Van Nuys News

If the new downZelled L.A. Times is going to convince people it knows about Los Angeles, it needs to stop describing places in Los Angeles as in "the Burbank area." The train-vs-pedestrian incident this morning ...

A man was struck and killed by a Metrolink train in Van Nuys on Wednesday, according to reports from authorities.The pedestrian died at the scene of the injury, which occurred about 8 a.m. near Raymer Street ...

A battle is brewing between one Los Angeles City Council member and the MTA over plans to turn a parking lot at a Van Nuys Orange Line station into a mixed-use development.

Los Angeles police today were investigating a fatal crash in which a speeding motorist crashed his car into a tree in Van Nuys.

A 33-year-old man died Saturday in a single-car crash on Chandler Boulevard after he lost control of his vehicle and smashed into a tree, fire officials said.

LOS ANGELES AREA: The Height of Argentine Fare "The epitome of Argentinian food in LA is Mercado Buenos Aires ," says RicRios .

Bara chirashi is topped with a mixed dice of sashimi . Takumi's, served as a lunch special, is chock full of fresh, chopped yellowtail, tuna, salmon, squid, tamago , radish sprouts and salmon roe, garnished ...

Amid growing demand for space on Los Angeles Unified campuses, the district is prepared to offer regulatory help to as many as 10 charter schools by exempting them from city and county zoning ordinances next ...

Los Angeles: A 61-year-old man is being sought for having unlawful sex with a 14-year-old teenager in Van Nuys on June 30, 2008.

Arming police with another weapon in the fight against San Fernando Valley gangs, a judge approved a preliminary injunction Tuesday against the San Fer, a group prosecutors say has terrorized Northeast Valley ...

A judge approved a preliminary injunction against the San Fers gang this morning, a move that now restricts the movement of hundreds of gang members over a 9.5-mile stretch of the Northeast Valley and gives ...

A car fell about 20 feet into Bull Creek wash near Van Nuys Airport, injuring the 25-year-old man inside, authorities said.

The car's driver apparently "missed the bridge and the car ended up on its roof" in the canal, Los Angeles Fire spokeswoman d'Lisa Davies said.

Firefighters used a litter basket to free the man, who was taken to a hospital in stable condition, Davies said.

The accident happened at 16742 W. Stagg St. at 9:36 p.m.

The man was wearing a seatbelt when the crash occurred, Davies said.

The Los Angeles City Council will meet at 10 a.m. today at Van Nuys City Hall, 14410 Sylvan St., to consider the reappointment of Councilman Richard Alarcon's daughter to the Board of Transportation ...

Through an innovative Senior Sensitivity Program sponsored by the not-for-profit SCAN Health Plan, the students participated in a series of hands-on exercises intended to demonstrate the physical challenges ...

In a bloody weekend of violence, a dozen people were killed -- six in the San Fernando Valley -- in mostly gang-related crimes.

A teenage girl was killed and a man was critically burned in a multi-vehicle crash and fire on a Van Nuys freeway, a police sergeant said today.

A teenage girl was killed, and a man was critically burned in a crash on the southbound side of the San Diego Freeway at Victory Boulevard in Van Nuys on Sunday night.

A man was killed and another wounded in a shooting on a Van Nuys street today, police said.

Several years ago, upon returning from the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Area Reserve, my first- and second-grade class wrote a poem from the point of view of a great blue heron.

The public is invited to visit Los Angeles' new Flight Operations facilities at the Van Nuys Airport.