Leslie Berestein Rojas

Amid an outcry about the toxic waste scandal, the city council has ordered a cleanup outside the boundary of the development site.

Immigrant rights rallies on May 1 are a tradition in L.A., and this Sunday is no different.

Three decades later, people who live and work around the intersection say the area is still beset by disinvestment and neglect.

As the Armenian community gets set to mark the 107th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, a new museum exploring the Armenian American experience is under construction in Glendale.

A 2020 law made taxpayers who file with an ITIN, many of them undocumented workers, eligible for certain low-income California tax credits. But you need to file your state tax return to benefit. Anti-poverty advocates have been doing outreach ahead of tax day.

L.A. County dropped its indoor mask requirement last month. While COVID-19 cases are increasing, the county’s health chief says there’s no need to panic.

The plan includes increasing Bureau of Sanitation staff and curbing illegal dumping with deterrents like fines and cameras.

In Southern California’s tight rental market, resettlement agencies are struggling to find permanent, affordable housing for Afghans.

There’s no refugee program in place yet for Ukrainians. A few have made it to L.A. with visas, while others seek humanitarian parole at the border.

Last week’s announcement that the U.S. will accept up to 100,000 displaced Ukrainians encouraged local Ukrainians hoping to bring loved ones to L.A. — but they’re still waiting for details on how the effort will work.

The president said the U.S. will welcome up to 100,000 Ukrainians displaced by the war, but the State Department has not yet figured out how that will work.

One Ukrainian Angeleno describes how volunteers are pushing back online against the war and Russia’s blackout of independent media.