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The Wild Cherry van as it looked in the 1979 film Van Nuys Blvd. (above) and the photo of the van taken by Mike Hitchens in 2016. The Wild Cherry van as it looked in the 1979 film Van Nuys Blvd.

In response, we present Cruisin' the Coast on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, a stretch of pristine four-lane coastal roadways three times the length of Van Nuys Blvd. All the cars that were worth keeping ...

Editor’s Note: This is the first in an occasional series of stories on San Fernando Valley neighborhoods. Inside a wood-paneled shop on Sylvan Street in Van Nuys, Luigi Della Ripa threw a tape measure ...

A mixed-used 174-unit apartment complex could be be coming to Van Nuys. Developers are seeking to demolish three commercial buildings and a parking lot near the intersection of Van Nuys Boulevard and ...

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For nearly two decades, residents of the northern and eastern San Fernando Valley watched as Los Angeles County officials opened new rail lines to the Westside, the San Gabriel Valley and East Los ...