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Friday, November 28, 2008
Quilters give vets a warm welcome
California | Local |
November 28, 2008
In one corner of the classroom at Prince of Peace Episcopal Church, a group of women knotted blue thread atop layers of star-spangled fabric and cotton batting. Read more
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Mission Hills hospital seeks permission to resume expansion project
California | Local |
November 12, 2008
Officials at a San Fernando Valley hospital urged the Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday to allow construction to resume on a $180-million expansion, saying the project is caught in a legal and political quagmire that is putting emergency care and jobs at risk. Read more
Friday, September 26, 2008
Gang injunction splits a San Fernando Valley community
California | Local |
September 26, 2008
Daniel, 15, lives on a tree-lined street at the northern tip of the San Fernando Valley. Read more
Sunday, September 7, 2008
On the front lines of search for toxic sites
California | Local |
September 7, 2008
Marcela Herrera wiped sweat from her nose as the screeching sound of a saw cutting lumber mixed with mariachi music blaring from a house across the street. Read more
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Suspected Israeli mobsters to be extradited on charges of trafficking Ecstasy
California | Local |
August 26, 2008
Suspected Israeli mobsters employed members of the Vineland Boyz, a San Fernando Valley gang, to distribute tens of thousands of Ecstasy pills throughout Los Angeles, provide security and gun down an Encino man who allegedly tried to steal a drug shipment from them, according to a federal indictment unsealed Sunday. Read more
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Burbank hospital’s infection control faulted
California | Local |
July 13, 2008
Something was amiss last fall at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank. Read more
Friday, April 25, 2008
747 to join 818 as Valley prefix
California | Local |
April 25, 2008
State utility officials voted Thursday to overlay a new area code in the San Fernando Valley – an action that follows a decade of emotional debate and effectively ends the Valley’s longtime reputation as the land of the 818. Read more
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
2 lawyers punished in worker visa case
California | Local |
March 12, 2008
Two local immigration attorneys were sentenced Monday for filing false employment visa applications for foreign nationals, including more than a dozen who worked at their San Fernando Valley law firm. Read more
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Taller buildings a tough sell
California | Local |
February 6, 2008
Neighborhood activists in the northeast San Fernando Valley thought they scored a major victory in 1995, when they persuaded Los Angeles officials to approve zoning rules to keep new buildings on Foothill Boulevard from blocking their hillside views. Read more
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Crime victim of a different feather subject of a search
California | Local |
January 24, 2008
Search parties combed the San Fernando Valley for traces of the wounded victim. Read more
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Valley institution cuts out
California | Local |
December 30, 2007
The walnut groves and dirt roads have long since given up the
ghost, as Van Nuys has become the bustling epicenter of a San
Fernando Valley now home to nearly 2 million people. Read more
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Camp Holton probation officers won’t be charged
California | Local |
December 29, 2007
Los Angeles County prosecutors announced Friday that they would
not file charges against two probation officers who were accused of
kicking, slapping and verbally abusing several teenagers serving time
at a San Fernando Valley probation camp. Read more
Thursday, December 27, 2007
California in Brief | SAN FERNANDO VALLEY - Parolee charged in sexual attacks
California | Local |
December 27, 2007
Prosecutors charged a 24-year-old parolee Wednesday with a series
of sexual attacks on three women and a 4-year-old girl in the San
Fernando Valley, authorities said. Read more
Thursday, December 20, 2007
California in Brief | LOS ANGELES - District urged to reject fee plan
California | Local |
December 20, 2007
A San Fernando Valley youth sports league urged the Los Angeles
school board Wednesday to reject a plan to charge youth groups that
use district athletic fields and facilities. Read more
Monday, December 17, 2007
Body is found in car at tow yard
California | Local |
December 17, 2007
The body of an elderly woman was discovered Sunday in the front
passenger side of a crumpled car in a San Fernando Valley towing
company’s yard – a day after paramedics had removed her son from the
same vehicle after a crash, authorities said. Read more
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Plan fails to curb growth in Valley
California | Local |
December 8, 2007
A new city report found that developers could add 3 million square
feet of commercial space to the Ventura Boulevard corridor under
current zoning rules, despite concerns by residents and elected
officials that the area is overdeveloped. Read more
Sunday, December 2, 2007
A possible romance led to lawsuit, death
California | Local |
December 2, 2007
The San Fernando Valley’s Lankershim family is immortalized by the
seven-mile boulevard that bears its name, along with a school and a
historic downtown Los Angeles building, among other namesakes. Read more
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Despite tape, condos get early OK
California | Local |
November 21, 2007
A Los Angeles City Council panel voted Tuesday in favor of a
proposed 78-unit condominium project, despite hearing a recording of
a Planning Department employee attempting to leave the developer a
phone message that his project would be approved “no matter what.” Read more
Sunday, November 18, 2007
BOHO BOULEVARD
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November 18, 2007
STUDIO CITY BOHO BOULEVARD – From the car window, the stretch of Ventura Boulevard just west of
Laurel Canyon looks a lot like the local shopping mall, with chain
stores Gap, Banana Republic, Chico’s and Urban Outfitters. Read more
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Tujunga Wash project creates more recreation space while saving water
California | Local |
November 8, 2007
A $7-million partial revitalization of the Tujunga Wash helps
conserve water and provides new recreational space in the San
Fernando Valley, Los Angeles officials said Wednesday. Read more
