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,...

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...

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...

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...

Keeping children off the streets is key to reducing violence in La Puente, according to interviews with residents and youth experts. That’s because much of the violence in town stems from Puente 13,...

A theme that emerged in interviews last week with residents and others in the Central Alameda neighborhood is concerns about safety, mainly at night. At the same time, a city and school district employee...

As housing prices increase and gentrification hits the Boyle Heights neighborhood – with rents, in some cases, rising by as much as 80 percent in one year – we asked people who live and work in Boyle...

When he was 4-years-old, Miguel Lugo was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and his doctors said he would never be able to walk. But Lugo’s family never gave up, trying everything they could to get him...

Have you considered biking, walking, carpooling or taking public transit to work or school? California public officials and health advocates are increasingly encouraging environmentally-friendly transit...

For Jennifer Ramirez, who grew up in Koreatown, few moments in her life matched the excitement of being promoted to store manager at the retail chain store where she worked – in Santa Monica, no less. She...