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  Restaurant review: Travel to Machu Picchu (in Van Nuys) to be rewarded with Peruvian specialties

  To get to Machu Picchu in Peru, you take a plane from Lima to Cusco at 12,000 feet, then get on the venerable and glorious train called the Hiram Bingham, and travel across the Sacred Valley for some four hours till you arrive at a train station from which you take a bus up an endless series of switchbacks — and there you are. It’s worth the trip. I’ve done it, and I’ll do it again in a nanosecond. Machu Picchu should be on everyone’s bucket...

  Merrill Shindler
  |1 day ago

• West Nile virus

  San Fernando Valley mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus

  California’s first West Nile virus-positive mosquitoes of the year were found in the San Fernando Valley, vector control officials announced Monday. The sample of infected mosquitoes was collected in a trap in Sun Valley, according to the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District. Although mostly associated with summer months, mosquito season can start earlier, said Kelly Middleton, spokeswoman for the GLACVCD. Last year,...

  Susan Abram
  |2 days ago

• Law enforcement agencies

  A new urgency to find roadside test for drugged drivers

  This year, California could join a parade of states marching toward legalization of adult recreational marijuana use. But here, as in Colorado, Washington and other states that have already taken the leap, many anti-pot cops and a pro-pot advocates agree: No one yet has devised a practical and reliable field test to determine when a driver is under the influence of marijuana. State Sen. Bob Huff, who represents parts of Orange, Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties, is proposing...

  By Brooke Edwards Staggs bstaggs@ocregister.com @journobrooke on Twitter|4 days ago

• Lawsuits

  Nearly 700 Porter Ranch area residents file claims against state, demand $3.5 million each

  Nearly 700 residents who live in and around Porter Ranch filed claims against the state of California Friday, accusing the governor and several regulatory agencies of negligence and demanding $3.5 million each for the pain and loss they suffered after the

  Susan Abram
  |4 days ago

• Air pollution

  SoCalGas moving relocated Porter Ranch residents from hotels into apartments

  The Southern California Gas Co. said Friday residents staying in hotels because of the massive 111-day gas leak at the Aliso Canyon storage facility above Porter Ranch now have the option to move into apartments. SoCalGas will begin transitioning residents staying in hotels between now and April 22. By April 22 they will have to decide...

  Gregory J. Wilcox
  |4 days ago

• Seniors

  Daily News hosts event on successful aging

  If you’re looking for tips on how to age gracefully, there’s an event in the Valley on Saturday that might just be for you. The 2016 Daily News Successful Aging Through the Generations will offer guidance on a range of health care-related topics, from sessions on care giving and tax strategies for your retirement to understanding Medicare plans and safe driving. The event takes place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Sportsman’s Lodge Events Center, located at...

  Daily News Staff|5 days ago

• Drug addiction

  Deaths from fentanyl, stronger than morphine, on the rise in LA County

  Physicians and health care providers across Los Angeles County are being warned about an increase of fentanyl overdoses and a spike in the number of deaths across California related to the drug. Los Angeles County has seen an average of 40 fentanyl-related deaths each year from 2011 to 2013, public health officials said. That figure rose to 62 deaths in 2014. No new data was available for last year, according to an advisory...

  Susan Abram
  |5 days ago

• Veterans

  UCLA’s Operation Mend to help veterans with hidden wounds of war

  For years, the main mission for the team behind UCLA’s Operation Mend was to heal the visible wounds of the servicemen and women coming home from the wars of Iraq and Afghanistan. Surgeons and specialists replaced skin seared by fire. They reconstructed faces disfigured by snipers’ bullets, and rehabilitated muscle and bone long thought lost on the battefields of the Middle East. On Wednesday, those who...

  Susan Abram
  |1 week ago

• Public health

  Cockroaches, rodent droppings, lack of hot water shut down these 7 Los Angeles restaurants

  Seven restaurants in Los Angeles were temporarily closed last week due to major public health hazards. Between April 4 and April 10, those facilities had their health permits suspended for cockroach and rodent infestations and a lack of hot water, according to a report from the Los Angeles County Public Health Department. Restaurants and markets whose permits are suspended must close until another inspection determines the problems have been fixed. Closures can occur during...

  Stephanie K. Baer
  |1 week ago

• Coachella

  Coachella 2016: What’s new at the festival

  Cool bands? Check. Crazy fashions? Sure. Exhausting amounts of fun? Let’s hope. But as much as some expected elements are fairly sure to occur again this year at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, there are some new ones, too. “The constant tinkering is the key to vitality,” said Kenneth Lopez, chairman of the Music Industry Program at the USC Thornton School of Music about the festival changes. Previously, the festival has made changes such...

  Wes Woods
  |1 week ago