MONTEREY PARK — An East Los Angeles College student has been named a 2025 Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholar. Biology major Prisma Santiago is […]
Category: East Los Angeles
Judge orders youth transfer from Los Padrinos after ‘gladiator fights’
LOS ANGELES — A judge has approved plans by the county Probation Department to draw down the number of youth detainees being held at the […]
Progressive councilwoman Eunisses Hernandez launches 2026 re-election campaign
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — Progressive City Councilwoman Eunisses Hernandez has formally launched her re-election campaign with a swath of support from her colleagues […]
$65M grant to turn empty Norwalk hospital buildings into mental health village
Wave Staff and Wire Reports NORWALK — Los Angeles County has received a $65 million state grant to convert unused buildings at the Metropolitan State […]
Inside a Los Angeles STEM event inspiring the next generation of Black innovators
Wave Staff Report DOWNEY — About 50 students from across the Los Angeles area attended an event May 1 to learn about opportunities in science, […]
Firebaugh High students unveil garden on Earth Day
Wave Staff Report LYNWOOD — What started as an empty corner of the Firebaugh High School campus has blossomed into a thriving student-built school garden […]
Lynwood schools salute student talent at art festival
Wave Staff Report LYNWOOD — Not even rainy skies could dampen the spirit of celebration as families from across the Lynwood Unified School District gathered […]
MTA opens second phase of transit safety program
Wave Staff Report NORWALK — The second phase of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s weapons detection program was launched April 28 at the C Line Station […]
Student uses adult program as bridge to medical school
Wave Staff Report WHITTIER — At a crossroads with her education, California High School class of 2018 graduate Abigail Villanueva had completed her bachelor’s degree in biological […]
Man declared factually innocent after 30 years in prison
Wave Wire Services EAST LOS ANGELES — A man who spent nearly three decades behind bars after being convicted of a 1993 murder was declared […]