaks Lutheran Church: The Rev. Titus Utecht delivers the message at the “Real Presence” service, 5 p.m. Also, a traditional/blended service, 10 a.m. May 21. The May

In the time it takes to read this column, four new names will be added to the more than 104,000 people currently on the national transplant list. Everyday, 17 of them will die waiting for a life-saving organ that never came, according to the Health Resources and Services Administration. If you take anything away from

The colleges of Engineering and Computer Science and of Science and Mathematics at California State University, Northridge, held their commencement ceremony on Friday, May 19 on the lawn in front of the University Library, the first of seven commencement ceremonies that run through May 22 at the campus. Students poured in on a sunny and

Longtime owner of Red Barn Feed and Pet and beloved San Fernando Valley businessman Phillip Carter has died at 90. He leaves behind a legacy of love for animals, volunteerism and four decades of passionate leadership at the flourishing animal supply store in Tarzana. He and his wife Patricia purchased Red Barn in 1984 as

Will Fernandez said it was real easy. He asked for a TAP card embedded with the LA Metro senior discount, since he was 62 years old and qualified. He provided his information, the attendant took his photo and he was presented with a temporary senior TAP card. “I am looking forward to using it,” said

Momix, dancer-illusionists, perform “Alice” an adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” May 19-21 at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles (Photo by Sharen Bradford/courtesy of Glorya KaufmanPresents Dance at the Music Center) Here is a sampling of things to do in the San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles area, May 18-25. EVENTS Armed

A VA Loma Linda Healthcare System manager frequently used racial slurs, required workers to buy him food and drive him to and from work, and then punished those who refused his demands with bad assignments, according to a 2021 federal investigation that recommended he be fired. However, instead of being terminated for creating a hostile

Last of three parts It pays to be seeking a job as a cop these days in Southern California. Throughout the region, law enforcement agencies — desperate to fill vacancies in sworn personnel spurred by an exodus of experienced officers and a lag in recruiting new ones — are dangling all kinds of incentives at

Part of the Twin Towers jail in Los Angeles will be used to treat inmates with severe mental illness, a way to provide emergency care and evaluate those who may be a danger to themselves or others, according to an action approved Tuesday, May 16, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. The board’s

By Max Reyes | Bloomberg The fastest pace of rate hikes by the Federal Reserve in decades combined with negative social media sentiment contributed to the failure of SVB Financial Group’s Silicon Valley Bank, said Greg Becker, former chief executive officer of the company. “The messaging from the Federal Reserve was that interest rates would

Most describe Gloria Molina, who died from cancer at 74 on Mother’s Day, as the pioneering Chicana who served 32 years in elected office in Los Angeles, trounced her male opponents and fiercely stood up for her constituents. They called her tough as nails, fearless, salty and a role model for women and especially women

Feeding flamingos and caring for koalas may not seem like your typical first period class, but the North Hollywood High School Zoo Magnet is not your typical school. It is one of just six schools across the nation to partner with a working zoo, and it was recently named the number one magnet school in

Visitors to the L.A. County Fair who enter the Millard Sheets Art Center always get a surprise or two — usually pleasant, but not always — when they see the exhibition. This year, the surprises start on the outside. For the first time, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the West’s largest art museum,

First of three parts Law enforcement agencies throughout Southern California are still scrambling to rebuild their rank-and-file staffs three years after a national reckoning on policing triggered a wave of officer retirements and resignations. As police agencies mark the first day of National Police Week on Sunday, May 14, officials throughout the region insist an

It was a heartfelt meeting, as San Jose resident Chuck Woo met the 15-year-old with blood cancer whose life he saved. Woo met Darrian Lu for the first time Thursday in downtown Los Angeles. Lu, an Alameda teen on the autism spectrum, had been battling acute lymphoblastic leukemia for two years. Woo was his blood

She got Spencer the day he was born almost three years ago — right after the young woman who had carried him to birth left the hospital without him. Safe surrender, they call it. I’ll take him, Shadonna Bell said, when the phone call came from her foster care social worker. I’ll give him all