Maria Ruiz feels that South Los Angeles has been “a forgotten city for so long,” in so many ways. One way is the dearth of pharmacies.  The South Central resident treks more than a mile from...

Seventeen years ago, Esther Hernandez left her home country, Mexico, for a better life. Street vending in Glassell Park provided that better life but when her husband fell ill, the life they built together...

It was a few days before Christmas when my grandmother realized that she did not have nearly enough time nor the ingredients to prepare her homemade tamales. Nearly 50 guests would be expected for the...

Monterey Park is one of 14 California cities that have not switched over to electric use equipment and vehicles. That’s information from a presentation by the South Coast Air Quality Management District...

In response to the 2023 mass shooting in Monterey Park, the city council of Alhambra discussed three ordinances in late September to curb gun violence and passed one, but is it enough?  That was the...

On a recent afternoon, 43-year-old Sam Groft pulled out of his red and beige tent red wine he received for the holidays. It’s something small that many Los Angelenos take for granted. A full bottle...

Who starts a business centered on something she herself dislikes? Someone who loves her family and values what they like even more. Suzanne Eggli’s current career all started with her family’s...

The crime rate in the Florence-Firestone neighborhood of South Los Angeles County more than doubled just since 2019. Its violent crime rate per 100,000 residents was 2,659 in 2021, up from 823 in 2019,...

A Christmas lighting in Herman. Happy meals and happy times in Lincoln Heights. A school festival in Boyle Heights. These are some of the happy memories residents of the Eastside and South L.A. recalled...

The Maywood City Council on Oct. 25 unanimously approved a sweeping ordinance to expand protections for tenants, complementing the city’s rent stabilization ordinance that went into effect late August....

“We are ready, we are ready, we are ready for a strike,” shouted picketers in a mock strike.   On Oct. 6, three CSU unions came together and held an event to get Cal State LA “strike ready.”   “It’s...

Decades ago, it used to be gangs, drugs and crime that plagued Eastside residents. Now, it is a problem captured in one word: Gentrification. “Growing up here, I have lost more people because of...