If Leimert Park is considered an artistic and cultural hub, at least part of the credit goes to Ben Caldwell, who started the Leimert Park Art Walk 10 years ago and has worked on various projects in the...

I grew up in a small town in Hawaii in a household of seven: myself, my three older brothers, my parents, and my grandmother. Grandma was always home, and when she wasn’t, one of my parents was. And...

My height, at 5-foot-9-inches, and my brown cat-like eyes can come across as striking. My daily balancing act — maintaining mostly A’s and B’s in my classes at Cal State LA while juggling a job...

Societal burdens that have grown heavier through the pandemic have been carried on the backs of essential workers. I am one of those workers. Soon after COVID-19 began to make its way across the country,...

This year, traditional holiday festivities and gatherings might have to be placed on Santa’s waiting list. But that doesn’t mean La Puente residents will have to miss out completely. At a November...

Some communities on Los Angeles’ Eastside and in South L.A. were among those with the highest rates of COVID-19 infections. That is according to a UT Community News analysis of data from Nov. 18 from...

Every year, my family crowds around the kitchen island creating a big mess and getting masa stuck underneath our fingernails and I get the chance to ask my aunt questions about my roots. My family’s...

Welcome, Golden Eagles, to our very first news show, News Break with your host Catherine Valdez. Take five minutes to sit down and recap yourself with current events of the last two weeks provided by the...

While Cal State LA students adjusted to the virtual semester, professors, too, faced changing their classes completely and adjusting to be Zoom-ready. The CSU campuses were shut down mid-March and transitioned...

Many Cal State LA students are finding the online Fall Semester to be a new experience compared to last semester’s virtual instruction. Some students find online instruction challenging, while others...

A student living in the Cal State LA dorms tested positive for COVID-19, according to an email sent to housing students. Those living in campus residences were urged to register for a free COVID-19 test...