Author Archives: By Alex Garcia, Sun Contributing Writer

Each year in California more than 4,000 youths 18 or order — including 1,400 or more in Los Angeles County alone —  will “age out” of the foster care system. […]

The City of San Fernando is 35 miles away from Dockweiler State Beach in Playa del Rey. But next week they will be united. On May 14th, a drawing made […]

A statue of Friar Junípero Serra stands proudly in Brand Park in Mission Hills across the street from the entrance to the San Fernando Rey de Espana Mission, one of […]

With more than 5,000 people dead and more than 10,000 injured (as of April 29) following a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hit the Himalayan region, the need for help is […]

Olga and Luis Cordero embody the “American Dream.” Since arriving from Guadalajara, Mexico 28 years ago, the couple had four children, all born in the United States. They also own […]

Officials from the Los Angeles County coroner’s office have identified Jorge Luis Garcia Lara as the victim in a horrific April 17 traffic collision  in Pacoima involving a big rig […]

For more than 20 years, the Ten Goose Boxing Gym in Van Nuys has been training future champions and giving troubled kids a place to channel and take out their […]

Community activists and politicians marched with others along Brand Boulevard in Mission Hills through Laurel Canyon in Pacoima to honor César Chávez, the late civil rights leader who fought for social justice […]