Dear Carrie: I’m trying to rein in our family’s spending and wondering whether my husband and I rely too much on credit cards. We pay off our balance every month, but somehow I think that credit cards make it too easy to buy things we don’t really need. Am I being old-fashioned? — A Reader […]
Cash or Credit, Which Is the Smarter Way to Pay?
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Spice Up Dinner with Shrimp
Preparing the same old meals week after week can make dinnertime dull. Add some spice to your menu with the fresh flavor of a new protein – nutrient-rich Gulf shrimp. Shrimp is the most popular seafood in the United States. In fact, the average person consumes more than four pounds each year with 83 percent […]
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Horoscope for the Week of March 1, 2015
ARIES (March 21-April 19). A limitation will be lifted, and suddenly many more options are open to you. With all the possibilities, you may feel anxious about your next move. Existentialist philosopher Soren Kierkegaard said, “Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.” Once you get centered on your purpose, the dizziness will abate. TAURUS (April 20-May […]
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2015 CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES DEBATE
2015 CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES DEBATE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD, 2015 6:30pm Doors open at 6:00pm Casa Torres Mexican Restaurant Banquet Room 14117 Hubbard Street – Sylmar, CA 91342 COME AND LISTEN TO THE CANDIDATES FOR SAN FERNANDO CITY COUNCIL! For additional information – media@sanfernando.com Organized by : City of San Fernando Chamber of Commerce
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Granada Hills Teen Killed While Riding His Bike
GRANADA HILLS (CNS) – Authorities today, (Thursday, Feb.19), identified the 17-year-old John F. Kennedy High School student who was killed when he was hit by a Los Angeles Department of Water and Power truck while riding his bicycle in Granada Hills. The fatal injury occurred about 3:15 p.m. Wednesday at Woodley Avenue and San Fernando […]
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Fraternity Suspended
Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity has been suspended from the campus of Cal State Northridge following university investigations into alleged hazing and sexual misconduct, officials confirmed today. TKE’s suspension became effective Jan. 21, and extends through July 20, 2018, CSUN spokesman Jeff Noblitt said. The alleged improper behavior happened during the fall 2013 pledge process, including […]
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“Chavez Ravine: An L.A. Revival” — Remixed, Relived, Reloaded
Culture Clash has done it again. “Chavez Ravine: An L.A. Revival” has it’s audience laughing, clapping and tearing up when they see the actual footage of La Loma, Palo Verde and Bishop transporting them back to this painful period of L.A. history when families in 1959 were physically removed from their houses and their lives […]
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Chavez Ravine Remembered
I’ve been a Dodger fan since 1955. My friends and I were really excited when the Dodgers announced they were moving to Los Angeles and that they’d play the 1958 season in Los Angeles. My father took me to see them play in the Coliseum, and I saw Duke Snider hit a home run. There was a […]
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High-Speed Rail: Dead in its Tracks?
It’s bigger than a freeway construction project. Bigger than an airport construction project. Bigger than a Metro line construction project. Bigger than a pipeline construction project. Bigger than a bridge construction project. Bigger than all of them combined. But, not better, according to California stakeholders from the Bay Area, San Joaquin Valley, Antelope Valley, Santa […]
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Warming Up Bodies and Souls
Thinking of ways to give back to her community, Angela Amirkhanian wrote one day about a blanket drive. But thinking it would be too time consuming, she simply put the paper away and didn’t give it much thought. Three years ago, one of the tenants in her apartment complex in Hollywood said there was a […]