Author Archives: By Alex Garcia, Sun Contributing Writer

On Thursday, March 1, some parents at the Vaughn schools in Pacoima hung around the campuses a little longer than usual. Others took their sons and daughters to class with […]

Jose Rios had arrived at his work at Carey Ranch Park in Sylmar on Feb. 23 around sunrise. Rios, who’s in charge of maintenance here, came upon what he thought […]

A week has passed since “Saul Lopez Square” had its public unveiling to an appreciative Pacoima community. It is hoped the reconfigured pedestrian pathways, and added safety measures that included […]

A pair of skateboards, dozens of candles, flower arrangements, balloons and a wooden cross surround a tree in the 13200 block of Bromont Avenue, just west of Maclay Avenue, in […]

Forty-four years. The number rolls off the tongue in a matter of seconds. But it represents a lifetime, the lifetime Jose and Sylvia Garcia have shared as a married couple, […]

Raymond Torres breathes a sigh of relief. After nearly two weeks in an immigration detention center — where, his attorney said, he was “mistreated and abused” and twice required medical […]

It was 61 years ago when life changed for many residents in Pacoima. It was a day — Jan. 31, 1957 —  that Dr. Stanley Capper and his wife Phyllis, […]

Years ago, San Fernando Mayor Sylvia Ballin had a personal brush with mental illness in her family. “I know what it’s like when you’re surrounded by someone who has temporary […]

Shock, sadness, resolution and hope all mix inside Lorena Zepeda. She is disillusioned after the US Government announced on Monday, Jan. 8, what she and nearly 200,000 other Salvadorans were […]

If you like heading to the polls to vote, you’ll have plenty of chances to do so this year if you live in the San Fernando Valley. On April 3, […]