Woman Dead in Sylmar Crash; Two Men Injured SYLMAR (CNS) – A 57-year-old woman died when she was struck by a driver who crossed over double yellow lines, hitting her head-on, authorities said today. The crash, which sent two men to hospitals, was reported at 9:30 p.m. Sunday at 16637 W. Foothill Blvd., according […]
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Weekly Update of Valley Area COVID-19 Cases
Health Department officials have listed the latest number of confirmed novel COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles county at 1,235,651 (as of May ). A breakdown of cases in Valley area cities and communities: Arleta: 7,062 Burbank 8,899 Canoga Park: 9,374 Chatsworth: 3,628 Encino: 3,436 Granada Hills: 6,512 Lake Balboa: 5,416 Lake View Terrace: 2,314 Mission […]
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US Backs Waiving Intellectual Property Rules on Vaccines
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Wednesday joined calls for more sharing of the technology behind COVID-19 vaccines to help speed the end of the pandemic, a shift that puts the U.S. alongside many in the developing world who want rich countries to do more to get doses to the needy. United States Trade […]
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San Fernando Mother with Over 35 Kids
For 17 years, children of all ages — from babies to pre-teens — have found a foster home and a mother with Nuemy “Mimi” Madrigal. The City of San Fernando resident has given her love willingly to any child who needs it, and even adopted a set of twin girls who have grown up with […]
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Three’s a Charm: Woman has Triplets After “Roller Coaster” Journey
Twenty-four weeks. Rommy Coutelin knew that was the crucial milestone. If her pregnancy made it to 24 weeks, her babies had a real chance of being OK. All three of them. The journey had not been easy. She already had two boys, ages 16 and 21, from a previous marriage. Now she and her new […]
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A Repaired Heart Means One Mother Has More Love to Give
Mother’s Day is a little sweeter this year for first-time mother Donet Teimourian, 33, who gave birth to son Roman at Cedars-Sinai last September. A little more than a year ago, Teimourian’s dreams of motherhood had been just that — a dream — until her Smidt Heart Institute team repaired her congenital heart defect, ultimately […]
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Valley Businesses Look to Rebound from Pandemic
Cesar Garcia’s timing for opening Hanzo Sushi restaurant in the City of San Fernando couldn’t have been worse. The restaurant opened its doors on Feb. 17, 2020, but was soon struggling to survive the COVID-19 pandemic that severely limited service (such as banning inside dining) or led to the permanent closure of various restaurants throughout […]
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All of LA County to Move into “Yellow Tier” Today
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — While Los Angeles County will wait until today, May 6, to loosen business restrictions in accordance with its move into the least-restrictive yellow tier of the state’s economic-reopening blueprint, Pasadena and Long Beach have already enacted eased guidelines, including the reopening of indoor bars. Weekly statistics released by the state Tuesday […]
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Mobile Outreach Teams and Vaccination Clinics Deployed At San Fernando Valley Locations
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — After a noticeable drop in people getting COVID-19 vaccinations, the City of Los Angeles is launching an all-out effort to promote getting the shot. The city is deploying 10 Mobile Outreach for Vaccine Equity teams, available Tuesday through Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Locations include the North Hollywood Senior […]
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Families Mourn Victims of Mexico City Subway Collapse
MEXICO CITY (AP) — José Luis Hernández Martínez crossed Mexico City every day on subway Line 12 between his home on the city’s south side and the body shop where he worked repairing mangled cars. The 61-year-old’s train had emerged from beneath the city and was jostling along the elevated portion far from downtown late […]