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An outside-the-box plan addressing gun violence and mass shootings released by Los Angeles County officials on Friday, April 7 emphasizes preventive actions that can be taken by neighbors, school officials and emergency room doctors as part of a public health approach to the problem. Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer releases Los Angeles County Department of

Councilmember Tim McOsker speaks at a Holy Thursday event commemorating Jesus’ acts of humble service to thy neighbor, in Wilmington on Thursday, April 6, 2023. Holy Week is an annual remembrance of the passion and death of Jesus. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG) L-R Father Ruben Rocha and Father Carlos Mesa washing the feet of

Egg Hunts Spring Egg Hunt at Ritchie Valens Recreation Center: Event includes arts and crafts, egg dyeing, egg hunts, games and face painting, 4 p.m. April 6. Children should bring a basket. Location, 10736 Laurel Canyon Blvd., Pacoima. 818-834-5172. Flyer: bit.ly/3TWjNkt Spring Egg Hunt at Valley Plaza Recreation Center: Event includes arts and crafts, games

In Los Angeles County, the need for mental health services is great. The funding is available. The infrastructure has been created in the form of mobile response teams designed to aide the homeless, foster youth and K-12 students. But the problem is, workers are scarce. Vacancies have hampered response teams from rolling out to help

Emily Holshouser is a Los Angeles-based reporter who came to California from North Carolina in 2018. Emily began her career at the Cal State Northridge Daily Sundial, where she covered cops, protests, and utilities. She previously worked at ABC7 as an assignment desk editor and video journalist. In her time as a reporter, Emily has

A view from the San Fernando Valley: New and recently sold homes in the Porter Ranch community of the San Fernando Valley on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, 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

It may be spring break, but on Monday and Tuesday school was in session for thousands of students who opted to attend the second offering of Los Angeles Unified School District’s “acceleration days.” These bonus school days were originally envisioned by LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho as a means to uplift students who fell behind during

A Simi Valley woman has been arrested in relation to the weekend shooting at the Fallbrook Center shopping center in West Hills that left three people injured and one person dead, police said Monday. The shooting broke out on Saturday, April 1, allegedly as the result of a dispute over drugs, according to the Los

Traveling onto the Harbor Boulevard/Vincent Thomas Bridge offramp in San Pedro from the southbound 110 Freeway can be a daunting experience. Motorists heading onto Harbor Boulevard or over the bridge to Long Beach often find themselves jockeying for lane space with lines of large trucks carrying containers as they prepare to get to the Port

A sweeping proposal calling for depopulation and decarceration of the Los Angeles County jails will be considered Tuesday by the Board of Supervisors, drawing the ire of an organization representing police chiefs for 45 law enforcement agencies. The plan advanced by Supervisors Hilda Solis and Lindsey Horvath would declare a “humanitarian crisis” in the jails

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