LOS ANGELES (CNS) — A coalition of civil rights groups held a weeklong series of local events in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which may […]
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LA Council Vote to Replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day as a City Holiday
Yelps of celebration and drums reverberated through the Los Angeles City Council Chamber on Wednesday, Aug. 30, after the city council voted to replace Columbus Day as a city holiday […]
City Council Remembers Murdered Musician
At a recent San Fernando City Council meeting, Mayor Sylvia Ballin closed the meeting in memory of Fred-Freak Smith. “I spoke to his mother and what she wanted was for […]
A “Monumental Force of Nature”
Ed. Note: Services for Fred-Freak Smith were held on Tuesday, Aug. 29, in Maryland. His body was sent to Maryland where his mother currently resides. He was killed on Aug. […]
A View With Consequences
You couldn’t resist. You wanted to peek at the total solar eclipse in real time, to see how much of the moon would cover the sun. You didn’t have the […]
Many LAUSD Graduates Start But Don’t Get To The College Finish Line
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — In what’s being billed as the first extensive effort to track the college success of Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) graduates, a study released this […]
NASA’s Next Mars Mission to Investigate Interior of Red Planet
Preparation of NASA’s next spacecraft to Mars, InSight, has ramped up this summer, on course for launch next May from Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California — the first […]
Students Give up their Zzz’s to Lend a Helping Hand
Students at California State University, Northridge will be trading the snooze button on their alarms for trash pickers and bags on Saturday, Sept. 9, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. […]
Trump Order Undermines Rebuilding Better for Future Floods
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two weeks before Harvey’s flood waters engulfed much of Houston, President Donald Trump quietly rolled back an order by his predecessor that would have made it easier […]
Would Removing Serra’s Statue Atone for Sins?
In 2015, before being canonized by Pope Francis, the image of friar Junipero Serra — founder of several of California’s missions — became part of the contentious debate about the […]