Degree Duo: Just a year ago, mother...
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Degree Duo: Just a year ago, mother and daughter team Jo-ana and Monique D’Balcazar were graduating with associate degrees from Valley College. Now, Jo-ana, 35, and Monique, 16, are set to graduate Friday with honors from Cal State Northridge, both with bachelor’s degrees in speech communication. The Panorama City residents next plan to pursue either master’s degrees in public administration or law degrees.
* WAR AND REMEMBRANCE: As the nation’s war dead were remembered with parades and ceremonies throughout the San Fernando Valley, Pamela Thompson pauses for a quiet moment of reflection at Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood. B1
* SOCCER SWAP: A development company, facing stiff county opposition to its proposed housing project in San Francisquito Canyon, offered land to an influential political group: soccer moms. The 50-acres-for- playing-fields pledge won the company the moms’ support. B1
* ETHICS MACHINE: Columnist Scott Harris talked Washington ethics with Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-Mission Hills), the ranking Democrat of the House Ethics Committee. B1
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