Part 1 of 2 Five years ago, Penelope “Penny” Smith was like many San Fernando Valley “supermoms.” Her life with her husband Steven and her 6-year-old daughter was at the […]
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COVID-19 Creates Dire US Shortage of Teachers, School Staff
By Jocelyn GeckerAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One desperate California school district is sending flyers home in students’ lunchboxes, telling parents it’s “now hiring.” Elsewhere, principals are filling in […]
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Mars Perseverance Team Members to Be Recognized at Hispanic Heritage Awards
Three Latina engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California are the 2021 recipients of STEM Awards from the Hispanic Heritage Foundation. They will be honored for their significant […]
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After Responding to the Call of 9/11, SF Valley Veteran Has a New Mission in Community Service
Josue Guerrero was sitting in class at Los Angeles Valley College when the World Trade Center in New York City was hit by the largest terrorist attack on America. On […]
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Five Shots —Three Fatal — Killed Resident in April Police Shooting in San Fernando, According to Autopsy Report
A man who died in a San Fernando Police Department officer-involved shooting on April 10 sustained five gunshot wounds of which three were fatal, according to a copy of the […]
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LAUSD Launches COVID-19 Vaccine Program
By City News Service and the San Fernando Valley Sun/El Sol Appointments can now be scheduled for Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) introduced school-based vaccine clinics to vaccinate any […]
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Valley LAUSD Students Return to Schools Amid Increasing COVID-19 Cases
With cases of the COVID-19 Delta variant rising, hundreds of thousands of students — some who are not vaccinated or are too young to be vaccinated — returned to in-person […]
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Sylmar Seen as a “Hot Spot” in Recent Surge of Methamphetamine Use
Methamphetamine drug use, and the inherent problems that come with it has been a long-time scourge for those living in the Sylmar community. Residents on the San Fernando Valley Sun/El […]
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Retired Chatsworth Firefighter Begins Ride for America, Honoring “Elevator Man” and Other Fallen 9/11 Heroes
Charles Costello, Jr., was an avid cyclist who dreamed of taking a cross-country bike ride. But he never got to fulfill that desire. Costello, an elevator technician, rushed into the […]
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LAPD Holds Memorial Bike Ride in Northeast Valley to Honor Officer Who Died from COVID-19
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 […]