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Rodriguez sitting on his PC setup for gaming (PC - Raul Rodriguez)

Gaming provides comfort amid Covid

Cornell Chuaseco, Community News Reporter/Photojournalist April 14, 2021

As we hit the one-year mark of the pandemic, many of us have pursued different hobbies to help us relax during quarantine. One of the popular activities that people stuck at home took interest in was online...

Man with trash bag stands on top of a hill

How to organize a community cleanup

Brian Lai, Community News Reporter April 14, 2021

Elephant Hill is one of the crown jewels of the neighborhood, with its rolling hills and vistas of the Downtown  skyline and the San Gabriel Mountains. But not everything is scenic about Elephant...

A building with a red, lit up Sears sign in cursive

Buying holiday outfits to snacking on popcorn: Eastside residents share their memories of Sears ahead of its closing

Martha Nerio, Community News Reporter April 8, 2021

Arline Hernandez, 73, said the Sears store at Olympic Boulevard and Soto Street has long been a symbol of home, its green neon rooftop sign visible for miles around. “As little kids we would always...

Headshots of four people, a man with a tie, a woman with her hair pulled back, a man with long hair and a woman with black hair.

Eastside neighborhood council elections: Who’s running and why

Stephanie Medina, Community News Reporter April 3, 2021

Growing ranks of residents experiencing homelessness. Public transit and traffic-related issues. And crime and public safety. These are some of the issues affecting Los Angeles residents that the city’s...

A man in a blue suit and a woman in an orange dress pose for a photo

How I ended up living with my best friend for six months during the coronavirus pandemic

Mia Alva, Community News Reporter April 1, 2021

I will never forget the night my dad returned from work to our home in Highland Park. It was March 18, 2020. COVID-19 had done little damage on the United States at that point, so I didn’t expect...

Photo on the left of an existing stretch of Colorado Blvd. and a redesigned graphic on the right of a revived Color

Eagle Rock’s Beautiful Boulevard proposal stirs controversy

Stephanie Presz, Community News Reporter March 28, 2021

The Beautiful Boulevard proposal, as lovely as it may sound, is causing a rift among some Eagle Rock residents and business owners. A neighborhood group composed of volunteers from the area created...

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Displacements divide Echo Park: ‘We are fighting against each other’

Genesis Gonzalez, Community News Reporter March 27, 2021

Echo Park residents say the homeless encampment evictions this week represent a bitter stew that has been simmering for years and boiled over during the pandemic. Contributing to the shutdown, they...

Alex Cohen with Mayor Garcetti - Courtesy of Alex Cohen

From radio to the screen: How Atwater Village resident Alex Cohen became a TV news anchor

By Mia Alva, Community News Reporter March 26, 2021

Twenty-year public radio veteran Alex Cohen is known for her interviewing skills and political knowledge. She never expected those skills to catch the attention of a local television outlet and launch...

Budget Inn over Valley Blvd. in El Monte is blocked off due to its remodeling. Photo Credit-Ronald Cruz, UT Community News Reporter

Delays in El Monte’s emergency housing program leave residents out in the cold

Ronald Cruz, Community News Reporter March 22, 2021

Some El Monte residents waiting for relief from the homelessness crisis will be waiting a little longer than expected for help. The city received $17.7 million from the state’s Homekey program on...

Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, United States. Photo by @Sterlingdavisphotola (source:unsplash.com)

Maywood residents question city’s use of CARES Act funds

Genesis Gonzalez, Community News Reporter March 21, 2021

Nearly one-third of the roughly $344,000 in CARES Act funds that the city of Maywood spent as of late last year went to administrative expenses. That’s according to documents obtained by Community...

Jeans hang on a rack inside Double-Needle Repair

PC: Jared Everette

Old jeans, bold jeans, blue jeans — and now, new jeans

Stephanie Presz, Community News Reporter March 20, 2021

Whether you see jeans as a symbol of the civil rights movement or of youth and Hollywood, denim is part of the fabric of America and Los Angeles. But denim, like any fabric,  is not forever. That’s...

Safety during the pandemic drives changes on LA Metro buses and trains

Safety during the pandemic drives changes on LA Metro buses and trains

Mia Alva, Community News Reporter March 15, 2021

Despite its ridership declining by more than half, due to the coronavirus pandemic and related closures, LA Metro buses and trains are still chugging along. At a recent Historic Highland Park Neighborhood...

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