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An outdoor blessing of palms and a procession was held in the plaza area on Palm Sunday at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. Palm Sunday recalls Jesus’ welcome into Jerusalem by a crowd waving palm branches. The palm has symbolic meanings that include eternal life, peace, triumph and victory.

At the blessing of the animals held Saturday, April 1, at Orcas Park in Sylmar, Los Angeles Animal Services provided pet registration, microchipping, vaccinations and adoptions. All animals were welcome if on a leash or in a carrier. Pet pals who couldn’t attend were blessed using their photo. The interfaith event was presented by the

Tour guide Paul Knox talks about engine room 2 on Saturday, Apr. 1, 2023, as visitors board the Queen Mary in Long Beach on Saturday, Apr. 1, 2023. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer) Tour guide Paul Knox tells visitors about the aft steering area on Saturday, Apr. 1, 2023, as visitors tour the Queen

A wave of anti-transgender legislation sweeping the country prompted queer activists and allies to organize “Trans Day of Vengeance,” a protest during the nationally recognized Trans Day of Visibility on Friday, March 31. “Transphobia has got to go!” activists yelled, waving flags and signs while marching down Hollywood Boulevard, as honking cars drove by. With

The San Pedro Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors sent a letter to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Thursday, March 30, requesting that three of the five LA harbor commissioners be residents of the San Pedro and Wilmington communities. No response had been received by the end of Thursday, though Bass defended the proposed

L to R: Erin Cervantes, Sasha Yudintsev and Johan Juslin of Cirque du Soleil in Los Angeles on Monday, January 30, 2023. The trio performs in the “Corteo” show through April 30 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Here is a sampling of things to do

Mayor Karen Bass’s first two appointments to the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners, which she announced this week, have drawn mixed reactions in the city’s port communities, with folks particularly concerned about the potential panelists not being local. Replacing two local commissioners, one each from San Pedro and Wilmington, with nominees from downtown Los

Callers to a virtual town hall meeting organized by LA Metro on Tuesday night, March 28, cited key concerns including feeling unsafe, unreliable bus service, and the phenomenon of the unhoused taking shelter in depots, train stations, buses and trains throughout the Metro system in Los Angeles County. The hour-long call-in was the third to

The bright white lifeguard tower at Torrance Beach contrasts starkly with the marine-blue expanse of the coast. But that’s changing this week. Volunteers, along with ocean lifeguard and designer Scott Snyder, have spent the last few days hand-painting brightly colored hearts on the structure, to spread an important message: That of autism awareness — and

Southern California workers who make garments for many of the nation’s leading fashion retailers remain victims of wage theft and illegal pay practices, with some earning as little as $1.58 per hour, according to a new U.S. Department of Labor report. From July 31, 2021, to June 30, 2022, the Department of Labor’s Wage and

Q: We have a lot of questions because we are filing a small claims court case, and the other party (a contractor) says he is going to counter sue. So, how do we go about filing, serving, dealing with his claim, submitting our records, witnesses, all that?  Also, what about appeals? Y.R., Redondo Beach A:

A view from the San Fernando Valley: Flooding at Sherman Way and Bakman Avenue in North Hollywood, CA, Friday, March 10, 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 and charity/volunteer events in the San Fernando

 Jim Harrington is a reporter with the Bay Area News Group and caught Depeche Mode at the SAP Center in San Jose on March 25 ahead of the tour stop at Kia Forum in Inglewood on Tuesday, March 28. The second leg of the tour hits Chase Center in San Francisco on Dec. 3; Pechanga

Nearly 20 years after Redlands teen Kelly Bullwinkle was fatally shot and buried in a shallow grave in a local canyon by two of her closest friends, the legacy of her brutal and calculated killing lives on. The murder of the 18-year-old Crafton Hills College freshman made national headlines because of its sensational nature and

First United Methodist Church in North Hollywood on Tujunga Avenue. (Google Street View) Here is a sampling of upcoming faith gatherings in the San Fernando Valley area. March 25 The Peacemaker: The Rev. Titus Utecht concludes a four-part sermon series based on “The Peace Maker – A Biblical Guide to Resolving Personal Conflict,” by Ken

They were barely a footnote in the history of semi-pro baseball in Los Angeles, a ragtag team of “little chance” and “once were” ball players without a park to play in — and no fans to cheer them on. Every game they played for four years was on the road in another team’s park. All

Every morning at 8 a.m., retired Navy Capt. Eric Jensen raises a large American flag on a tall pole secured with an anchor in front of his Laguna Beach home. When Old Glory unfurls, so does the Navy flag. “I raise the flags in memory of my best friend, Robin Pearce, and all the other

Allergy issues With record rains and beautiful flower blooms comes a lot of irritating pollen. Californians, and particularly Southern Californians, are lucky that compared to a lot of states, the allergy season is much milder because of the dry climate. But this winter is different, and pollen rates might be higher than many years. About

From the eastern corner of the San Fernando Valley to the port town of Wilmington, about 420,000 students and 65,000 workers returned to LAUSD schools on Morning morning following a mammoth 3-day strike that shuttered America’s second-largest school district. The result of such a historic action? Unclear for now. Union and district leaders have said

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. Hawaiian Gardens, to honor the somber occasion, will exhibit a three-quarter scale replica of Washington, D.C.’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial, dubbed “The Wall That Heals,” at Fedde Middle School. The traveling exhibit is put in on by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, a