Erik Adams, Community News Reporter
• October 4, 2021
Just as El Monte residents were starting to enjoy having a new farmers market in town in 2020, it was shut down because of the pandemic.
Now, it’s back in full swing and there’s a lot to celebrate,...
Norma Pérez was stunned as she watched the 2005 documentary “Earthlings.”
She couldn’t shake off scenes of animals being skinned alive and close-ups of shelter dogs being euthanized.
With...
Krysta Pae, Community News Reporter
• April 29, 2021
Growing up, Luisa Leschin was surrounded by the arts and culture.
Her mother was a concert pianist and her dad, a former president of El Salvador.
As a child, she traveled around the world dancing...
When husband-and-wife team Marcos Aguilar and Minnie Ferguson wanted to start a charter school centered on their culture and taught partly in Nahuatl, a native language of the Aztecs, they realized they...
Los Angeles County leaders passed a measure last week that is aimed at ensuring equitable access of vaccines to people of color and vulnerable groups.
The motion directs the Direct the Department of...
Last week’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol displayed a “double standard” for Melina Abdullah, Cal State LA professor and co-founder of the Los Angeles chapter of the Black Lives Matter movement.
The...
Meghan Bravo, Community News Editor
• December 29, 2020
As a child growing up in Boyle Heights, Juan Solis was so drawn to the neighborhood’s vibrant murals that he’d read up on the artists at his local library.
One artist that stood out to him was well-known...
Kenya Romero, Community News Reporter
• December 8, 2020
For Judith Soto, a DACA student, the uncertainty of crossing the border as a child was matched by few other moments in her life. One of those is when Donald Trump was elected in 2016.
“I remember...
A local ballot measure to fund programs to help incarcerated people may be gaining steam amid calls to end racism, help communities of color and defund the police.
“I do know that when we say defund...
Should some criminal activity that would be charged only as misdemeanors under current law, such as theft or fraud, be considered felonies?
That’s the question posed by a measure on the November ballot,...
There may just be a way to create more diversity in universities and in the workforce.
That’s what supporters of Prop. 16 say about the impact it could have.
November is fast approaching, and the...
Could some Cal State LA's funds invested in campus police be used instead to offset student fees or support programs such as ethnic studies?
This was one of the questions raised at a Scholar Strike...
