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Some of the 250 Los Angeles Vallege college students respond to a speakers question during a noon time campus rally on Thursday, Nov.
We're #3 (but we should be #1)
While MSP certainly has a good claim to the top spot, Forbes uses a pretty weird methodology.
On the November night when hundreds of residences burned down in the Oakridge Mobile Home Park in Sylmar, an unsung hero of the tragedy was the Valley's top cop.
Schools Are Where Stimulus Saved Jobs, New Data Show
The best symbol of the $787 billion federal stimulus program turns out not to be a construction worker in a hard hat, but rather a classroom teacher saved from a layoff.
SRTM Perspective View with Landsat Overlay: San Fernando Valley, California
Moving Image Archive > NASA Images > SRTM Perspective View with Landsat Overlay: San Fernando Valley, California NASA/JPL/NIMA SRTM Perspective View with Landsat Overlay: San Fernando Valley, California The San Fernando Valley is part of Los Angeles and includes well over one million people.
5 charged in relation to allegations of torture of 2 loan modification agents
In the following press release the Los Angeles District Attorney's office announced that two men were charged today with multiple felony counts in connection with the beating and torture of a pair of loan modification agents.
Bids Opened on Long-Awaited Caldecott Tunnel Extension
Bids have opened to build the fourth bore of the Caldecott Tunnel, a long-awaited project that will remove a bottleneck on busy Route 24 between Oakland and central Contra Costa County, in California.
SYLMAR, Calif., Oct. 21, 2009 a ' Laser Operations LLC has released the Ultra-G green laser product line, a visible laser product family based on QPC Lasersa TM BrightLock monolithic chip wavelength stabilization technology.
It's like winning the lottery'
Matthew and Brenda Rubin, Valencia residents for six years, are one of many couples who wish to have children but can't naturally.
Bionic Technology Aims To Give Sight To Woman Blinded Beginning At Age 13
A team led by Dr. Lucian V. Del Priore at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center performed the June 26 surgery -- the first case of its kind in New York.
Building giant Tutor Perini moves to Sylmar
Construction behemoth Tutor Perini Corp., which builds some of the biggest public projects in Southern California, announced Tuesday that it had relocated its world headquarters from suburban Boston to Sylmar.
Bionic Eye Opens New World Of Sight For The Blind
This retinal prosthesis has been implanted in the eyes of 32 patients. The device receives wireless data from the camera which it then translates into electronic signals that are sent to the brain, restoring sight.
L.A. County's legal costs spike after manager was fired
More than three years after the surprise firing of a manager who helped cut litigation costs substantially, Los Angeles County government's legal expenses have shot back up to record levels.
Singers spring surprise attack of song
In a move that would have made the CIA green with envy, more than 20 Santa Clarita Valley men descended on Westfield Valencia Town Center Friday night to sing The Drifters' hit song "Under the Boardwalk." The secret singers swarmed to the Edwards Cinema minutes before their scheduled rendezvous time of 6:47 p.m. Bob Lang, 62, of Canyon Country came ...
Canadian colleges may offer biggest bang for the buck
People keep posing that question to Nancy Berkowitz, and no doubt to most other parents who send their children north of the border to college.
L.A. traffic treacherous in rainy weather
There was a lot of traffic trouble Tuesday in Southern California as people found themselves caught up in a storm for the first time in months.
'Yes we Canada': College bargains abound up north
"Why Canada?" People keep posing that question to Nancy Berkowitz, and no doubt to most other parents who send their children north of the border to college.
USC tailback Gable won't ask coaches about playing time
Tailback C.J. Gable said Tuesday he doesn't intend to speak to the coaching staff about his limited appearance against California.
At our expense: Letters for Sept. 28
Re "Voters in Council District 2 are their own worst enemy" : No matter who's elected to Council District 2, the L.A. City Council is basically powerless except to spend our tax money.
A simple water plan: Letters for Oct. 1
If truly the water pipe bursts are caused by a surge due to the Monday-Thursday allowable landscape watering usage, then here is the answer: It might be difficult for our brilliant mayor, City Council members and Department of Water and Power executives to figure this out but try having even numbered homes water on Monday and Thursday, and odd ...