The Pan African Film Festival starting this week will feature 160 films to showcase African heritage.
Hispanic gym goers in Los Angeles say a nationwide fitness chain failed to maintain health standards in clubs where a majority of members are Latino.
A new report shows that California's younger and older women have been especially hit by the recession and are being held back even more by state budget cuts.
Little attention has been paid to the connection between African American beauty products and adverse health outcomes. Recent studies suggest that may change.
As the deadline passes for California to eliminate redevelopment agencies, cities respond to the transition in their own ways.
Bell Gardens establishes city-run agency to take over redevelopment.
A couple of local politicians seem to be caught in a gerrymandering struggle to remap City Council districts.
Alhambra's main agent to lure business to the city officially dissolved Feb 1, but it doesn't appear to be going away anytime soon.
With the 2012 elections looming, states are passing laws that make it tougher for ethnic minorities and the poor to cast a ballot.
Applying for a waiver from No Child Left Behind would simplify and improve the way California schools are measured.
Janelle Hutcherson, a lesbian with masculine looks, challenged traditional ideas of attractiveness when she entered the Miss Long Beach pageant.
Supporters and opponents of East LA cityhood are seeing an endpoint in the process during this week's Los Angeles Local Agency Formation Commission meeting.
A bill sponsored by Senators Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima) and Michael Rubio (D-Shafter) will give cities more time to prepare for redevelopment agencies' closure.


























