San Fernando Valley Sun Wins CNPA & LA Press Club Awards
The San Fernando Valley Sun/el Sol was recognized for award-winning local journalism covering environmental issues, immigration, public health, wildfire recovery, social justice and community stories that matter.
CNPA First Place Awards
- Environment Reporting: Granada Hills Residents Feel “Betrayed” as Sunshine Canyon Accepts Fire Debris
By Maria Luisa Torres and Diana Martinez - Immigration Reporting: Contractor Speaks Out After His Worker is Taken by ICE in the City of San Fernando
By Gabriel Arizon - In-Depth Reporting: Family of 13-Year-Old Sun Valley Boy Found Murdered Last Week Wants “Justice”
By Maria Luisa Torres - Social Justice & Civic Engagement: Documentarian After Being Held by Police for Four Days is Undeterred
By Gabriel Arizon - Wildfire News Coverage: Home Nurse Describes Challenge of Evacuating Patient During Palisades Fire
By Maria Luisa Torres - Wildfire Feature Coverage: Christmas from the Heart of Altadena
By Diana Martinez - News Photo, “Burning Waymo”: Waymo Suspends Downtown LA Service After Self-Driving Cars Torched
Photo by Semantha Raquel Norris - Feature Photo, “Garden Hose”: Scenes from the Fires in Los Angeles
Photo by Semantha Raquel Norris
LA Press Club Investigative Award
Series on Silicosis in the Northeast San Fernando Valley
By Semantha Raquel Norris
- The Cost of Your Countertops: Stone Fabrication Workers Dying from Silicosis
- Latino Workers’ Lives are Being Cut in Half in the Northeast Valley
- Is the Dust from Stone Fabrication Shops Impacting the Wider Community?
- Young Latino Stone Fabrication Workers in the Northeast Valley are Battling Silicosis
Additional Honors
- Third Place, General Excellence: San Fernando Valley Sun
- Second Place, Social Justice & Civic Engagement: Dodgers Face Boycotts from Fans After Failing to Denounce LA Immigration Raids
By Gabriel Arizon and Diana Martinez - Fifth Place, Health Reporting: Physician Says Tragic Loss of Brother from Measles was “Completely Preventable”
By Maria Luisa Torres
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