Leslie Berestein Rojas

During the height of the pandemic, L.A. Latinos endured not just the highest infection rates, but big financial setbacks. Now, with inflation soaring, recovery has been tough. Some local schools have launched Spanish-language financial literacy classes for families trying to get back on their feet.

L.A.’s Jewish, Muslim and Arab American communities have been processing anger, fear, and anxiety since the start of the Israel-Hamas war last month. Now, an arrest in the death of a Jewish man at a protest earlier this month in Thousand Oaks is adding to local tension.

Reports of antisemitic and Islamophobic incidents are on the rise. Some hateful incidents may not be criminal offenses, but you can still report them.

Los Angeles is pitching in to expand free legal help for immigrants facing deportation as part of Represent LA, a public-private program in which the city participates with L.A. County and private philanthropies.

Feelings about how Israel should respond are complex in L.A.’s liberal-leaning Jewish community. Progressives are struggling to reconcile their values with outrage and grief, and with a sense of abandonment by the greater left.

Local temples, mosques, and nonprofits have been calling for donations to help Israelis and Palestinians who’ve been injured and displaced.

A new fictional play from Company of Angels draws from the stories of Black Angelenos who settled and thrived in Boyle Heights long ago.

The documentary "American Homeboy" from film newcomer Brandon Loran Maxwell offers deep insider perspectives on pachuco and cholo culture, whose history is intertwined with L.A.

Some have called it the “hot labor summer.” Workers around L.A. ranging from TV script writers to hotel housekeepers have been on strike, demanding better pay and working conditions. Why here, and why now?

The L.A. City Council has directed transportation officials to look into a possible ban on tour buses on hillside streets near the iconic sign, citing safety concerns.

LA fans have been shelling out NLF-worthy fees to see Sunday’s LAFC game against Inter Miami. But some wonder if Miami’s newly-signed superstar Lionel Messi will play.

L.A. County prosecutors say David Bloom scammed nine people out of nearly $250,000. Bloom, a twice-convicted con man known in the ‘80s as the “Wall Street Whiz Kid,” allegedly trolled for victims in a Hollywood apartment building and local bars.