Pacoima News

Police said one person was in custody Wednesday in connection with a shooting in Pacoima that left a 19-year-old man critically wounded.

DID you know your soda is a public health menace? That's what public health activists have declared about sugar-sweetened beverages - soft drinks, fruit juice, sports drinks, and even chocolate milk - in an effort to get the government to tax them.

A man is in the hospital with burns to his face and hands after a small propane tank exploded on the back of a forklift at a trucking business located on the 12000 block of Montague Street in Pacoima on Wednesday morning, said Rich Matheney, a Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman.

LAPD Deputy Chief Kirk J. Albanese, commander of the South Bureau, will become the new Deputy Chief of the Valley Bureau on January 3, 2010.

Share + Nov 21, 2009 8:20 am US/Pacific Los Angeles County public health workers planned to give free swine flu vaccines to high-risk individuals at six locations Saturday.

A carjacking suspect barricaded himself in a Pacoima home Friday night while a resident locked herself in the bathroom.

Painting murals, planting gardens and organizing soccer leagues are not part of typical intervention programs for at-risk teens.

After high school in Astoria, Ore., Blaine Mack wanted to fly planes in World War II.

The Southland will honor Veterans Day today with several observances, including what organizers are billing as the largest Veterans Day parade in the history of the San Fernando Valley.

Navy servicemen march during the San Fernando Valley Veterans Day Parade in San Fernando, Wednesday, November 11, 2009.

A former California Employment Development Department worker has pleaded guilty to defrauding the state of more than $110,000 by approving false disability claims for friends.

A 16-year-old boy was in stable condition at a local hospital Monday after being shot while driving on Adelphia Avenue and Gager Street in Pacoima just before 8 p.m. Sunday, said LAPD Officer Gregory Baek.

A shooting in Pacoima Sunday claimed a man's life and left a woman wounded. Officers responded to a call of shots fired at 1:40 a.m. on San Fernando Road and Filmore Street.

Wild wind gusting up to 60 miles per hour ripped through many Southland neighborhoods on Tuesday, leaving behind a lot of damage.

PACOIMA, Calif., Oct. 27, 2009 a ' JKL Components Corp. has announced the Z-MR16-5W series of MR16 LED lamps with powerful, low heat generating light.

An investigation was underway after a fire damaged the dean's office at Pacoima Middle School.

Los Angeles: A hit and run driver believed to have been involved in a near-fatal hit and run accident turned herself in to the Simi Valley Police Department Monday morning.

Ruth Reichl didn't show up at a Sunday party in honor of Gourmet . [ NYDN ] The mayors of Philadelphia and Los Angeles are wagering that the winning city in the NLCS will volunteer for Habitat for Humanity, with the losing city donating cheesesteaks or Pink's hot dogs, respectively, to the volunteers.

The visitors to Guardian Angel School in Pacoima wore sashes and smiles. Their reception at the campus, like the weather Sept.

The Los Angeles Police Department is searching today for two men involved in a fight that killed a Pacoima man outside a North Hollywood nightclub.