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A view from the San Fernando Valley: A groundbreaking is held for the Pacoima Wash Bike Path in San Fernando on Friday, March 24, 2023, next to the San Fernando Swap Meet. The $13.5 million project will include a bridge and dedication to Elias Rodriguez over the wash to Cesar Chavez Learning Academy. Rodriguez, 14,

The Long Beach Police Department was investigating on Sunday, April 16 after an LBPD officer shot and injured a suspect who may have been involved in three  other shootings. According to Michael Pennino, LBPD Commander of Special Investigations, officers responded to a shooting at 3rd Street and Elm Avenue at around 4:44 p.m. and found

Fighting the illicit pot market It’s been five years since recreational cannabis sales began in California. Many have played by the rules, but the illegal growth and sale of the plant continue to undermine those obeying the laws. Since its establishment in 1983, the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting (CAMP) has had more than 110 law

Weeks after a record-breaking winter storm pummeled the San Bernardino Mountains, dirty snow still lines the streets, piled atop cars and blocking driveways — a slowly melting remnant of the unusually extreme winter that radically changed people’s lives. The hulking piles of snow also serve to remind locals of the arduous recovery ahead. The fierce

The team proposing to build a monorail mostly in the median of the 405 Freeway through the Sepulveda Pass that would connect San Fernando Valley with the Westside has added a public transportation services company to its group in its effort to be chosen for LA Metro’s mega project. Los Angeles SkyRail Express (LASRE) announced

A great day 1 start and finish for the 48th running that race fans enjoyed. Indycar driver Sting Ray Robb exits the turn 11 haipin onto Shoreline Drive during the first practice session for the 48th Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach on Friday, Apr. 14, 2023. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

LOS ANGELES — Negotiators with the Los Angeles Unified School District and United Teachers Los Angeles met Thursday in an attempt to reach agreement on a new contract for the district’s teachers, psychologists, psychiatric social workers and counselors. The district presented what it called “a historic offer,” with a 19% wage increase — 7% retroactive

This weekend, Monterey Park, a community healing after a mass shooting tragedy in January, is celebrating the return of its annual Cherry Blossom Festival, open for the first time since the pandemic began. The free event on April 15 and 16 at Barnes Park showcases Japanese and Japanese American culture with dancing, taiko drums, a

SAN FRANCISCO — A suspect was arrested Thursday morning in the stabbing death April 4 of CashApp founder Bob Lee, authorities said. San Francisco jail records showed that Nima Momeni, 38, was booked on suspicion of homicide after 9 a.m. Thursday. The arrest of Momeni, the owner of an Emeryville tech company known as Expand

Sharefest, a San Pedro nonprofit that provides guidance and support to more than 300 students at six continuation high schools in the Harbor Area, recently received a $20,000 donation from SA Recycling. The metal recycling company has supported Sharefest since 2010. The company’s regional general manger, Moises Figueroa, has been a Sharefest board member since 2020.

VAN NUYS — Firefighters contained and extinguished a fire early Wednesday morning that spread to the roof of a two-story commercial building in Van Nuys. Fire crews responded at 3:27 a.m. to 6740 Kester Ave., south of Vanowen Street, where they found several units in the 15,500-square-foot building engulfed in flames, said Los Angeles Fire

As the final ballots are counted in the Los Angeles City Council District 6 Special Election, community organizer Imelda Padilla and City Hall staff member Marisa Alcaraz are poised to go head-to-head in a June 27 runoff to determine who takes Nury Martinez’s former seat. Padilla led the race with 25.66% followed by Alcaraz with

Revive LA holds their third annual Easter Sunrise service, 6:30 a.m. April 9 at Will Rogers State Beach in Pacific Palisades. In the file photo, the Easter Sunrise service at Will Rogers State Beach on Sunday, April 4, 2021. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) Here is a sampling of upcoming faith gatherings in the

Two Los Angeles County juvenile facilities have such lax security that illicit substances and other contraband are thrown over fences, dropped by drones and even delivered by fake DoorDash drivers and others who walk through security without ever being searched, according to a new report by the county’s watchdog office. An investigation by the Office

A view from the San Fernando Valley: Fr. Rolly Astudillo blesses dogs during Council District Seven’s first Blessing of the Animals event Saturday, April 1, at Orcas Park in Sylmar. The all-faiths event was put on by the office of Los Angeles City Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez and LA Animal Services who provided pet registration and

An 8,000 pound Trotman anchor circa 1860-1910 in San Pedro on Thursday, April 6, 2023. Vince Lauro found the British made anchor off the coast of Long Beach. It is so rusted that the striations in the metal make it appear to be wood. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG) L-R Capt. Michael Patterson and Vince

He was born Rufus Parnell Jones. But nobody called him that — except maybe his mother. At an early age, when Jones was growing up in Torrance, a teenage friend knew Parnell had a crush on a girl named Nellie so he put an “ie” on Parnell and Parnellie stuck (after the “e” was taken

It was a sweet gesture Father Ramon Valera made at the beginning of the memorial service for 99-year-old Raul (Rod) Rodriquez at Mission Hills Catholic Mortuary recently. The priest looked out at the 100 or so people seated in the crowded chapel, and knew exactly what they were thinking. Ninety-nine. Oh, so close to 100.

If you head to the beach this weekend, you may come across a mysterious, unusual sea creature on Southern California’s shoreline. Hundreds of “by-the-wind sailors,” jelly-like creatures known for their beautiful blue hues, were spotted two miles from Orange County by Dana Wharf Whale Watching on Friday, April 7, with reports of some already washing