The San Fernando Valley Sun

08/04/2025

Loni Anderson Dies at 79
Los Angeles(CNS) - Loni Anderson, 79, has died, just days before her
80th birthday. The actress' longtime publicist, Cheryl J. Kagan, said she died
at a Los Angeles hospital following a ``prolonged" illness,'' according to the
Associated Press.
''We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our dear wife, mother
and grandmother,'' Anderson's family said in a statement.
Anderson was best known for her role as the platinum blond
receptionist, Jennifer Marlowe, on the CBS sitcom ''WKRP in Cincinnati.'' The
show aired for four seasons on CBS, from 1978 to 1982. Anderson received three
Golden Globe nominations and two Emmy nominations for the series.
Anderson was also know for her marriage to actor Burt Reynolds form
1988 to 1994. The two stars had a highly contentious and public divorce.

08/03/2025

https://sanfernandosun.com/2025/07/30/councilmember-john-lee-launches-pilot-program-to-address-long-neglected-sidewalk-repairs-in-the-northwest-san-fernando-valley/

Councilmember John Lee officially launched a new pilot program, Street S.M.A.R.T. (Street Maintenance and Repair Team), in Granada Hills on July 21 that aims to fast-track long-overdue sidewalk repairs throughout […]

08/03/2025

One Person Injured, Cat Saved in Northridge House Fire
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Flames outside a Northridge house today spread into the attic, leading firefighters to rescue a cat and treat one human case of smoke inhalation.
The fire was reported at 1:57 p.m. Saturday at 19036 W. Community St., just northwest of Roscoe Boulevard and the San Diego (405) Freeway, according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Lyndsey Lantz.
Smoke was showing from the single-story house when firefighters arrived. They located the source outside the house, then put out flames that spread into the attic, authorities said. The process took 20 minutes.
"One cat was rescued from the home and treated with oxygen on scene by paramedics,'' Lantz said.
A 19-year-old woman was treated at the scene for minor smoke inhalation.

08/03/2025

https://sanfernandosun.com/2025/07/30/interfaith-vigil/

To honor the life and legacy of Rep. John Lewis, who was a leader of the Civil Rights Movement, events were held nationwide on July 17 to pay homage to […]

08/02/2025

https://sanfernandosun.com/2025/07/25/sen-padilla-introduces-legislation-for-immigration-reform/

LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Amid weeks of federal immigration enforcement activity in the Southland, United States Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., today announced legislation intended to expand existing pathways for immigrants […]

08/02/2025

https://sanfernandosun.com/2025/07/30/u-s-policy-changes-impact-on-tourism-could-be-far-reaching-csun-prof-says/

Social media around the world is filled with images of immigration and border enforcement officers violently rounding up people in Los Angeles and other major cities across the United States.  […]

08/02/2025

Government's Bid to Resume SoCal Immigration Raids Blocked by Appeals Court
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A federal appeals court panel tonight denied the Trump administration's bid for a stay of a temporary restraining order halting the federal government's roving immigration patrols.
"If, as Defendants suggest, they are not conducting stops that lack reasonable suspicion, they can hardly claim to be irreparably harmed by an injunction aimed at preventing a subset of stops not supported by reasonable suspicion,'' the panel wrote.
All three judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel were appointed by Democratic presidents.
An eventual appeal to the Supreme Court is expected, where six of the nine justices were appointed by Republican presidents.
"This is a victory for Los Angeles, and this is a victory because the people of Los Angeles stood together,'' Mayor Karen Bass told reporters Friday night outside Getty House, her official residence.
"I think the administration might have believed that this was going to divide our city, that our city was going to go at each other in division, but we did not. We stood strong, and I am very happy to say that us standing strong ... gave the court the resolve to uphold this decision.''
The opinion from Judges Marsha S. Berzon, Jennifer Sung and Ronald M. Gould declared, "There is no predicate action that the individual plaintiffs would need to take, other than simply going about their lives, to potentially be subject to the challenged stops.''
A 90-minute hearing was held Monday in San Francisco. as the administration sought to overturn U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong ruling that the roving immigration patrols were illegally conducted without reasonable suspicion.
The appeal stems from a lawsuit filed July 2 by Southland residents, workers and advocacy groups alleging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is operating a program of "abducting and disappearing'' community members using unlawful arrest tactics, then confining detainees in illegal conditions while denying access to attorneys.
The proposed class-action suit brought in Los Angeles federal court by five workers as well as three membership organizations and a legal services provider alleges that the Department of Homeland Security has unconstitutionally arrested and detained people in order to meet arbitrary arrest quotas set by the Trump administration.
Frimpong has scheduled a hearing in the case on Sept. 24.

08/02/2025

This just in...The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has made a decision to
maintaining a temporary restraining order against using racial profiling and taking illegal, unconstitutional measures when conducting immigration raids.

En Español한국어9th Circuit Rules in Favor of Angelenos And Against Trump Administration, Maintaining Temporary Restraining Order To Stop Unconstitutional Raids

08/02/2025

Tonight in the city of San Fernando, people are gathering and cruising on Maclay Ave. These cars are in front of Library Plaza, located on N.Maclay Ave. between 2nd and 3rd Streets.

08/02/2025

Van Nuys Lot Fenced off Following Homeless Sweep by City Officials

Following a homeless sweep at a Van Nuys encampment yesterday morning by city of Los Angeles officials, the Sanitation department and law enforcement, the area that 75 people once used to set up tents and called it home is now fenced off completely.

The sweep was part of the Inside Safe initiative, supported by Mayor Karen Bass, with the aim of taking people out of encampments and into homes. LA Police Department (LAPD) officers and Park Rangers were present for the sweep.

The encampment, also known as "the Compound," was the largest homeless encampment in the San Fernando Valley.It was located near the 405 Freeway near Oxnard Street, next to businesses including Public Storage.

This is a notorious emcampment," Bass said. "This is such a dangerous location. I saw propane canisters all over the place. This has been a place of fires. This is dangerous."

Protestors attempted to stop the sweep, three were cited and released. The protestors maintain that not enough is being done for the unhoused population and the sweeps don't fix the problem.

Carla Orendorff, a community activist, said that the people who once lived there have been "displaced" in temporary housing in at least seven different shelter locations and it's unclear how long they will be allowed to stay at those facilities.

She said that many people had lived in the Compound for years - for some, they resided in the encampment for a whole decade. She believes that housing is a human right, but also believes that community is just as important, which the people living in the Compound had managed to create.

But now she said, even married couples have been separated from each other following the sweep. She added that people weren't able to take much of their belongings with them before they were swept away. They had to leave them behind or entrust to others to keep in storage units. A bus was made available to take people to the shelters but some opted not to get on it and just walked down the street carrying a plastic bag the city gave them to put some of their items in before the tents and other items were swept into a large debris pile.

Orendorff criticized Bass' comments after the sweep, who said the location was "dangerous" and how she couldn't "accept Angelenos living on the street in dangerous conditions."

"Community is what keeps people alive," Orendorff said. "To have that be demonized and weaponized against a community that made something [out of] nothing is just so hurtful and it really just enforces that isolation and alienation."

📸 SFVS Staff

08/01/2025

https://sanfernandosun.com/2025/07/30/summer-night-lights-program/

Los Angeles City Councilmember Imelda Padilla stopped by the Sepulveda Recreation Center in Panorama City last week during the Summer Night Lights program. The annual program began in 2008 and […]

08/01/2025

https://apnews.com/article/public-broadcasting-defunding-pbs-npr-94708ffb8313d4811fa6ca199fe454ad

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been a cornerstone of American culture for three generations.