There is often a sports contingency that gives value to a high school championship only to those competing at the highest division, as if that automatically assigns the very best teams and very best players to the very best competition. While there could be some truth to that, it doesn’t mean those winning titles in […]
Dons, Toreadors Win Volleyball Championships
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Palisades Retrieves Div. I Volleyball Crown from Granada Hills
Palisades of Pacific and Granada Hills have two of the City Section’s most decorated girls’ volleyball programs. The Dolphins have won 25 titles since 1974. The Highlanders have won four championships since 2009. The confrontation on Saturday, Nov. 22, was also the third straight meeting in the Division I final for the teams. Palisades won […]
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Thanksgiving: So Much to be Thankful For
Thanksgiving is much more than a big meal with family and friends. It’s a time to reflect on, and be thankful for, all of the good things you have. Even with all of the uncertainty and turmoil in the world, you have so much to be thankful for. It’s important to be grateful, not just […]
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L.A. Zoo Welcomes Two Baby Chimpanzees
The Los Angeles Zoo is extra thankful this holiday season after recently welcoming two male baby chimpanzees to the troop at Chimpanzees of the Mahale Mountains, which now includes five endangered chimp babies under the age of three years old. “It’s pretty rare to have this many babies in one troop at a zoo,” said […]
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Clear Skies in Cygnus
When astronomers set out to use an observatory or telescope on the surface of our planet, they are always hoping for a clear sky. How else are they going to see through those clouds and into space? That’s a big benefit of orbiting telescopes like the Hubble Space Telescope. Since they are already in space—well […]
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Six Must-Know Facts About Obamacare Open Enrollment
If you buy your own health insurance, know that open enrollment is available for individual healthcare plans offered through the Healthcare.gov site, your respective health insurance marketplace (https://www.healthcare.gov/medicaid-chip/eligibility/) or independent agents in your community. If you’re working for a company that provides your health insurance, chances are your open enrollment period has already begun. The […]
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Protests Erupt in Los Angeles and US Following Ferguson Grand Jury Decision
Thousands of people in U.S. cities from Los Angeles to New York protested peacefully while others blocked traffic or clashed with police as anger flared over a grand jury’s decision — announced Monday, Nov. 24 — not to indict a white police officer who killed a black 18-year-old in Ferguson, Missouri. In Los Angeles, three […]
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Authorities Seek Public’s Help in Finding Attacker of Metro Driver
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Metro officials and Sheriff’s detectives are asking for the public’s help in finding an unstable 24-year-old man who allegedly beat up a Metro bus driver in West Hills. Geovanny Falcon, who has a goatee and a triple-X tattooed on the back of his neck, is known to frequent the MacArthur Park area, […]
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CSUN Celebra la Cultura Nativa Durante Powwow Anual
Se invita al público a unirse a la Universidad Estatal de California Northridge y a maestros y estudiantes mientras celebran y honran la cultura nativa de Estados Unidos este sábado 29 de noviembre en la universidad. CSUN celebra la edición 31 de su Powwow anual que tiene lugar de 10 a.m. a 9 p.m. en […]
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Una Vez Más, Californianos Buscan Registrarse para Obamacare
Jorge Rodríguez no tiene seguro de salud y sufre de diabetes, así que debe ir regularmente al doctor para revisiones médicas y sus medicinas. El año pasado, Rodríguez no se registró para los planes de salud disponibles a través del Plan de Salud Asequible (comúnmente conocido como “Obamacare”) y ha estado dependiendo del programa Outpatient […]