Aaron Mendelson

Some landlords have been more sympathetic than others when it comes to demanding timely rent during the pandemic.

We asked LAist readers to share letters they'd received from their landlords. Here's what we learned.

After seeing our story, an LAist reader contacted Wilson, offering to cut a check for her rent, utilities and late fees.

After we published a story about a Pomona renter facing eviction, an LAist reader who owns a popular Silver Lake burger joint pledged to cut a check.

Effective immediately, the statewide order halts evictions through May 31 for renters affected by COVID-19.

Presley Wilson is a single mom who rents a travel trailer in Pomona, California. She got a three-day notice in mid-March and is struggling to pull together rent. Many more people could be in her situation on Apr. 1.

One renter finds herself self-isolating in her trailer, facing eviction during a pandemic, as a chronically ill person.

The number of California cases has risen dramatically in recent days, and is now over 1,000. That has prompted unprecedented action from Governor Gavin Newsom, who yesterday ordered all Californians to stay home.

Real estate appraiser Justin Jangwoo Kim pled guilty to one count of federal program bribery and agreed to cooperate with an ongoing investigation.

A fundraiser pled guilty on a charge connected to his coordination of a $500,000 bribe to a city councilmember. It's the latest domino to fall in an FBI investigation into corruption at Los Angeles City Hall.

It’s not easy to keep perspective in a pandemic. To help provide context, we’ve rounded up data on the coronavirus in California.

Life for low-income tenants can be a grind even in the best of times. In the face of a global pandemic, things are even more challenging.