It was a musical happy 114th birthday on Saturday for the city of San Fernando

Los Angeles Daily News 8/31 6:00A Holly Andres

The City of San Fernando celebrated its 114th birthday on Saturday with performances by Mariachi Tesoro de San Fernando and Susie Hansen Latin Band. The city, incorporated on Aug. 31, 1911, is an...

LA panel and exhibit explores the legacy of Japanese Americans in the import car scene

Los Angeles Daily News 8/30 3:45A Allyson Vergara

Japanese American import cars and those who work to build, drive, drift or race them have long been synonymous with Southern California car culture. A panel on Saturday, August 30 will explore the...

Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, Aug. 28-Sept. 4

Los Angeles Daily News 8/28 3:00A Holly Andres

Wildlife Learning Center has two upcoming Sunset Safari tours, Aug. 30 and Sept. 6, 2025. In the photo, black-tailed prairie dogs at the Wildlife Learning Center in Sylmar, CA, Friday, Aug 18, 2023....

Westside Chefs Shine at the Manhattan Beach Food & Wine Festival in September

Santa Monica Mirror 8/27 9:06P Staff Writer

South Bay’s Culinary Festival Returns With Two Nights of Food, Wine, and Music Santa Monica, Westchester, Los Angeles, and West Hollywood’s culinary scene will take center stage this fall when the 2nd...

Westside Chefs Shine at the Manhattan Beach Food & Wine Festival in September

WestSideToday.com 8/27 8:38P Staff Report

South Bay’s Culinary Festival Returns With Two Nights of Food, Wine, and Music Santa Monica, Westchester, Los Angeles, and West Hollywood’s culinary scene will take center stage this fall when the 2nd...

‘A pretty big deal’: Once iconic, demolition now looms for North Hollywood’s blighted Valley Plaza

Los Angeles Daily News 8/23 2:00A Teresa Liu

Ken Dorfman has been going to Valley Plaza since he was 16 — back when Victory and Laurel Canyon was still a bustling corner in the San Fernando Valley. There was a Bob Burns restaurant where the food...

Veteran Riverside County prosecutor departing for Loyola Law School position

Los Angeles Daily News 8/17 3:50A Joe Nelson

In his 22 years climbing the ranks of the Riverside County District Attorney s Office, Chief Deputy District Attorney John Henry always remained close to his academic roots. The veteran prosecutor has simultaneously served as a visiting associate...

Van Nuys residents perplexed by blaring air horns, alarms from neighbor’s home

Los Angeles Daily News 8/14 7:24A Julianna Lozada

News media members talk to Gary Boyadzhyan on the 6600 block of Peach Avenue in Van Nuys on Aug 13, 2025. (Photo by Gene Blevins, Contributing Photographer) Horns attached to a palm tree at the home...

Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, Aug. 14-21

Los Angeles Daily News 8/14 3:00A Holly Andres

Two in-person previews, Aug. 14-15, for the Nights of Neon The Lisa Schulte Collection at a location in Panorama City, before the Aug. 19 live online-only auction of Shulte s neon art. (Photo courtesy...

This week, Aug. 13-17, is the last week of the OC Fair

Los Angeles Daily News 8/12 4:00A Heather McRea

Headed to the OC Fair this week ? It is the last week of its 23-day run. Here are some things to know. General information: • Hours are 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays and 11 a.m. to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. •...

Watts: 60 years after riots, challenges persist, but this South LA community marches on

Los Angeles Daily News 8/8 9:21A Linh Tat

Sixty years ago, a young Black man from South Los Angeles was pulled over by a white California Highway Patrol officer after another motorist reported the man driving recklessly. What started as a...

Santa Monica to Enter Mediation Over Ebony Beach Club Land Seizure

Santa Monica Mirror 8/5 7:46P Staff Writer

The decision follows a year-long investigation into White’s efforts to open the Ebony Beach Club—a nonprofit intended to provide a beachside gathering place for Black residents at a time when racial segregation limited their access to public...

‘On the Side of Angels:’ New LA exhibit highlights Latina and lesbian activism

Los Angeles Daily News 8/2 4:25A Victoria Ivie

A new exhibition in Monterey Park centers the stories of Latina lesbian leaders in Los Angeles history. The free exhibit, “ On the Side of Angels: Latina Lesbian Activism, ” opened late June at the...

Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, July 31-Aug. 7

Los Angeles Daily News 7/31 3:00A Holly Andres

Los Angeles Police Department Deputy Chief Ruby Flores gives badge stickers to Natalie Villatoro, sister Nancy and brother Julian during the Los Angeles Police Department Mission Community Police...

Council to Weigh Next Steps in Justice Case on Land Seized from Black Entrepreneur

Santa Monica Mirror 7/27 7:49P Staff Writer

The Ebony Beach Club case has become a focal point of Santa Monica’s growing reparative justice efforts The Santa Monica City Council on Tuesday will consider how to move forward with claims from the family of the late Silas White, a Black...