Sylmar News

Two horses got loose in a Sylmar neighborhood early Thursday and Los Angeles police officers helped keep an eye on them until Animal Services workers arrived with a trailer.

A Metrolink commuter train struck a pickup truck that flew into its path after crashing into a car which had stopped for a passing ambulance early Wednesday, authorities said.

Three people were critically injured in a collision between a Metrolink train and a pickup truck in Sylmar that shut down the tracks for hours this morning, before crews cleared the wreckage and reopened service to the Santa Clarita Valley, officials said.

A Metrolink commuter train collided Wednesday with a vehicle that had been hurled onto the tracks after being struck from behind by another vehicle, authorities said.

A Metrolink commuter train collided with a vehicle this morning in the San Fernando Valley, critically injuring an infant and one other passenger in the car, authorities said.

Southern California got drenched by a long, steady rain, but no major mud slides or debris flows were reported in burn areas early today.

Fire officials said a pair of homes were threatened by rain-related problems Saturday in Sylmar and the Hollywood Hills.

The steady rains have prompted a series of traffic crashes, mudslides and road closures around the region Saturday and forecasters are expecting the showers and thunderstorms to continue on-and-off through Sunday afternoon.

Los Angeles Fire Department and Bureau of Street Services officials will be distributing sandbags and sand at several key locations as the first major storm of the season rolls into the Southern California region.

A 17 year old boy was stabbed to death at his Sylmar home Saturday, and police have arrested his 20 year old sister.

Local emergency officials are already preparing for the next rain storm because of fears it could trigger debris flows in the local burn areas.

For the 2009 Christmas Holiday Season, I will tell you what you can do to recycle your Christmas tree safely and also give you all the information for the surrounding cities of the Great Los Angeles County California.

A year after the Sayre Fire ravaged almost 500 hillside mobile homes, a virtually new community has risen phoenix-like from the ashes of blackened brick and mortar and the dreams that disappeared into plumes of smoke.

A 12-inch water main ruptured today in the Miracle Mile area, interrupting service to about four dozen customers, authorities said.

On Thursday, September 10, 2009 at approximately 3:30 p.m., Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr.

Construction is expected to start soon on a $2.5 million community center designed by San Diego-based Domusstudio Architecture .

Did you know September is National Yoga Month? What better time to explore the many benefits of this ancient discipline.

ASU fire historian Stephen Pyne on current California wildfires on Island Press's weblog.

Eateries of all kinds continue to open offering a variety of food options. Some of the latest include: Roladin Bakery & Cafe opened recently at 19365 Victory Blvd., Reseda .

Antonio Arenas, a 35-year-old Latino, was shot several times and died July 31 at San Fernando Road and Cobalt Street in Sylmar, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office.