Author Archives: By Alex Garcia, Sun Contributing Writer

“I personally feel the drinking water is safe. That’s the end result. It’s the process I’m more concerned about,” says Victor Garza who, with wife Rhonda, lives on Havana Avenue […]

The heat’s on, school’s out and the lazy days of summer have made their way to the San Fernando Valley, which means it’s time for the little ones (and some […]

Ulises Guerrero remembers the day vividly. Feb. 7, 2008. His 3 p.m. shift had just started at Micro Solutions Enterprises, a Van Nuys factory that manufactured printer cartridges. Guerrero, now […]

“Committed.” “Focused.” “Disciplined.” Those are some of the accolades for Robert Padilla, who recently graduated from San Fernando High School and is preparing for his next level of education. He’s […]

When Rudy Vásquez, Jr. read in an online forum that there was a new LGBTQ mariachi group being formed, he was immediately interested. “I was intrigued because I’d never seen […]

Los Angeles Unified School District high schools will be holding graduations throughout the San Fernando Valley in the next two weeks, which means thousands of new, young drivers will be […]

Christian Mendoza was diagnosed with leukemia at age 14. The Sylmar resident spent six months at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), undergoing an aggressive treatment that proved successful. “The doctors, […]

Noe Arana, 67, a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 3834 in the City of San Fernando, served in the Vietnam War and knows the ugliness and illogical […]

If you travel by the corner of Maclay Avenue and Glenoaks Boulevard, you probably noticed something new this week. On the wall of the 7-Eleven store, a mural appeared over […]