Jimmy Gomez

City Councilman Kevin De Leon is running for reelection against tenant rights attorney Ysabel Jurado. The outcome could determine whether City Hall leans more progressive.

The LA Local News Initiative raised almost $15 million to help journalists tackle specific community-driven stories that often get overlooked.

Summer is a fine artist and stay-at-home mom who wants to become financially independent by the time her youngest son moves out.

Gregorio Mancilla ganaba menos del salario mínimo como trabajador de costura cuando se fijó la meta de ahorrar suficiente dinero para mandar a su hija a la universidad.

Small stages provide a place for newer acts to gain exposure. But faced with inflation and corporate competition, venue owners have to be scrappy.

You might know that Los Angeles beaches get dirty after a winter storm, but it remains a problem in the summer, too. Why? And does it keep anyone away?

As a girl, Dee Dee Keel ditched the doldrums of Venice for the thrills of Hollywood.

Hobbyists and nostalgia chasers are coming back to film photography. Meet the local small business owners keeping up with demand.

Proposition 3 would enshrine the right for same-sex couples to marry in the California constitution. It would also repeal and replace language from 2008 that says otherwise.