Author Archives: By Alex Garcia, Sun Contributing Writer

Indignation, fear and anger ripped through the close-knit equestrian community of the northeast San Fernando Valley after a dead young mare that had been either shot or beaten — or […]

Ten years ago, Rosa Villegas decided to leave her $20-an-hour job in the Social Security Administration to care for her youngest son suffering from autism, Down Syndrome and other ailments. […]

For several decades Steve Fazio, head of the Fazio Cleaners’ chain of dry cleaning and tailoring shops throughout Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley — including Sherman Oaks and […]

They call themselves “the Brady Bunch of Autism.” And rightly so. They live in the Valley, and when they married a few years ago Navah Paskowitz and Matt Asner blended […]

Watch out for Big Brother. That was the sentiment at the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition, as activists and others gathered at Los Angeles Mission College in Sylmar to denounce programs […]

It was a “Not Your Typical Job Fair” that took over the Northeast Valley Worksource Center in Pacoima on Saturday, March 11. And it featured some untypical companies, as representatives […]

Rodolfo “Rudy” Calderon wants to buy a new car. “It’s getting too old,” the Pacoima resident says of his vehicle, which is about to reach the 10-year mark. That’s about […]

Volunteer Lys Mendez has only missed one of the 15 previous editions of CicLAvia, the car-free event taking place throughout Los Angeles. She’s visited Pasadena, South Los Angeles, East Los […]

Only one out of every five Cal State students who enter college as full-time freshmen — 20 percent — graduate within four years. That rate is far below the national […]

Dozens of students and teachers held signs and rallied at the entrance of San Fernando High School Wednesday, Feb. 17, as part of a “Walk-in” Protest held at several Los […]