By CLAUDIA CHINCHILLA
3-year-old Anthony has a cold, but for the Rodriguez family there are two possible ways to cure it. The approach depends on the caregiver: Ask Anthony’s grandma and she will give him an herbal tea to drink. Ask Anthony’s mom and she will tell you that the best thing to do is take him to a doctor as soon as possible.
By LESLIE FLORES
The Japanese Garden in Van Nuys is not only a small oasis of peace and quiet in a busy city; it’s an ecological role model for how to integrate waste treatment and recreational facilities in an urban environment.
This multimedia series results from a partnership between LA Beez, an online collaboration of ethnic media organizations featuring hyperlocal news content covering the metropolitan Los Angeles area, and El Nuevo Sol, a bilingual (Spanish-English) multimedia website of the interdisciplinary program in Spanish-language journalism at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). Students in courses taught by journalism professors Jéssica Retis and José Luis Benavides worked with LA Beez editors Ronald Ellerbe and Julian Do on hyperlocal stories about Van Nuys, one of the most diverse and vibrant neighborhoods in Los Angeles’s San Fernando Valley, and about youth culture and the impact of the economic crisis on young people.
By NATALIA ZELAYA
A mixture of deli, supermarket, pastry shop and restaurant, Mercado Buenos Aires transforms Van Nuys into another barrio of Argentina’s capital, where customers can find good food, pastries, cold cuts, candies and yerba maté for reasonable prices.
By CYNTHIA GÓMEZ
KYDS, an after-school program in Van Nuys, gives young people the opportunity to do something they like while they stay off the streets. Activities range from martial arts to arts and crafts and keyboard lessons.
By HARRIET MIRANDA
By CARA LOEBS
The neighborhood of Van Nuys located in the heart of Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley has been picked apart—piece by piece—in order to form other neighborhoods. Usually when this happens the part of Van Nuys that wants out forms a new community with a new name. But, a section of Van Nuys between Burbank, Oxnard and Sepulveda boulevards and Hazeltine Avenue, does not want to form a new community—they want to be a part of an existing one: the neighboring Sherman Oaks.
By CARA LOEBS Van Nuys from Cara Loebs on Vimeo. Los Angeles’ Van Nuys in the San Fernando Valley, along with other central valley cities, has not maintained the best reputation. But what most people may not know is that Van Nuys is a diverse area with a rich history. It is full of historical
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