The candles are staying lit day and night at the large makeshift street memorial for 18-month-old Gerardo Sebastian Chavez, killed on Sunday, Oct. 17, in a traffic accident where one […]
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Bullying: A Problem That Resists Being Resolved
The definition of bullying is a simple one, says Kim Morrow-Bell, program coordinator for the Child Abuse Treatment Program (CHAT) offered by the San Fernando Valley Community Mental Health Center, […]
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New Law Requires Reflective Gear at Night for Horses and Riders on Streets and Highways
Part 1 of 2 Pedestrians crossing the streets in the Sylmar community are sometimes puzzled at seeing the buttons on pedestrian crossing poles placed higher than typically seen. They are […]
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Granada Hills Mom Shares An Honest Look Into her Life With Cancer
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 […]