Carlos Santana and his wife, Susannah, stood outside the Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels in downtown Los Angeles, gazing at the casket of Fernando […]
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Fernando Valenzuela public funeral set for Wednesday morning
A public funeral Mass for Fernando Valenzuela — beloved Mexican-born pitcher, Dodgers legend and the inspiration for “Fernandomania” — will be held at 10 a.m. […]
Will Fernando Valenzuela get a statue at Dodger Stadium? Fans want one
Fernando Valenzuela would have turned 64 on Friday. The left-handed pitcher who sparked “Fernandomania” and helped the Dodgers defeat the New York Yankees in the […]
Fans at Dodger Stadium and around L.A. honor Fernando Valenzuela
Lifelong Dodger fans Manny Acosta, 59, and his brother, Jose Acosta, 60, sit on Vin Scully Avenue, just feet away from the shrine at the […]
Dusty Baker on the passing of Fernando Valenzuela: ‘He came like an angel to us’
Dusty Baker remembered the games. Not the ones that Fernando Valenzuela would bend to his will like his signature screwball, but the moments in between. […]
Robert Vargas to honor Fernando Valenzuela with mural, Día de Muertos altar
Robert Vargas had barely wrapped up his first day of work on a Boyle Heights mural honoring Fernando Valenzuela on Tuesday night when he heard […]
Fernando Valenzuela was the man who connected L.A. to the Dodgers
Fernando Valenzuela literally roped me into his life. It was in the spring of 1989, my first full year covering the Dodgers for The Times, […]
Fernando Valenzuela navigated fame with quiet pride and dignity
Fernando Valenzuela vanished without saying a word, which, in retrospect, was the most Fernando Valenzuela thing he could have done. Not until he was falsely […]
Photos | Remembering Dodgers legend Fernando Valenzuela
Considered one of the greatest pitchers in Dodgers history, Fernando Valenzuela‘s impact stretched beyond a World Series title and his accomplishments on the mound. Valenzuela’s […]
Dodgers provide update on Fernando Valenzuela amid TV absence
Dodgers broadcaster and former World Series-winning pitcher Fernando Valenzuela has “stepped away from the Dodger broadcast booth for the remainder of this year to focus […]