Cal State LA’s new proposal to raise admissions standards isn’t due to the Cal State University system chancellor yet, but it’s apparently already discouraging some community college students who...

The Eagle Rock recreation center is a place where children from a nearby school go for gym class. It’s the spot where kids whose families have lived for generations in the neighborhood play alongside...

On a recent Friday night, people attending the night market in La Puente walked past sweet smells of crepes, popcorn, tortas and other treats while children waved bubble wands and ran around, their faces...

More than 30 years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, a 4-year-old Eagle Rock resident can’t play in her neighborhood park because it isn’t ADA compliant. “We can’t push...

When Antonia Kania opened her ice cream shop last Fall in South Central Los Angeles, where she grew up, it was childhood dream come true. That dream was in peril just months later, when a Baskin-Robbins...

Just as Boyle Heights residents in recent decades have fought new businesses and developers moving onto their turf, they once battled new freeways being built right through the neighborhood. Filmmaker...

The causes of and possible solutions to gang violence were the hot topics at a recent neighborhood council meeting in South Central Los Angeles. Robert Canizales, a senior lead officer with the city...

NextMex Express, part of the Doomie’s vegan chains of restaurants, opened its doors on the Eastside late last year -- sparking a mixed reaction from residents. Some bemoaned the development as a sign...

“Impossible.” “Horrible.” “Blinding.” Those were the words used by Patty Contreras, a mother of two, to describe traffic near two schools in Pico Rivera. “Just last week we almost had...

Dim lighting. Occasional graffiti. Homeless folks gathered around. This scene is not in some back alley but it’s a description of La Puente Park -- what’s considered the heart of this small city...

For years, Leimert Park residents complained about “the noise” coming from a local drumming circle. That’s what led Ben R. Caldwell to help organize the first Leimert Park Art Walk ten years ago. “This...

Folks driving through one of the main thoroughfares in La Puente notice a few things right off the bat. There’s the drive-thru donut shop that’s shaped just like a giant donut. Down the block...