East Los Angeles News

Two people were wounded when gunfire erupted at an East Los Angeles family gathering, and the gunman is on the run.

Wyche, who attends East Los Angeles Junior College, verbally committed to the University of Southern California earlier this month but that hasn't stopped schools from pursuing him.

The Long Beach City Council I-710 Oversight Committee's latest meeting was a lengthy one that attempted to quickly go over the more recent updates about the 710 expansion project that is planned to run from Ocean Boulevard in Long Beach all the way to the 60 freeway in East Los Angeles.

Recently, a program directed to aid street vendors was awarded $100,000 as a part of the LA2050 contest.

Author Sharon Bise offers parents and children a new resource for coping with the anxieties about the first day of kindergarten in her latest children's book, " Jay's First Day at School " . "My co-worker had a son, Jay, who was beginning kindergarten and was frightened about taking this big step into the unknown," Bise explains.

A motorcycle rider greets L.A. mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti during his walk around East Los Angeles, on May 20, 2013, the day before Election Day.

As we continue to keep our eyes focused on the future, we also need to make sure we keep up with top JUCO players who are looking to sign or recently signed with four-year schools.

Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today joined with education and business leaders and elected officials at Humphreys Avenue Elementary School in East Los Angeles to call for action on his plan to direct additional resources to the state's neediest students and restore local control over how money is spent in schools.

Police investigate a threat made to the East Los Angeles College campus which prompted an evacuation on Thursday, May 16, 2013.

The lockdown at East Los Angeles College has been lifted and police say they arrested a 19-year-old in connection with an earlier threat.

Omar Lopez, 36, of Downey, was fatally shot in the 3600 block of East First Street about 5:55 p.m. Monday and died at the scene, according to sheriff's deputies and a coroner's spokesman.

Glendale Kia and Northeast Activists are host a Candidate Meet and Greet this Friday night at the LA River Center in Cypress Park.

A joint investigation targeting criminal street gangs in over a dozen separate locations in the East Los Angeles ara resulted in several arrests, authorities said Wednesday.

A deputy shot and killed a fight suspect in Cudahy after the man tried to take the deputy's weapon.

Russia and the United States agreed to seek new peace talks with both sides to end Syria's civil war, but opposition leaders were skeptical on Wednesday of an initiative they Struggling to be heard over a flock of bleating sheep, Israel's ambassador to Senegal invites a crowd of impoverished Muslims to help themselves to about 100 sacrificial ... (more)

IT'S HIS WILL: Singer will.i.am donates a cheque for $100,000 to the Manaiakalani Education Trust during a visit to Point England School.

An underground strip club allegedly operating inside of a cab company building in Lancaster has been shut down by law enforcement following an undercover investigation.

The five finalists for president and superintendent are Tod Burnett, president of Saddleback College in Mission Viejo; Marie-Elaine Burns, vice president of student services, San Jose City College; Farley Herzek, interim president, East Los Angeles College; Laurel Jones, president, Mission College in Santa Clara; and Pamela Walker, vice president ... (more)

The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund of the U.S. Treasury Department announced a $405 million tax-credit authority for California community development entities in April.

I grew up in housing projects in the barrio in East Los Angeles. Though the majority of my community consisted of hardworking people from strong nuclear families; gang violence was common, poverty was ubiquitous and drug addiction was a destructive force.