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Bobby Lee Verdugo is shown dressed as Santa Claus for his family.

Bobby Lee Verdugo: A civil rights activist. To his family, much more.

Ethan Axtell, Community News Reporter May 27, 2020

Eastsiders knew Bobby Lee Verdugo as a civil rights activist. His loved ones remember him as a great father, the family comedian and “Santa Claus.” Verdugo died on May 1 at age 69, surrounded...

Denae Ayala is shown posing with a congratulations balloon and with family members.

Dear dad and Davie, I did It!

Denae Ayala, Community News Editor May 27, 2020

When I was 9 years old, my mom dropped a bombshell on me. She told me that our family would be moving from Los Angeles County to Bakersfield. I had grown up with nephews, cousins, aunts and uncles...

Gabriel Posadas, 2, born with with a rare genetic disorder called Larsen’s Syndrome, which affects the development of bones throughout the body.

Medical supplies shortage hurts children with special needs

Denae Ayala, Community News Social Media Editor May 27, 2020

From the day Gabriel Posadas was born almost two years ago, his mother, Sabrina Renteria, worried about him. Among other issues, he had been born with dislocations of the knees and was diagnosed with...

Photo depicts a luxury apartment building in Alhambra.

Alhambra housing troubles worsen as coronavirus pandemic continues

Vanessa Wyatt, Community News Reporter May 26, 2020

Alhambra resident Laura Linares was barely making ends meet before the pandemic. Now that she has been laid off from her job as an input coordinator, the situation is dire. She told her apartment...

Despite challenges, families find balance during coronavirus

Despite challenges, families find balance during coronavirus

Darwin Lopez, Community News Section Editor May 20, 2020

Since the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent school closures, it seems almost everyone in the Olvera-Mash family is taking on new roles. Grandmother Maria Olvera is now the primary caregiver during...

Eagle Rock High School student Sarah Goldstein sits at her work station that she has designated for herself since classes at ERHS have transitioned online. Photo courtesy of Sarah Goldstein.

Learning hindered, memories never made

Kilmer Salinas and Marisa Martinez May 20, 2020

When a fire in Brentwood led her university to close this fall, Jasmin Chavez was bummed but she took solace in knowing she’d soon be back on the university’s idyllic campus in the Santa Monica Mountains. Chavez,...

Darwin Lopez is pictured with his mother and sister.

‘Zooming’ to graduation

Darwin Lopez, Community News Editor May 18, 2020

If you told me when I was a freshman in 2015 that my graduation might be canceled and classes would be on Zoom, I probably would have said “Oh well.” Graduation, to me, was expensive, and frankly,...

A student at Mt. San Antonio College's welding program is shown cutting pipe. This was taken before the facility was closed.

Looking for work during a pandemic

Marlene Cordova, Community News Reporter May 15, 2020

For Andrea Margarita Flores, the start of her last semester at Cal State LA held so much promise and excitement. Options for the child development major seemed unlimited — from small details like how...

Katherine Conchas and her mother, Bertha Conchas, pose for a photo together in San Diego in May 2019. (Katherine Conchas/UT)

Just three words

Katherine Conchas, Community News Reporter May 10, 2020

Who knew that just three words could change your life?  It was February of 2014 and I was a sophomore in high school. My parents, brother and I had just finished eating dinner and we were all sitting...

Throughout the Los Angeles area, theaters like this one in Pasadena are closed amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Movie theaters eviscerated by the pandemic

Ethan Axtell, Community News Reporter May 10, 2020

Since the rapid expansion of the coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent quarantine, the American economy has sustained immense damage, with virtually no sector being spared. The film industry, and...

A map of the reported crimes on Colorado Blvd, Eagle Rock Blvd and York Blvd between March 1 and May 1, 2020. Data Collected from CrimeMap.com.

Police foot patrols proposed for Eagle Rock and Highland Park

Marisa Martinez, Community News Digital Editor May 10, 2020

Eagle Rock and Highland Park may soon have more police presence. Earlier this year, Eagle Rock’s neighborhood council discussed a proposal to bring a designated foot patrol to the community. Eagle...

Albert Farias seen among residents in a black suit in Fall 2019

South LA could get another shop with round-the-clock liquor sales

Darwin Lopez, Community News Editor April 29, 2020

Despite concerns about the abundance of liquor stores in South Los Angeles, the Voices Neighborhood Council voted 8-2 in support of a neighborhood 7-Eleven store’s proposal to stay open around the clock...

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