Porter-Ranch News

Well, that's what you get for encouraging anyone to watch "The Love Guru." Yesterday, a California man named Jack Yates was sentenced to six months in prison for distributing a pirated copy of Mike Myers' stupendously bad 2008 comedy.

Somebody was shot and wounded today, possibly during a burglary, police reported.

Police are searching for a suspect or suspects in violent home invasion in Porter Ranch who pistol-whipped a man on Tuesday.

A home invasion robbery Tuesday prompted a barricade situation in a normally quiet neighborhood in Porter Ranch.

Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Douglas Barry, shown in a December 2006 file photo, said Thursday he will retire at the end of August.

May 24, 2009 4:43 pm US/Pacific PORTER RANCH, Calif. A boy, who nearly-drowned Sunday, was pulled from a pool in Porter Ranch and was revived when bystanders performed CPR, a city fire department official said.

Nancy Solari will be the featured speaker at the General Membership Luncheon and Business Networking meeting for the Chatsworth / Porter Ranch Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, May 26, 2009.

Her greatest joy was being a mother. She may have liked animals more than people.

A 7-year-old boy, who nearly drowned Saturday in a swimming pool in the Porter Ranch area, was airlifted to a hospital, a fire department spokeswoman said.

A shopper makes her way down an aisle at a Wal-Mart store in Indianapolis, Thursday, April 9, 2009.

In this April 9, 2009 photo, shoppers including Poi Wong and her daughter Jamie Guenthner, 7, foreground, shop at a Wal-Mart store in the Porter Ranch area of Los Angeles.

Shoppers including Poi Wong and her daughter Jamie Guenthner, 7, foreground, shop at a Wal-Mart store in the Porter Ranch area of Los Angeles on April 9. Retail sales fell unexpectedly in March, delivering a setback to hopes that the economy's steep slide could be bottoming out.

A 55-year-old North Hills man died late Saturday when the car he was driving sideswiped a parked car in Porter Ranch and then collided with a tree, police said Sunday.

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If LA was just the Northwest Valley including Chatsworth, Porter Ranch, Northridge and Granada Hills) Mayor Villaraigosa would have lost the primary election to runner up candidate Walter Moore, found the LA ...

The California Assembly will recognize Paula Cracium, director of development for the Shepherd of the Hills Church and vice president of the Porter Ranch Neighborhood Council, as the 2009 "Woman of the Year" ...

Two women were sentenced to prison Thursday for burglarizing a home in a Southern California neighborhood that had been evacuated during a wildfire last year.

The son of the head basketball coach at California State University, Northridge, has pleaded not guilty to grand theft and commercial burglary.

Amy Lau, a UCLA graduate student, was unexpectedly diagnosed with heart disease two years ago.

I shot this UFO video on February 8, 2009 over Northridge, California . At first I was so amazed I forgot to roll tape on my camera.