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A Jazz Vespers is held at 6 p.m. Aug. 14 at Northridge United Methodist Church located on Reseda Boulevard. (Google Street View) Here is a sampling of upcoming faith gatherings in the San Fernando Valley area. Aug. 13 Sherman Oaks Lutheran Church: The church holds a contemporary service at 5 p.m. Also, a traditional/blended service,

It’s not the oldest stadium in the nation. That would be Franklin Field at the University of Pennsylvania. But it could be the most famous. The Rose Bowl was built in 1922 and is recognized as a U.S. National Historic Landmark and a California Historic Civil Engineering landmark. The stadium famous for its bowl game,

Taiko drum performers are part of the 80th annual Nisei Week Grand Parade, 4 p.m. Aug. 14 in Little Tokyo Los Angeles. (Photo by Toyo Miyatake Studio) Here is a sampling of things to do in-person and online in the San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles area, Aug. 11-18. EVENTS Brew at the Zoo: The

The Fonz was fishing in Idaho when he heard the news. Potsie Weber was thinking about running for mayor of Ojai. You’ve got my vote, Henry Winkler told him. Good luck. Richie Cunningham heard the news on social media and let his pal from “Happy Days” know he was in his corner. Whatever you need,

By ERIC HE | City News Service LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles housing officials were pressed Thursday by City Council members on the city’s exit strategy from Project Roomkey, a housing program created during the pandemic that is being wound down, leaving the fate of hundreds of unhoused residents uncertain. Councilman Kevin de León, chair

Los Angeles County is regulating the cannabis business, and like most governmental agencies the county wants to generate revenue from it. The county plans to achieve this by taxing the growing, cultivation and retail sales of the legal, popular recreational drug within unincorporated county areas. However, the county will need the voters’ help to proceed.

A regulatory hearing board rejected a proposal requiring a Vernon-based medical sterilization company to shut down whenever its emissions of a cancer-causing gas passed a certain threshold after a company representative refused to agree to lower the limit. Under the original terms of an agreement, Sterigenics would need to cease operations at its 49th and

The kids couldn’t believe their eyes when they walked onto the newly refurbished basketball court Tuesday, Aug. 9, at the Long Beach Boys & Girls Club at the John & Alice Wallace Petrolane Center. Sure, they knew they would be seeing a new court. But they didn’t expect to see entertainment superstar Snoop Dogg and

Child burn survivors had a wet and wonderful time at the annual Children’s Burn Foundation “Camp Gung Ho” event in Malibu on Saturday, Aug. 6 at Makos Surf Club. About 70 children learned surfing basics from 15 instructors at the longtime surf club located near Lifeguard Tower 16 at Zuma Beach. The camp emphasizes making

Dozens of people gathered outside Los Angeles City Hall to protest an ordinance prohibiting people from assembling or disassembling bicycles in the public right-of-way that took effect today. The ordinance was approved by the city council in June. Councilman Joe Buscaino, who proposed it, argued it would reduce the number of bicycle thefts in L.A.

Walker’s Cafe in San Pedro spruced up and ready for a film shoot. Undated photo. (Courtesy San Pedro Bay Historical Society) The staff is decked out for Halloween at Walker’s Cafe in San Pedro in this undated photo. (Courtesy San Pedro Bay Historical Society) An old ice box, T-shirt and other decor from inside Walker’s

He calls to tell me about some old letters from Vietnam I might be interested in reading, but first we talk about his life growing up in the San Fernando Valley as a foster care child, and the only family to ever call him son. Scott Cappiello, 81, shows his shop at his Shadow Hills

Jack Samuelson, a noted developer of campus and medical buildings around Southern California, died July 17. He was 97. Samuelson and brother Robert “Bob” formed the general contracting firm Samuelson Brothers in 1946. Bob died in 2008 from mesothelioma cancer. Among their big projects were campus buildings at USC, Cal Lutheran University and Occidental College.

Eleven-year-old De’Ronn Marbury sat on his new, slightly-used mountain bike and looked it over with a smile and a glint in his eye. The Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition gave him the Giant brand bike during their “Bike Match” giveaway event in Hollywood on Friday, Aug. 5. “I’m happy I got it (bike) for free,

Kol Tikvah, “Voice of Hope,” is on Ventura Boulevard in Woodland Hills. (Google Street View) Here is a sampling of upcoming faith gatherings in the San Fernando Valley area. Aug. 6 Sherman Oaks Lutheran Church: The church holds a contemporary service at 5 p.m. Also, a traditional/blended service, 10 a.m. on Sunday. Rev. Titus Utecht

Between the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of constitutional protections for abortions and the addition of Proposition 1 on the upcoming ballot in California, a San Clemente councilman said he saw the opportunity for his city to take a stand to “protect the sanctity of life.” The San Clemente City Council was set to consider a

RESEDA — A person critically injured in a four-vehicle collision in the Lake Balboa-Reseda area was being treated at a regional trauma center early Friday. The person was trapped in a vehicle that was overturned and was freed by Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters, department spokesman Brian Humphrey said. The vehicle knocked down a utility

July 2022’s best photos from Los Angles County staff photographers Brittany Murray, Sarah Reingewirtz, Dean Musgrove, Hans Gutknecht, David Crane and Keith Birmingham. L-R Katie and Cameron came to Long Beach City Hall to get married and even though their plans were derailed by an unexplained clerk office closure the couple was all smiles as

The Ventura County Fair runs daily through Aug. 14. In the photo, the new Ferris wheel, at 33 meters or 108.27 feet, as seen on Tuesday, August 2, 2022. The fair, with the theme “A Country Fair with Ocean Air” has carnival games and rides, fair fare savory and sweet foods, concerts, exhibits of agriculture,