Kilmer Salinas, Community News Reporter
• March 17, 2020
Erika Gonzalez, a fourth-year student at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College in South Los Angeles, already has a lot going on in her life: While both of her parents work, Gonzalez, a first-generation college...
From products flying off the shelves to local families preparing to work or take classes remotely, coronavirus fears shook the Eastside.
Disinfectants, hand sanitizers, antibacterial wipes, water and...
Chidera Bosah, Community News Reporter
• March 11, 2020
As I entered the room, I felt embraced.
I did not stand out. I did not feel eyes on me. I was not questioned for my
It was a moment of complete blissfulness where I could be my authentic self: a...
Jack Aylmer, Community News Reporter
• March 11, 2020
For most adults, dodgeball is a game of the past. After all, the idea of pelting a friend with a rubber ball might seem a bit juvenile.
But the Eagle Rock Yacht Club, an adult dodgeball league, is looking...
Kilmer Salinas, Community News Reporter
• March 11, 2020
What does it mean to be Black? Who controls the narrative of one’s life, or your people’s lives? Is faith a given?
These are some of the deep questions that surfaced at a recent gathering of “Brilliantly...
Democrats were out in droves this week to cast their ballots in the California primary.
Residents interviewed at two polling locations on the Eastside and South Los Angeles described the voting process...
Everyone likes a comeback story.
If vacancies and interviews with customers and workers at Puente Hills Mall are any indication, the shopping complex needs just that.
“Slowly, business is declining,...
Kilmer Salinas, Community News Reporter
• February 28, 2020
Janet Morales was working at the Central Inn Motel in South Los Angeles in early January when a guest started getting aggressive and talking loudly, scaring her. So, she called the police and figured they’d...
Vanessa Wyatt, Community News Reporter
• February 28, 2020
As a generation of urban Latinx youth grow up and aspire to achieve the American Dream, does their success contribute to problems in their communities?
That question is part of what the Netflix series,...
Leobardo Garcia, a construction worker who lives in Boyle Heights, said his rent increased by about $380 in the past year and that has meant major sacrifices for him and his family: “We can’t do a...
Vanessa Wyatt, Community News Reporter
• February 13, 2020
Most Angelenos know traffic is bad in the area, especially on freeways and main thoroughfares. Los Angeles County’s population growth – from less than 9.8 million in 2010 to 10.1 million in 2018, according...
