Author Archives: By Alex Garcia, Sun Contributing Writer

Last year, the Osceola Street Elementary School in Sylmar began an orchestra program for its 407 students. Fifty of them signed up and, with rented instruments and hard work by […]

This Sunday, Feb. 14, is Valentine’s Day and Sylmar resident Jim Davis will be doing something he loves: taking part in the Los Angeles Marathon. He’s not a newbie to […]

There have been no ICE  immigration raids in Los Angeles recently, but the fear of possible actions of this kind already reported in other parts of the country has the […]

Last year, Gonzalo Lopez Garcia missed the enrollment period for the medical insurance mandated under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly referred to as “Obamacare.” That will cost him a […]

A new scholarship currently offered through the City of San Fernando is motivated by the need for action. This scholarship is given in the name of Gabriel Fernandez, an 8-year-old boy who died as […]

Only 4 to 6 percent of Boy Scouts of America reach the rank of Eagle Scout, the organization’s most difficult award to receive.  Matthew Acosta, a San Fernando resident is […]

Illicit drug sales, prostitution, robberies and a general sense of uneasiness are problems surrounding a Pacoima homeless shelter, according to neighborhood residents. “People don’t feel safe anymore,” said Ana, who […]

Phone calls to the White House, free legal clinics and sanctuary in churches. Those measures, as well as a general repudiation, are the weapons pro immigrant groups have will use […]

Dolores Pastran’s voice breaks and she can’t stop the tears every time she talks about her grandson, Kurt Robert Shrout. The 28-year-old died on Dec. 11, 2014, while riding with […]