A few years ago, I had a conversation with the late Chris Esparza about La Placita, an expansion of the Mexican Heritage Plaza that had become his passion project. As an event producer, he knew that ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SEIU members, community allies and elected officials from the greater Los Angeles area protest at La Placita Olvera on Friday in ...

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LOS ANGELES — In downtown Los Angeles on Friday, hundreds gathered as part of a nationwide protest of ongoing immigration raids that have rattled cities and communities across the country. Labor ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- The San Jose City Council is poised to approve $3 million to fund a new project that will continue the revitalization of the East Side. "Today is about more than a funding ...

The incident happened after she dropped off her youngest child at an elementary school. Just hours after the killing of Good, organizers and immigrant rights advocates in L.A. gathered and held vigils ...

Back-to-back protests are scheduled Thursday morning outside the Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building in San Diego and the downtown Federal Building in Los Angeles, as outrage grows over the fatal ...

Las Posadas is a decades long tradition on Olvera Street, the re-enactment of the journey by Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem. The nightly procession, from Dec. 16 to Christmas Eve, started and ended at ...

A nine-night engagement of something beautiful, culturally significant, and totally free does gorgeously grace the Southern California calendar from time to time, it's true. Stream Los Angeles News ...