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by Angel Zobel-Rodriguez Usually, people don't want to hear the word "cutting" around a school. But on Monday, May 23rd, it was for a good cause. Ten students, three staff members, and two moms donated their hair to Locks of Love and Pantene Beautiful Lengths--organizations that provide wigs to people with hair loss. Hair dressers and Van Gogh moms Sandra Fein and Otilia Hernandez worked their way through the group, first measuring and cutting off the pony tails, then smoothing out the remaining hair into a simple style. From fifth graders a month short of their graduation down to the smallest kindergarten and first grade students, a cheer erupted from the crowd of students watching the event during their lunch hour. One girl, who stayed home sick, managed to cut her ponytail at home and brought it in before school. The loudest cheers went to Aidan Morrison, the lone boy, and to the teachers--Romelia Valiquette, Lisa Gee, and Alma Murillo. Other students donating included...

Tonight at 6:30 pm at VFW Post 2323 (corner Chatsworth and Encino), the Nutmobile, Great Balls On Tires, Papas Tapas, Munchie Machine, Vizzi, and Patty Wagon will be serving up everything a girl needs to make her night. Wait, where's the sausage truck?

From Doris Casas Salas of Keller Williams Realty: We are having a huge yard sale and car wash on July 16th to raise money for HAF and Hope Gardens which is a safe way home for victims of physical abuse. I'm collecting tax deductible. donations of clothing any other things that you would like to donate. Bring donations to Keller Williams North Valley , located near See's Candies in the North Hills Shopping Center, SE corner of Balboa and Devonshire. Pick up of items can also be arranged. Granada Hills LOVE -- the more you give the more you receive!

Pizza Cookery, tell us the truth. Is Pizza Cookery really a "Hot spot for celebrity sightings" like it says in your Clipper Magazine ad? Are there really that many A-listers coming into your joint? If so, how many and which ones? If you've actually seen Angelina Jolie, Tom Cruise, or Madonna going into the Pizza Cookery to eat doughy, not-all-that-garlicky garlic rolls, readers, please let me know. Apparently, A-listers are in there all of the time.

Be true to your school – no matter who is it named after by Brad Smith After six long years, $100 million in taxpayer’s money, and fair amount of controversy over who will actually run the new public high school in Granada Hills, guess what? It is time to name the facility, currently known as Valley Regional High School #4, 10445 Balboa Blvd., Granada Hills. Providing for a public process should allow for some transparency and community input, which in turn may yield a deeper commitment to the school – along with, presumably, honoring an individual whose life can serve as an example for students and the community, and, equally presumably, engender future volunteer and financial support for the school from interested donors. Given the LAUSD’s budget issues, probably not a bad idea. A panel selected by Los Angeles Unified School District’s Local District 1 met May 5 and came up with three possibilities: 1)...

"There's a raven," one birder calls out early into our walk. We've been here almost twenty minutes, but we've barely made it out of the parking lot, because there's already so much to see. "No, that's a crow," corrects another. "Ravens have the diamond-shaped tail." Already, I've learned something: the difference between a crow and a raven. Nevermore will I mistake the two. As the monthly Audubon Society bird walk moves deeper into O'Melveny Park, the number of species sightings mounts, as do the number of arguments, but these are quickly settled by the group's leader, Carolyn Oppenheimer. "A Goldfinch! Lawrence's!" exclaims an excited man, pointing to a tree just off the pathway. "No, that's a Lesser Goldfinch," Oppenheimer corrects, staring into her scope. "You have to be careful with the Lesser." Everyone carries binoculars and a small notepad, jotting down species they've ...