Interesting Museums Across America
By Jean Strauber, Travel Editor Are you a museum-goer? My latest edition of “Group Tour” magazine mentions quite a few that I thought I could share with you. Here’s a…
Benefit Concert For The Center For Living And Learning
Van Nuys, CA — In 1963, Raymond Allen Burlew III, at the age of 13, promoted the record “Hot Pastrami” by the Darrtell’s. Mr. Burlew made the rounds of different…
An Op-Ed on Japan’s Claim to Tokdo Island
By Dr. Hong Beom Rhee For peace, all humans including Korean, Japanese, Asian, and American, who love truth above distortion of history, justice above injustice, and peace above war, must…
From the Sidelines 9-19-11
By Irving Leemon, Contributing Columnist In case you haven’t heard, there is a new app for ‘smart phones’ called “CLOO”. When you register on “CLOO” you are willing to rent…
Barricaded Suspect Surrenders To Police In Van Nuys, CA
VAN NUYS, CA — LAPD Mission Area officers arrest an assault/ kidnap suspect after a daylong standoff in Van Nuys. On September 18, 2011, around 9 a.m., LAPD Mission Area…
Survey Shows Many in Van Nuys Unprepared For Disaster
By Barbara Lewis, Special to the Van Nuys News Press A recent emergency preparedness survey shows that many in the Van Nuys area are unprepared for an emergency. The survey…
5th Annual Mile of Quarters
Update: $36,000 raised equaling 63,000 quarters. Local families and community members joined the Boys & Girls Club of the West Valley for its 5th Annual Mile of Quarters at the…
Volunteers Remove Close to 600,000 Pounds of Trash
California Coastal Cleanup Day Presented by the California Coastal Commission Results with 80% of cleanup sites reporting Californians have turned out by the tens of thousands to lend their hands…
Missing Person Melvin Gelfand
The family of Melvin Gelfand and the Los Angeles Police Department are asking for the public’s help in finding Gelfand. On September 14, 2011, at about 8 a.m., Gelfand was…