It has been more than eight months since their library was shut down to make way for housing and Florence-Firestone area residents still feel the loss. For kids in the neighborhood, it was a place to...

A special interest group plead with a coalition of Los Angeles neighborhood councils recently to regulate alcohol retailers in the city. The Drug and Alcohol Policy Alliance (DAPA), a nonprofit that...

The city of La Puente’s aftercare program – run by the Boys and Girls Club of La Puente – is credited for being one of the community programs that has made the city safer. “La Puente used to...

Some call it a protest. Others call it a vigil. What’s clear to observers of a weekly gathering at the Farmer John warehouse in Vernon is that the event is full of heart. The point is to show these...

Street artists, jugglers, musicians and community members gathered late last month for a night of creative expression at the “Friday Night Block Party.” The event gave performers an opportunity...

The Eagle Rock neighborhood council has made fighting homelessness -- and providing meals, mobile showers and permanent supportive housing -- its top priorities. That’s according to Jane Demian, who...

In Southern California, where housing is scarce and pricey, some students have found alternatives. “I thought to myself, ‘Well, why don’t I take the money it would cost to pay rent for one semester...

About a dozen upset parents showed up with handmade posters outside a statewide politician’s office in Downey recently to protest a teen sexual education program that includes information about sexual...

Huntington Park residents were excited to learn recently that they’re not just getting another new park in town: They’re getting a 10-block-long stretch of green space where almost every block with...

Isabel Guillen survived cancer but lost her father to it. In his honor, she runs “Chavelyta’s Pink Hood,” an organization that provides donations and hosts events in support of families fighting...

The single-story, wood-frame building on the corner of 1st and Workman streets in La Puente may not look like much to passerbys. But the gray 4,200-square-foot American Craftsman-style bungalow embodies...