People receiving help from food pantries can sometimes feel ashamed, guilty or desperate. Considering the world is confronting the worst recession since the Great Depression, area residents and...

To build apartments that are higher density than normally allowed, developers in the city of South Gate can agree to provide affordable housing. Gonzales-Goodale Architects and Newport Ventures did...

The humble convenience store.  When you think of these, you think of mini-marts and 7-Elevens. Places that you stop on road-trips for energy drinks and Funyuns. Hotspots for early-morning oddball encounters. Merriam-Webster...

A Lincoln Heights neighborhood meeting on Oct. 14 about planning and land use — including a proposed 468-unit housing complex in Lincoln Heights — had a slow and messy start. The committee members...

Unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County still had 1,046 active oil wells, 637 idle wells and 2,731 abandoned wells as of June 1. That’s partly why the county’s Board of Supervisors took action...

Inglewood city council members approved a one-month extension on the COVID-19 rent relief program for city residents. The 36-minute meeting late last month was also punctuated by a spirited public comment...

The reconstruction of the Forum back in 2014, the construction of the SoFi Stadium, the Los Angeles Rams’ new high-tech home. And, the forthcoming Los Angeles Clippers basketball arena. These are...

Does COVID-19 pose the biggest threat to the economy and property values this year? Some business owners say the new Prop. 15 might be a close second.  California’s 1978 taxpayers revolt was led...

Low-income neighborhoods with predominantly Latinx and immigrant families tend to be undercounted in the U.S. Census. That’s because, experts say, people don’t realize the impact of the Census....

Supporters of "defunding" the police in South Gate point to a downward trend of violent and nonviolent crimes in the city, adding the money could go into community programs that prevent criminal activity...

The coronavirus pandemic and related local mandates have pitted church against state in communities across America. UT Community News checked in with church leaders and members in Montebello to see...

To residents of South Los Angeles and the Eastside, including the Cal State LA community, no election in recent memory has felt more important. The policy decisions under another Republican Donald Trump...