UT Community News partnered with the journalism program’s social media storytelling class to cover landmarks crucial to understanding Latinidad. El Mercadito By Calista Pineda, Ashley Cortes, &...

South Los Angeles resident Nadia Battle is fed up with the lack of access to fresh produce and grocery stores in her neighborhood.  “There are eight fast-food chains within a mile of each other but...

The concrete jungles of the Eastside and Northeast Los Angeles call for more trees and wildlife. That’s why North East Trees (NET), a nonprofit organization based in the Cypress Park neighborhood,...

Detroit may be known historically as the car capital of the United States, but Los Angeles is quickly gaining ground with about 7.8 million registered cars in 2023. That’s why Mayor Karen Bass has...

Football players from Roosevelt and Garfield high schools kindled both comradery and a healthy rivalry over a three-course steak meal in October at the 10th East L.A. Beef Bowl. The annual luncheon...

  Multiple Los Angeles County libraries hosted free Naloxone clinics to fight the opioid epidemic on Wednesdays. County libraries in El Monte, East LA, Willowbrook, Lennox, Lancaster, Norwalk,...

A Christmas lighting in Herman. Happy meals and happy times in Lincoln Heights. A school festival in Boyle Heights. These are some of the happy memories residents of the Eastside and South L.A. recalled...

Having to throw away food after a night of few customers. Being attacked by passersbys.  Getting your business shut down because of a rule you misunderstood. Interviews with half a dozen street vendors...

The aroma of Mexican food wafting out of busy food trucks. Colorful parade floats and dresses. Aguas frescas served up in souvenir cups. The energy of music and traditional dancers. The flavors, richness...

A Boyle Heights council meeting this fall ended in a resignation. One Boyle Heights neighborhood council member alleged her colleagues of bullying and corruption. Another alleged unprofessional behavior...

When Natalie Vargas’ mother left her father in 2017, the two became homeless.  “We didn't have anywhere to go. We slept in our car or in a storage area behind my grandmother’s house,” Vargas,...

Campaign Manager Yuval Yossefy is so excited about a city of Los Angeles ballot measure to tax millionaires, billionaires, and corporations in order to fund affordable housing efforts. That’s why...