March 2009 Archives
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi Honored During Annual March Women's History Month.
Civic watchdog says approval process holds potential for elected officials to wield influence behind the scenes without official responsibility for expenditure of public funds.
Federal funding for local college aims to address low Latino enrollment rate in scientific disciplines.
For more than 10 years, Da' Poetry Lounge has been the gathering place for young artists and audiences in search of self-expression.
Some Japanese-Americans who fought in WWII are finally getting a monument and educational center dedicated to remembering their service to the country.
A band started by immigrants in 1976 is now run by a group of teens who will help carry on indigenous Oaxacan music culture in Los Angeles.
Continual rise in tortilla sales over sandwich breads is signaling a change in our country.
A little-known fact about famous 60's teen idol and music legend Paul Anka is that he's Arab-American.
An EPA grant will help Asian-American community organizations turn an old abandonned oil field into housing and community space.
Chinatown's Alpine Rec Center is a social hub and thriving center of activity for both young and old in the community.
There aren't many African-American veterinarians around, but this family of medical doctors made room for one.
L.A. hip-hop talents are rising out of a monthly showcase run from an independent record store located in an industrial area strip mall on the west side.
Bill would open door for private financial aid for illegal immigrants going to college, comes as State Senator seeks Congressional seat left vacant by Labor Secretary Solis.
Walter Melton writes about love in this installment of his Skid Row Journey.
The 6th Edition of the series offer 600 pages of history, current events and data on the Arab American community in the U.S.
A parcel used as a comparable deal for the $5.6 million deal on Spring Street never went through, indicating that city officials could have struck a better bargain.
Diners can capitalize on freebies and 'twofers' as restaurants battle recession.
Dodgers see chance to bolster relations with Latino fans in L.A. and Mexico.
Financial help for collage students is available even amidst the current economic crisis.
Program will look at growth of Pentecostal churches and other 'charismatic' denominations from location near the start of it all in Little Tokyo.
How did basketball become so popular in Oaxaca? Geography has something to do with it — and so does community.
Citizen journalist Walter Melton continues his first-person series on living and learning on Skid Row.
A neighborhood in Echo Park that became a national poster child for the gentrification trend in recent years is now having a collective case of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the wake of a deadly daylight shooting spree.
Women Alive and other local L.A. organizations have begun looking at HIV from a social approach as opposed to a strictly biomedical approach.
A member of the inner-city gentry finds common ground with the destitute in a rip-off of publicly subsidized healthcare programs, according to allegations.
There are still some old-fashioned Drive-Ins where you can save on a family outing.
Rev. Samuel 'Billy' Kyles finally decided to make a record of what it was like on that balcony in Memphis. HBO is bringing his account to the world.
Once condemned as a musical misfit, steel pans are now the national instrument of Trinidad and Tobago.
New program from Internet-literacy non-profit seeks to bridge one of the biggest chasms of the digital divide.
The recent passage of legislation to grant long-denied benefits to Filipino veterans doesn't reach widows.
Citizen journalist Walter Melton introduces his regular column, "A Skid Row Journey" ...
Hard times and good times at a backyard baby shower, where some men were into it and other were just there.
Black broadcasters working in L.A.'s mainstream media tell challenges they face everyday.
City's $5.6 Million deal for less than an acre appears to overlook recent crisis atmosphere, with key questions outstanding.
It might be that Los Angeles could have secured land for two new parks at the same price that city officials now propose to pay for one.
He says he shot to protect his family — now he wants a shot at college and a home of his own.
St. Cecilia Catholic Cathedral in South L.A. has been designated as an official sanctuary for the Virgin of Juquila, the incarnation of Mary especially venerated by the peoples of Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz, and Chiapas.
Everyone is worried about the economy these days. The Rivas' tell stories about the last Great Depression.
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