East Los Angeles News

Nine-year-old Caine Monroy climbs a stepladder and stands on his tiptoes, grabbing a teddy bear off a wall filled with toys.

A man and woman were arrested in Highland Park last week following an altercation in which a car, a crowbar and a knife were all used as weapons.

Sakaida is a retired Temple City, Calif., nursery owner whose hobby is studying World War II air combat incidents and then tracking down dogfight participants in hope of turning old enemies into friends.

Rhett Frazier, Inc. might be based in East Los Angeles, but its music was first baked in the working class breadbasket of the American Midwest: Songwriter and vocalist Rhett Frazier grew up in Oklahoma, less than half an hour's distance from the home or birthplace of legendary soulmen Roy Milton and Lowell Fulson .

For those living in Santa Barbara, the idea of nature-deficit disorder seems absurd.

The last time Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-East Los Angeles, faced her Democratic opponent in a primary election, she won by more than 41 percentage points.

Last week we indulged the Hell Garage Demons' obsession with going low and slow down East Los Angeles streets, and even I - normally quite resistant to the idea of adding too many Hell Projects to my existing stable - started pricing Daytons and looking for a good pinstriper.

Roy Shugart of Yucaipa admires a 1911 Model T at the 21st Annual Redlands Optimist Car Show on Saturday at Sylvan Park in Redlands, That's the name Carlos Martinez chose for his three collectibles - a 2010 Aston Martin, 2009 Audi R8 and a 2008 Maserati, all which carry an estimated worth of just more than $500,000. "I got into this when I was ... (more)

Since there were no bike pit stops in Boyle Heights for Metro Bike to Work Day, I took a break from the neighborhood and checked out the one in East Los Angeles.

On Friday, May 18th, Cypress Park Branch Library's open mic event for writers and musicians returns with special guest Jim "The Beast" Marquez.

LOS ANGELES -- A bicyclist was injured on Thursday after falling into a hole in the sidewalk apparently caused by thieves who stole a manhole cover.

Supporters of a longtime California activist, Carlos Montes, rallied outside a courthouse in Los Angeles Tuesday calling on authorities to drop his prosecution.

This November, approximately 100 high-school students from around the country will participate in the Anti-Defamation League's Grosfeld Family National Youth Leadership Mission, an annual three-day trip to Washington, D.C., for students, with all expenses paid for by the ADL.

Glendora Police recently arrested a suspect in connection with multiple vehicle burglaries in town.

She was uneasy around the machines but she also wanted to know what her children did on the Internet.

The rally at Mariachi Plaza in East Los Angeles attracted several hundred people, and was part of various May Day actions held around the city.

Much as we love fragile Japanese all-wheel-drive cartoon cars here in Project Car Hell , the Hell Garage Demons have become downright insistent that we head in a different direction.

Emmy-award winning Chicano rock legends David Hidalgo and Louie Perez, better known as founders of the world-renowned East L.A.-born band Los Lobos, have coalesced their creative talents once again in the form of a new multimedia play: "Evangeline: the Queen of Make Believe." A dedicated daughter and talented go-go dancer, Evangeline is a young ... (more)

San Joaquin Delta College women's dive team had four members competing in the women's division of the 2012 California Community College State Championships held April 26 to 27 in East Los Angeles.

An award winning author and former gang member will appear in Foster City next month at a fundraiser for a Peninsula group that aims to reduce violence.