Veterans representing each war time era will participate and be recognized during the Annual San Fernando Valley Veterans Day Parade that will march through the streets of Mission Hills and Pacoima on Tuesday, Nov. 11. Thousands of people, waving American flags and holding up handmade signs of appreciation, line the parade route each year. The parade begins […]
San Fernando Valley to Honor Veterans with 11th Annual Parade
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Battle Between Spartans, Hunters will Decide Valley Mission League
Thankfully, it has come down to this. Canoga Park and Sylmar are the two best teams of the Valley Mission League this season, with 5-0 league records. They will settle the league title — and maybe more — on Friday, Nov. 7. Canoga Park is 8-1 overall, the only loss by three points Palisades of […]
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Finishing Touches of Prep Football Regular Season
The curtain will fall on the 2014 prep football regular season after the games on Friday, Nov. 7. But there are still questions to answer. For Valley area teams, there are two great league races that, excitedly, come to a conclusion. Canoga Park (8-1) and Sylmar (7-2) battle for the City Section’s Valley Mission League […]
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Sentencing Initiative Prop 47 Approved
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Proposition 47, which requires misdemeanor sentences for certain theft and drug-possession crimes, was approved by voters. The measure passed, 58.5 percent to 41.5 percent, in the Nov. 4 election. Supporters said the initiative would stop wasting prison space on low-level violent crimes, focus law enforcement resources on violent and serious crimes, […]
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Prop 46 Loses Big
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Proposition 46, a wide-ranging initiative that included raising the 1975 limit on pain and suffering damages in medical malpractice lawsuits, was defeated by a wide margin. The proposition received a 67.2 “no” vote in the Nov. 4 election. The “yes” vote was 32.8 percent. Proposition 46 author Bob Pack said the […]
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Props 1, 2 Win Voters’ Approval
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — A pair of ballot propositions heavily touted by Gov. Jerry Brown as essential to preparing the state for future droughts and ensuring California has a healthy “rainy day” fund were handily passed by voters. Proposition 1 is a $7.545 billion bond measure that will fund state water supply infrastructure projects, including […]
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Kuehl Beats Shriver in Supervisor’s Race
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Former state Sen. Sheila Kuehl emerged the winner in her battle with former Santa Monica Mayor Bobby Shriver to replace termed-out Zev Yaroslavsky on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. With all precincts counted, she had 114,348 votes, or 52.78 percent, against 102,319 votes, 47.22 percent, for Shriver. She told […]
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CSUN Festival to Celebrate Culture of Latin America
The first-annual Latin American Cultural and Film Festival will celebrate the rich artistic contributions of a region that stretches from the tip of South America to Mexico during a weeklong series of free events at California State University, Northridge. The festival, hosted by CSUN’s Center for Mexico and Latin American Studies, a collaboration between the […]
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CSUN Hosts Family Focus Resource Fair for Kids with Special Needs
California State University, Northridge, in conjunction with the Family Focus Resource and Empowerment Center and the DEAF Project, will be hosting a special needs resource fair on Saturday, Nov. 8. The fair, one of the largest of its kind in Southern California, will allow community-resource providers the ability to connect families of special needs children […]
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Woodland Hills Men Plead Guilty to Odometer Tampering
LOS ANGELES (CNS) – A Woodland Hills car salesman and another man pleaded guilty today to rolling back vehicle odometers in a scheme in which people paid up to $400 to avoid penalties for exceeding mileage limits on leases or to increase auto trade-in values. Jeffrey Levy, 62, a former salesman at Galpin Ford in […]