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  • For the Unemployed

    A Unique Club You Never Want to Join Once a week, a room in the Canoga Park WorkSource center is filled with project managers, writers, bank executives, sales and marketing experts, scientists, software engineers, attorneys, accountants, and almost ever...
  • Construction of PALS Youth Center Nearing Completion

    PALS Youth Center is near completion. From its inception, with major support from Councilman Greig Smith and the dedication of Mitchell Englander, his Chief of Staff, and supported by several staff members, the project has been kept on track. Recently, ...
  • City Offers Community Beautification Grants

    Grant Workshops Scheduled City Offers Community Beautification Grants Residents are invited to attend one of the free 90-minute Community Beautification Grant workshops throughout August and September to learn how you or your group can apply for and ex...
  • Coming Soon: Valley Performing Arts Center

    http://www.nvcn.org/images/cover_stories/csun.jpg Are you looking to see a Broadway-caliber production and don’t feel like sitting in hours of traffic on the 405 heading down to downtown Los Angeles? Well, if so, you are in for a real treat. Finally, t...
  • Youth Flight Training

    http://www.nvcn.org/images/cover_stories/squadron.jpg Optimist Club Helps Make Dreams Come True As a kid did you ever dream about soaring through the skies and flying an airplane? Did you dream about flying historical planes that were flown in the World...
  • Chatsworth Resident Personifies the American Dream

    http://www.nvcn.org/images/cover_stories/pizza_oven.jpg “From selling granite and marble slabs to manufacturing backyard pizza ovens, Claudio Natali represents the best of American Entrepreneurism" Chatsworth resident Claudio Natali, along with his w...
  • Dr. John Glaspy a Leader in Raising over $100 Million for Transitional Cancer Research

    http://www.nvcn.org/images/cover_stories/glaspy_cancer.jpg When Northridge resident, Dr. John Glaspy, was just a young boy, his grandmother was dying of breast cancer. It was a long traumatic process that severely impacted his developmental years. After ...
  • Are You Ready….. Again?

    It seems like every time I sit down to write this article, I’m advising you to prepare for something.  I like to think you read my “get prepared” articles, then immediately jump up and start gathering your supplies, or checking your door locks,...
  • Small Business Development Center Offering

      The Small Business Development Center, an SBA funded resource, is offering a series of workshops during the month of May designed for existing and new start-up businesses.      Effective Marketing for Small Businesses    This 3-hour training wor...
  • Summer Begins with Valley Cultural Center’s 10th Annual Food, Wine & Microbrew Festival on May 7, 2009

    http://www.nvcn.org/images/cover_stories/wine_festival.jpg Experience the ultimate in dining indulgence at Valley Cultural Center's 10th Annual Summer Food, Wine & Microbrew Festival. The event will be held on Thursday, May 7, 2009 from 5 to 8:30 p.m. at ...
  • Vision Disorder Affects as Many as 13% of Children

         Convergence insufficiency, a vision disorder that hinders reading abilities in as much as 13% of children, often goes undiagnosed in pediatric and school vision screenings, according to the California Optometric Association (COA). COA has lon...
  • Senior Services Business Council Sponsors Annual Senior Dinner Dance

             The North Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce’s (NVRCC) Senior Service Business Council (SSBC) is sponsoring the second annual Senior Dinner Dance on May 29th.  The dance will be in the Northridge Recreation Center’s gymnasium located...
  • LAPD Safety Fair and Car Show

      The LAPD Valley Traffic Division's 6th Annual "Still Saving Lives" Safety Fair and Car Show, will be held on Saturday May 30 at Petit Park in Granada Hills, 16730 Chatsworth Street, from 9am to 3pm.    More than 200 classic cars, hot rods, race cars...
  • Remembrance of a Valley Past

       Every week, Councilman Greig Smith’s newsletter shows up in my email and every week I keep thinking I wish I lived in Council District instead of a few blocks away in CD3.   After all, I grew up in a happier time in the 1950s and Smith’s weekly...
  • Nutrition Myths Debunked

      Folklore and food lore often get mixed into a goulash of advice on nutrition. Well-meant advice covers when and what to eat, but it can be difficult to sort out the facts.      Just in time for March, which is National Nutrition Month, here are som...
  • Veterans Summit to Address Concerns over Development Proposals at Sepulveda and West Los Angeles VA Facilities

      The Board of the North Hills West Neighborhood Council (NHWNC)  announced that The Greater Los Angeles Veterans’ Summit will be held at New Horizons, 15725 Parthenia St., North Hills at 7 PM, Wednesday, May 20, 2009.  Several generations of Veteran...
  • Need a Reason to Get Involved? Northridge East Neighborhood Council Can Give You Five!

       Help local food banks on Citrus Sunday, May 3 by bringing washed fruit from your backyard to your local fire station. NENC will provide reusable cloth bags for your convenience.   Get acquainted with your local police at a Pancake Breakfast on Satu...
  • Neighborhood Councils…. Working For You

    Granada Hills NorthThe Granada Hills North Neighborhood Council heard about plans to hold the next Southern California Great American Shakeout on Thursday, October 15th. The council was also reminded by Greg Reynar, Fire Chief of Battalion 15, about Citru...
  • KCSN-88.5 FM is Back!

      KCSN was really never gone… it suffered a long term power outage as a result of the Sesnon fire that destroyed the high voltage power lines and infrastructure on Oat Mountain where the main KCSN-88.5 FM transmitter resides.   Residents in the north...
  • If it’s May….. It Must be Time for the Annual Greek Festival

    http://www.nvcn.org/images/cover_stories/greek_festival.jpg Skip the long lines at the airport, the expensive hotel fares and the numerous treks on donkeys that make up most Greek vacations and immerse yourself in the cultural vision that is the 36th Annu...