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Friends, family mourn man, 21, killed by lightning
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A rare lightning strike Sunday at Venice Beach cut short the life of a well-liked 21-year-old man eager to attend the University of Southern California this fall.
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Notre Dame High School grad died in Sunday’s lightning strike at Venice Beach
LOS ANGELES >> The parents of Notre Dame High School graduate Nick Fagnano confirmed Monday morning that their son was killed after lightning struck while he was in the water at Venice Beach.
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Divine Word Missionaries mark 50 years in the West
SAN BERNARDINO—The Society of the Divine Word’s U.S. Western Province celebrated 50 years of service to Catholic communities in California with a Mass on May 28 at Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral.
Priests serving throughout the Diocese of San Bernardino and in neighboring dioceses came to celebrate the anniversary of their province. The Mass highlighted the many cultures and countries served by the Divine Word Missionaries.
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Johnson: A family’s 90-year journey in Pasadena
The latest generation of the Duncan family of Pasadena arrived in February. The baby was a girl.
The family patriarch, John David Duncan, 81, sits, filled with pride, as he tells me about her from behind his desk in the study of his home.
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Arts & Entertainment 2014 Best Of: Services
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – Downtown News Readers were given a chance to vote for the Best in Downtown, here’s what they chose:
BEST CHURCH/SYNAGOGUE/PLACE OF WORSHIP Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
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The Best of Downtown Staff Picks
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – The L.A. Downtown News staff has picked 24 great things in Downtown to celebrate our Best of Downtown issue. Here they are:
BEST DOWNTOWN ATHLETES: St. Turibius Warriors -
Loyola High requires all students to have baseline concussion test
a time of increasing emphasis on figuring out ways to identify and deal with concussions among teenagers in sports competition, Loyola High School, an all-boys Catholic school in Los Angeles, has taken the unprecedented step of requiring all 1,270 of its students, even if they are not athletes, to undergo baseline testing.
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Crossing with faith: Immigrants share stories of struggle
People walk up to touch Santo Toribio Romo, the immigrant’s saint, at the conclusion of a special Mass in recognition of all immigrants at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles.
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Catedral de Los Ángeles celebra misa para apoyar a niños migrantes
La misa contó con el testimonio de Jersey Vargas y otros migrantes que han vivido experiencias migratorias
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Thousands attend special Mass for immigrants at Los Angeles cathedral
Our Lady of Angels Cathedral was filled to standing room only for a special Mass with the relic of Santo Toribio and immigration reform.