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A year after Valentín “Val” Martinez became the first Los Angeles Police Department front-line officer to die from COVID-19, the Mission Hills Community Police Station where he worked honored his memory with a memorial bike ride that started at the station and rode through Pacoima, the City of San Fernando, Sylmar and Granada Hills — […]

A few feet away from those dressed up in tuxedos, charro suits and elegant dresses taking pictures for their weddings andquinceañeras, there are at least a dozen tents—some large, some small—that have been erected in Brand Park in Mission Hills. Homeless people have set up residence near the cement tables and benches used previously by […]

Today, July 15, marks a national Day of Action for young climate activists who will hold “actions” across the country to encourage legislators to “at last be bold and pass climate policy.” But a local group has already started its action. An estimated 75 protesters called Sunrise Youth, a local chapter of the national youth-driven […]

A week after Chris Garcia died in a Los Angeles police officer-involved shooting on an off-ramp of the northbound 5 Freeway, a makeshift altar for him continues to grow. And so do demands by his family, friends, and the Pacoima community for the LAPD to release any body-cam video footage linked to the incident. On […]

After saving her money for a lengthy period of time, Arleta resident Victoria Carranza was finally able to buy a car, a 2008 Toyota Prius. She happily drove it home, parking it in front of the house where she lives. The next day, when Victoria Carranza started the car to drive to work, it “sounded […]

The Catholic Education Foundation for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles recently announced it was receiving a $50 million gift from an anonymous donor. The funds are to be allocated over the next five years for new elementary and high school students enrolling in one of the 212 Archdiocese of Los Angeles schools in the Los […]

“Any fool can have a child. That doesn’t make you a father. It’s the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.” That quote from former President Barack Obama defines Lake View Terrace resident Eddie Gamez, who’s never shied away from the task of being a father to his own offspring, or those […]

The “welcome” mat is about to be stretched from one end of the state of California to the other after the COVID-19 pandemic had shut down much of the state for the past 16 months. Next week, on June 15, state officials plan to lift the remaining COVID-19 restrictions they began enforcing in March of […]

Salvador Dueñas says he needs surgery on his nose because it’s still broken. And that he suffers from migraines and trauma after what he describes as a “beating” by several police officers from Los Angeles Police Department’s Foothill Division in November 2017. “It was a very bad event,” says Dueñas, 26, who filed a federal […]

At one time Diana Najar was an avid runner. “I was able to run six miles,” said Najar, 47. “Now, I have to see if I can try walking to the corner.” For the past 11 years, the Sylmar resident has lived with Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC), a rare auto-immune disease which slowly destroys the […]