Jessica Lopez, Community News Reporter
• July 29, 2022
Ming Lai took the long path to film-making.
“Some kids make skateboarding videos, do short films or home movies,” Lai, 56, said in an interview with UT Community News. “I wasn’t one of those.”
Lai,...
I called my father over 50 times, and he never picked up. It was 90 degrees outside, and he was supposed to drive me home from high school.
I had no other choice but to take a two-hour walk under the...
Alyssah Hall, Community News Reporter
• July 20, 2022
A hostess at Goodfellas, a restaurant in Corona, was dressed all in black in 1940’s attire when a co-worker addressed her: “Loretta, can you seat these people over here? Oh my God, I got your name...
Blaise Sanchez, who grew up in Diamond Bar, got into stand-up about five years ago because his girlfriend at that time was a comedian.
Ironically, she ended up leaving him because of his jokes.
"Oh...
Marcos Franco, Community News Reporter
• July 12, 2022
It started in 1996 to provide community services through the power of the holy spirit.
Since then, ROCK, a nonprofit in Eagle Rock, established a community center and a cafe, and now, even a partnership...
Marcos Franco, Community News Reporter
• June 30, 2022
Despite multiple attempts over the course of six decades to become its own city, the predominantly Latinx 7.5 square-mile barrio of East Los Angeles is still part of unincorporated Los Angeles County.
That...
Small businesses in Eagle Rock don’t just make the neighborhood special, but they support each other -- helping them survive threats from chain businesses and economic downturns alike.
That’s according...
Treviar Hartsfield is an up-and-coming artist in Los Angeles. Born and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina, he recently made the decision to move to the West Coast and pursue his dream of making music.
His...
Alyssah Hall, Community News Reporter
• May 28, 2022
Brightly patterned fabrics made of plant fiber -- one with maroon and black leaves contrasting with a cream background, for instance -- are used for clothes, bedding and wall hangings in some Pacific Islander...
Marcos Franco, Community News Reporter
• May 23, 2022
As Los Angeles enters a post COVID-19 era, the city is yet to fully recover from the effects of the two-year pandemic that left more people on the streets and impacted the livelihood of working Angelenos.
So...
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,...
Pens and clipboards were replaced with an app this year for hundreds of volunteers who participated in the annual Homeless Count organized by the Los Angeles Homeless Security Authority.
The new tallying...
