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Los Angeles County residents have attended Narcan clinics at various county libraries, including in El Monte.

Los Angeles County Libraries Host Free Narcan Clinics

Joseph Chavarria, Community News Reporter March 27, 2024

  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,...

Aerial shot of a commercial strip of shops in Highland Park.

Cruising down memory lane

November 28, 2023

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...

Mandio-Moya cooks barbecue on Avenue 26 on Imperial. Photo by Leslie Magaña Arias.

Street vendors’ obstacles lead to mobilizing, activism

Leslie Magaña Arias and KeAndre Berry October 5, 2023

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...

2023 International Top Model, Mariana Macias drives off in her parade convertible. Photo by Tristan Longwell.

East L.A. celebrates Mexican Independence Day

Tristan Longwell, Community News Digital Editor-In-Chief September 28, 2023

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...

Allegations fly between Boyle Heights council members

Brenda Mwingira, Community News Reporter December 17, 2022

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...

Building with encampments in front

Supporters say need for affordable housing measure stems from Segregation Era law

Gavin J. Quinton, Community News Reporter October 23, 2022

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,...

guy with green tshirt talks with crowd around

City of LA measure ULA: Affordable housing could benefit homeless, elderly

Saadia Jones, Community News Reporter October 14, 2022

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...

woman with two kids studying at wood desk

Eastside parents pay close attention to LAUSD’s District 2 race

Brenda Mwingira, Community News Reporter October 14, 2022

Declining enrollment over the past two decades. School policing issues. Funding and resource management. Learning losses due to the global pandemic. Children having to learn remotely. These are some...

The East Los Angeles Womens Center building with people passing by.

Eastside nonprofit aims to tackle root causes of violence

KeAndre Berry, Community News Reporter September 27, 2022

In the 1990s, violence pervaded neighborhoods around East Los Angeles. The violent crime rate in 1990 in East Los Angeles, for instance, was more than double that for the region -- compared to just...

 The group pictured in front of the old schoolhouse includes Esperanza and Marguerite Batz, from a family of early farmers. Photo hangs inside the Farmdale Schoolhouse Museum.

Farmdale Schoolhouse brings history to life in El Sereno

Evelyn Contreras, Community News reporter May 11, 2022

When Jorge Garcia attended El Sereno Middle School, he always wondered about the old wood-framed schoolhouse on the campus site but never heard much about it. More recently, when his kids started attending,...

Several colorful storefronts and signs and cars parked in front

East LA tortilleria attracts loyal customers and Michelin recognition after a decade of hard work

Ronald Cruz, Community News Social Media Editor November 15, 2021

 When Juan and Candy Villa purchased La Azteca Tortilleria in East Los Angeles in 2010, they had no idea how to make handmade tortillas or how to run a business. What they knew is that...

A stand with vegetables under an awning and women standing in front of the table.

East LA farmers market brings fresh produce and a crowd to Whittier Boulevard

Zoe Little, Community News Editor-in-Chief October 2, 2021

There has been another reason to visit Whittier Boulevard in recent weeks. On Saturday mornings, near the landmark Whittier Boulevard arch, a farmer’s market has brought fresh produce, music and community...

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