Laura Rodriguez is not your ordinary veteran. Rodriguez, 52, grew up in East Los Angeles and was raised solely by her mother after her father passed away. She got accepted into UCLA and sought to make...

Samantha Miyahara's relationship with athletics started when she was young. “My parents exposed me to everything when I was little... they wanted me to be a part of a team,” Miyahara said. That...

Berenice De Anda, raised in La Puente, said the city was a wonderful place to grow up and her education there gave her the foundation she needed to thrive at University of California, Riverside, where...

Los Angeles native Terrell Tilford is the owner and creative director of Band of Vices. The Black-owned art exhibit was founded in 2015 and is located on the lively street of West Adams Boulevard. Curating...

A stable living situation was unknown to Matthew N. Crawford in his youth. Growing up poor was difficult, and uncertainty was ever present. “My mom would literally eat apples the last few days of...

Art's Delicatessen has been a fixture of the San Fernando Valley for 66 years, serving matzo ball soup and pastrami sandwiches to patrons ranging from the average knish-lover to the most powerful movie...

She grew up in the San Fernando Valley, her parents separating when she was young and the family becoming homeless at times. Now, she is a rising star in the local music scene,  goes by the name, Twixxy,...

They say not all heroes wear capes. Pasadena Fire Department probationary firefighter Evan Merced wears a 75-pound protective suit. But Merced didn’t always dream of working as a firefighter in...