Room for All-Ages
One man's dream is the driving force behind the San Fernando Valley's newest all-ages music venue: The Breathing Room.
Not in my house
From the courtroom to the altar, a priest helps his community using his knowledge of law to take loads off of families.
The Road to the Show
Story by: Robert Knox
Photos by: Kristen Aslanian
Additional reporting: Tyler McGee
Bounce back players and their struggle to go pro
The dream of making it to the big leagues, aka “the show,” has been the aspiration of many baseball players that have come through Pierce College. One of these dreamers is Nick Murphy.
Murphy, who came after graduating from Royal High School in...
Insidious; Surviving A Cult
Photos and Story by Magdalena Bleu Briggs
Her journal was all that was left behind.
Sad evidence within the pages showed how she struggled with the notion that everything she was told growing up was a lie.
She wrote she was talking to God and still trying to get prophecies.
As a child she...
Coloring a concrete jungle
In Los Angeles, it’s difficult to walk a block without seeing it. On city walls, across the sides of buses, on billboards stories above—from quick scrawls to painstakingly crafted murals, graffiti is all around.
But, while some can stop to admire the artistry behind these pieces, others are far less appreciative. The City of...
Missing Gene
Photo by: Lynn Levitt
It was Christmas Eve 1984, and 15-year-old Lisa Gonzales listened to the buzzing sound of the electric razor as it shaved clean the hair from the back of her head.
“The surgery took place and somewhere through the entire process I thought the brain tumor was caused from making bad lifestyle choices, like my use of drugs,”...
Form & Function
The sun rises on the canyon and with it comes not the sounds of birds singing but the whirring of drills.
Hammering echoes over the hills that are covered in grasses nearly waist high in some spots. A breeze caresses the curves of the hill and causes the grass to wave lackadaisically in cool of this early Saturday morning. The...
Helping others help themselves
Carlos Velasquez, an alumnus of the Addiction Studies program and student of California State University, Northridge’s credential program, posing in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Nov. 3, 2020. Photo by Kamryn Bouyett.Judy Farash, a former addiction studies professor, stands in front of Pierce College on Winnetka Avenue in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Oct. 15, 2020. Photo by Kamryn...
Weaving a Path to Success
Story by Teresa Leyva
Photos by Lynn Levitt
While he was going to school and waiting tables at a local restaurant, Kevin Weaver never expected to become the executive vice president of the iconic label Atlantic Records. His fairy tale story brings his passion to life.
While working one day, a good friend of Weaver’s asked him if he would be interested...
Ranch Blessing
Natalamb the sheep is one of the animals at the Sheep Unit at the Pierce College Farm in Woodland Hills, Calif. Photo by: Adam BaronJulio Wong smiles as he feeds the goats at the Pierce College Farm in Woodland Hills, Calif., on April 23, 2020. Photo by: Chelsea Westman A baby goat sits in a bucket at...