Wave Staff Report BOYLE HEIGHTS — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority celebrated the completion of Lorena Plaza, a mixed-use housing development for low-income households, with half […]
Category: East Los Angeles
Former student returns as mentor, human rights advocate
Wave Staff Report WHITTIER — California High School Class of 2016 graduate Alondra Saldivar has a passion for helping others. From her days leading Cal High […]
County honors activist Dolores Huerta on 95th birthday
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — The county Board of Supervisors proclaimed April 10 as Dolores Huerta Day, in recognition of the labor leader and […]
Middle school students attend Girls Empowerment Summit
Wave Staff Report LYNWOOD — More than 200 Lynwood Unified School District middle school students gathered recently for the third annual Girl Empowerment Summit, a conclusion […]
Graduate returns to lead school’s computer science program
Wave Staff Report WHITTIER — When La Serna High School class of 2017 alumna Markie Wagner was in middle school, she was already coding and developing her […]
Union members travel to Delano for Cesar Chavez Day
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — Hundreds of workers rallied in the Westlake district March 31 before boarding buses bound for Delano for the “Con […]
High school students get lesson on drinking, driving
Wave Staff Report WHITTIER — Pioneer High School students were given an opportunity to see the real-life consequences of driving drunk, distracted or impaired can have […]
Arturo Flores to serve as mayor in Huntington Park
Wave Staff and Wire Reports HUNTINGTON PARK — Arturo Flores has been named the new mayor of the city, officials announced. Flores, who was the […]
Lynwood schools to add green spaces at 10 campuses
Wave Staff Report LYNWOOD — The Lynwood Unified School District is teaming up with SLA Inc. to transform 10 school sites and campuses into sustainable […]
Tornado sweeps through Pico Rivera neighborhood
Wave Wire Services PICO RIVERA — The storm system that moved through the Southland March 13, brought a heavy dose of rain over a short […]