“The Artist” Wins Best Picture!
By Theda Kleinhans Reichman, Special to the Van Nuys News Press “The Artist,” a loving tribute to early cinema, is an homage to an era when films were silent, shot…
How I Can Fix Google Places
If anyone is familiar with Google Places and the mess that it really is, you will be delighted that I have found the solution to fix the entire mess with…
Great! Higher Sales Tax for California
According to the California State Board of Equalization, these are the new tax rates for California starting on April 1st, 2012. New Sales and Use Tax Rate Effective April 1,…
How to Receive Collect Calls From the Van Nuys Jail
Cell phones can’t receive collect calls because the phone carrier (incoming collect call) doesn’t have anyone to bill for the call. The cell phone carriers don’t permit what is called…
Man Stabs Three People Then Runs Away
Los Angeles, CA — LAPD Hollywood Area detectives are asking for the public’s help in providing any information about a man who stabbed three men in Hollywood. On February 19,…
8th Annual Happy House Poker Tournament And BBQ!
NORTHRIDGE, CA — Nancy Cartwright, the iconic voice of Bart Simpson (pictured, right) and Honorary Mayor of the North Valley, is hosting the 8th Annual Happy House Poker Tournament and…
City Attorney Successfully Defends City, Lapd In $3 Million Excessive Force Case
LOS ANGELES – The City Attorney’s Office successfully secured a defense verdict in a case involving a $3 million claim for damages alleging excessive use of force and commission of…
Quotations about forgiveness
~ “Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much.” — Oscar Wilde ~ “Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.” — Ausonius ~ “Forgiveness is a virtue…
From The Sidelines 2-27-12
By Irving Leemon, Contributing Columnist Recently, every day, in the papers, on the radio, and on TV there are beatings, shootings, killings, armed robberies, and suicides in Southern California, and…
Enjoy Something Different: A River Cruise In Africa
By Jean Strauber, Travel Editor At the annual meeting of the Corporate Travel Center I had a most interesting conversation with Steve Avalos of AMA Waterways, one of the leading…