The news hit Tyus Batiste and Trevor Taufahema like a wrecking ball. Both students and football players at Birmingham High, Batiste and Taufahema each lost a relative in a two-car crash in Sylmar on Friday, Aug. 22. The victims — Isaiah Hastings, 19 and Alexander Manu, 18, were passengers in the car driven by Eldridge […]
Impromptu Vigil at Birmingham High Helps Students Cope with Loss of Accident Victims
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Police Pursuit Suspects
Two suspects in a Simi Valley burglary led police Monday on a high-speed chase that ended at California State University Northridge, where they were arrested shortly before noon. Students with classes in the nearby Performing Arts building were evacuated which was an unexpected disruption for what was for them, their first day back to college. […]
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The Show Still Went On
Last Sunday was a difficult day in the City of San Fernando marred by devastating shootings, but the show went on with a planned summer concert at San Fernando Recreational Park with Los Tesoros de San Fernando, the award winning student group that was recognized by Michelle Obama at the White House. The students are […]
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Project Youth Green “Healthy Living”
More than 200 people attended the recent Project Youth Green “Healthy living” themed event, receiving free healthy snacks, juice and chia/hemp cookies, and an opportunity to participate in different workshops including seed bombs, kids activities, demonstration on how to make your own household cleaners, and how to remove pests organically from your garden. Project Youth […]
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Deasy Cancels LAUSD iPad Program
LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Faced with mounting questions about the propriety of the district’s handling of an effort to provide iPads to all of its students, Los Angeles Unified School District John Deasy today abruptly canceled the $1 billion program. Deasy sent a letter to members of the LAUSD Board of Education notifying them of […]
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Shootings Leave Trail of Death in San Fernando Valley
When Pauline Gaitan heard two “bangs” early on Sunday August 24, she thought it was firecrackers. But she heard three other bangs soon after and she went outside her home to see what was happening on her block. In front of her house, a gray-colored Toyota Sequoia had its windows blown out and she heard […]
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Sylmar Man Is Charged in Merciless Shooting Spree
Alexander Hernandez, 34, a Sylmar man is the sole suspect in the killing of three people on Sunday in the City of San Fernando, Sylmar and Pacoima. Hernandez was charged Tuesday, August 26, with one count of capital murder and attempted murder, but not for the fatal shootings in the Northeast Valley, he was charged […]
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Suspect Alexander Hernandez has his First Day in Court
Alexander Hernandez, 34, charged with killing a tile worker in Pacoima and shooting at a westside couple, appeared at the San Fernando Courthouse Wednesday, Aug. 27, but his arraignment was postponed until Sept. 17 and was moved to the Criminal Courts Building in downtown Los Angeles. Hernandez, is also suspected to be responsible for the weekend […]
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Horoscope for the Week of August 17, 2014
ARIES (March 21-April 19). There will be plenty of reason not to judge others this week, the most obvious being that none of us is without faults and peculiarities. But the most relevant reason is that the act of judging takes a person out of his or her own life to deal in the business of […]