It is a slow process. The community of Altadena is gradually recovering from the Eaton Fire. Residents and businesses continue to face the aftermath of the devastating January fire, many finding their home insurance policies inadequate to replace what they’ve lost and many joining lawsuits against possible responsible parties. Their lives have been turned upside […]
Eaton Fire Survivors Gather for LA Opera’s West Side Story at Loma Alta Park
From Durango to Los Angeles: Roman Alarcón’s Path to Leadership at Metro
By Mey Lyn MitteenMetro | The Source Roman Alarcon’s first job behind the wheel was driving school buses. Then one day, a neighbor – who worked as a bus operator with the Southern California Rapid Transit District (RTD, the agency now known as Metro) – teased him, saying he probably couldn’t pass the bus operator […]
Movies to Watch in Celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month
By Nancy De Los Santos RezaSpecial to the San Fernando Valley Sun/el Sol Throughout the century of movie-making, many Latinos have shone their light onto the silver screen, including Dolores Del Rio, once known as the most beautiful woman in Hollywood, Anthony Quinn, in his Oscar-nominated lead role of “Zorba the Greek,” and Edward James […]
October’s Night Sky Notes: Let’s Go, LIGO!
By Kat Troche September 2025 marks ten years since the first direct detection of gravitational waves as predicted by Albert Einstein’s 1916 theory of General Relativity. These invisible ripples in space were first directly detected by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). Traveling at the speed of light (~186,000 miles per second), these waves stretch […]
HOROSCOPE
By Holiday Mathis (Creators.com) ARIES (March 21-April 19) You’re leaning into what matters to you, and it’s slightly different from what you thought last week. Your body gives you the lowdown. You’re more tuned in than ever to its signals, like the quickening of your pulse in moments of interest, the hesitation of uncertainty. Like […]
Ca. Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case Involving Boy’s Torture and Murder
Eds: NOTE graphic nature. LOS ANGELES (CNS) – The California Supreme Court refused today to review the case of a Lancaster woman and her boyfriend who were convicted of torturing and murdering the woman’s 10-year-old son. Heather Maxine Barron, now 36, and Kareem Ernesto Leiva, now 39, are serving life in prison without the possibility […]
Bad Bunny Tapped for Super Bowl Halftime, Spotlighting Latin Pride and His Clashes with Trump
By Jonathan Landrum Jr. and Adriana Gomez Licon Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The selection of Bad Bunny to headline the Super Bowl halftime show is about more than music. The move signals a cultural spotlight for Latin identity at America’s most-watched television event. It also raises fresh questions about how much space there will […]
Ukraine Begins Sharing Drone Expertise with Denmark Deployment, Zelenskyy Says
By Illia Novikov Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian military is sharing with European countries its expertise in fighting Russian drones, sending a mission to Denmark for joint exercises, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday. “Our military has begun deploying a mission in Denmark to disseminate Ukrainian experience in drone defense,” Zelenskyy said. […]
