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

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 […]

It is eery and surreal that on Sept. 19, on the very day of the anniversary of the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, another devastating quake would hit Mexico City.  I […]