Author Archives: Diana Martinez/Editor, San Fernando Valley Sun/El Sol

The tree lighting ceremony in the City of San Fernando was postponed.  It didn’t make sense to have residents breathe in smoke filled air and light up the city’s Christmas […]

Perhaps someday the Northeast San Fernando Valley will have its own community theater space, but until then, an alternative is to take a drive out of the valley to CASA […]

The young woman answering the phone hesitated and stammered, “Assembly office 39, can I help you?” It apparently  took a minute for her to remember the new way she was […]

In response to what is now not just one, but several sexual harassment allegations, Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra announced Monday, Nov. 20, he would not seek re-election and is suspending his […]

It was well over a month – a long wait for family and friends to be able to say their goodbyes. But, it took that long for the coroner to […]

Ed. Note: Aguirre, 37, faces a possible death sentence but in the state of California that could translate to 25 years to life in prison. The penalty phase of the […]

“This Land,” by playwright Evangeline Ordaz, is truly an LA story.  It’s currently running at the Company of Angels Theater in Los Angeles (located smack on the grounds of USC […]

The evidence and testimony in  the trial of Isauro “Tony” Aguirre suspected of murdering 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez continues to be described as “unimaginable” and “horrifying” by those attending the proceedings.   […]

San Fernando’s Indigenous Peoples Day was more than a celebration, it was a communal sharing of information.   The City of San Fernando was the first city in Southern California […]