See 9 murals celebrating Chicano history on a short walk in East LA
Lace up your walking shoes to tour some of the Eastside’s most iconic murals along Cesar E. Chavez Avenue.
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‘It’s time’: California leaders unveil biggest crackdown on drunk drivers in decades
A bipartisan coalition of state lawmakers has introduced 10 bills, an unprecedented package designed to stop deadly drivers.
Got a few hours? DIY neighborhood cleanups are happening all over LA
Neighbors across LA are coming together to clean their streets — one block at a time.
As the Olympics near, Inglewood moves to force these businesses out for stadium transportation
Attorneys will head to court to force the sale of eight properties via the eminent domain process to make way for the Inglewood Transit Connector project in time for the 2028 Olympics.
Westlake among LA’s top 10 most vulnerable zip codes for immigration enforcement
A county report found the most vulnerable neighborhoods have high concentrations of Spanish speakers, renter households and noncitizen workers.
The Boyle Heights businesses where love and community meet
On this Valentine’s Day weekend, we’re featuring Boyle Heights business owners who show love isn’t just something we celebrate, but practice every day.
Once again, more people were killed in collisions on LA streets than by homicide last year
Traffic collisions in the city of Los Angeles killed 290 people last year, and more than 150 fatal collisions involved pedestrians, according to Los Angeles Police Department data.
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These South LA empanada makers designed Bad Bunny’s halftime ‘casita’
From Buenos Aires to the Super Bowl stage, Argentine designers Federico Laboreau and Maximiliano Pizzi helped bring Bad Bunny’s iconic casita to life — and this is how they did it.
Immigration
Boyle Heights is in LA’s top 10 most vulnerable ZIP codes for immigration enforcement
A county report found the most vulnerable neighborhoods have high concentrations of Spanish speakers, renter households and noncitizen workers.
LA County leaders shoot down proposal to expand eviction safeguards for immigrants
The proposal would have let tenants across the county fall behind by about three months worth of rent and still have local protections from eviction.
LA Mayor Bass issues order banning ICE from staging on city property
The mayor is also asking the Los Angeles Police Department to increase its monitoring of federal immigration agents.
LA County identifies the ZIP codes hit hardest by ICE. Here’s where they are
A new report from LA County offers a closer look at the economic damage to the region caused by federal immigration enforcement — and at the neighborhoods most affected.
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How a Koreatown kid grew up to become the first Korean American to lead LA’s Recs and Parks Department
Jimmy Kim started out as a junior lifeguard and now leads the department that seeks to give more people access to green spaces in Los Angeles.
Meet your ‘Boyle Heights bestie,’ the runner uplifting her neighborhood online
Metztli Garcia takes thousands of followers on runs through Boyle Heights while highlighting local businesses, wellness and financial literacy.
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