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A foreclosure tour from the front seat of a patrol car
Four years into the housing crisis, abandoned and derelict foreclosures — and the crimes they attract — keep police busy in one Los Angeles neighborhood.
New campaign highlights apparel ‘Made in Los Angeles’
Los Angeles' mayor visits trade show to promote L.A. fashion industry.
Who is responsible for foreclosed homes?
Tess Vigeland
An LAPD police officer gives a tour of his precinct in Watts and the blight foreclosed homes have wrought upon the neighborhood. The City of Los Angeles says the banks who own the homes should be responsible for the upkeep of the foreclosures.
TV drama production fleeing Los Angeles
There are 23 new hour-long dramas debuting on the broadcast networks this fall, but only two will be shot in L.A. County. What's causing TV to look outside of Hollywood?
Take a walk though the country’s newest urban park
Megan Larson
The Grand Park in Downtown Los Angeles offers much needed — and some say, long overdue — green space in the neighborhood.
Undocumented in Los Angeles weigh immigration ruling
After the Supreme Court’s ruling on Arizona’s immigration laws, some undocumented workers say they would go to the state. Others would not.
Obama to visit upper-middle-class black L.A.
Neighbors say they are more economically vulnerable than white counterparts.
Obama to visit ‘Black Beverly Hills’
Black upper middle class View Park in L.A. feels connected to nearby poor neighborhoods.
A nun’s take on the economic recovery
Sister Albertina Morales works with some of the most economically destitute people in Los Angeles. And according to her, the economic recovery isn't much of a recovery at all.
Los Angeles moves to eliminate plastic bags
The Los Angeles City Council has voted to phase out plastic bags at the checkout with a ten cent tax. Other cities around the country have enacted similar measures, but Los Angeles is the largest U.S. city to do so.

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