For Alejandra Hernandez and her family, the last month has been a chaotic whirlwind, from the unimaginable grief of losing the beloved niño de la familia, 13-year-old Oscar Omar Hernandez, […]
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April is Earth Month – Clean-up Efforts Are Held to Clean Up Streets
While Earth Day is officially on Tuesday, April 22, it’s expanded to Earth Month as a global event that focuses on taking action to benefit our planet. Community events are […]
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Family of 13-Year-Old Sun Valley Boy Found Murdered Last Week Wants ‘Justice’
As grieving family members prepare for a memorial Mass for Oscar Omar Hernandez, the 13-year-old from Sun Valley who was tragically found dead last week in Ventura County, they are […]
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The Cost of Your Countertops: Stone Fabrication Workers Dying from Silicosis
This is part 1 of a series on silicosis. Eric Reyes-Barriga first learned how to cut and polish stone in a small shop in Sun Valley, where nine stone fabrication […]
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Community Demands Justice for Trans Woman Fatally Shot by LAPD
Chants of “No hate in the 818!” and “No justice, no peace, no transphobic police!” rang out while protestors carried a coffin-like white painted box draped in a trans flag […]
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Residents Angry That a Second Northeast Valley Landfill is Used for Fire Debris
Excessive dust, foul smells and too many dump trucks on Sun Valley streets are what Claudia Arechiga and her neighbors have endured for years in her heavily industrialized community. When […]
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Granada Hills Residents Feel ‘Betrayed’ as Sunshine Canyon Accepts Fire Debris
When Meg Volk and her husband Ron moved to Granada Hills with their infant son in 1991, Sunshine Canyon Landfill in Sylmar had recently been shut down. In its place, […]
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Trump’s Address to Congress Showed the Country’s Stark Partisan Divide
By Chris Megerian and Aamer Madhani Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A president’s speech to Congress — even without the formal gloss of a State of the Union address — is […]
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LA Supervisors’ Vote Clears Way for Sunshine Canyon in Sylmar to Accept Fire Debris
Dozens of residents gathered at Balboa Boulevard and Rinaldi Street in Granada Hills on Monday, Feb. 24 to protest the dumping of fire debris at Sunshine Canyon Landfill in Sylmar. […]
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GOP Weighs Billions in Medicaid Cuts, Jeopardizing Health Care for Millions
On the heels of the Trump administration temporarily halting federal payments for grants and other programs last month – a move rescinded days later following public outcry – Republicans are […]