San Fernando Valley veterans were fêted at a luncheon on Tuesday at the Orange Grove Bistro at Cal State Northridge. Four San Fernando Valley Assembly members co-hosted the event, including Laura Friedman, D-43rd District; Jesse Gabriel, D-45th District; Adrin Nazarian, D-46th District; and Luz Rivas, D-39th District.
The veterans honored for their distinguished service included Gary William Aggas, Harold Bahrke, David Chianello, Robert ‘Chef Bob’ Gale, Maria Luisa Hernandez, Joe Lozano, Mark MacCarley, Ethel Margolin, Steve Pierce, Oscar Stein, Dan Stepenosky, Nancy Sumner, Carol Ann Van Natten and Leon Waldman. Two veterans, Roscoe Frazier and Richard Kinder, were unable to attend but also received the special resolutions from the state legislature for their military service.