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Herlinda Ramirez Colosimo has lived in the city all her life but recently has found herself shopping outside its borders.

The announcement states "Free rides on the entire Metro Gold Line from Pasadena to East Los Angeles will be offered on opening day ..." Which is interesting since the motion the Metro Board approved Oct.

A light rail line extension to East Los Angeles will open next month after five years of construction.

A light rail that will have its eastern terminus within one mile of the border with Monterey Park will be opened November 15, according to county transportation officials.

Redevelopment and the state budget crisis are among issues concerning candidates running for South El Monte City Council.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority board of directors on Thursday authorized $5 million for the study of two light-rail lines from East Los Angeles to either South El Monte or Whittier.

This article originally appeared in SLJ's Extra Helping. Sign up now! Lauren Barack -- School Library Journal, 10/19/2009 Teachers, media specialists, and students around the world are gearing up for the 4th Annual K12 Online Conference - a chance for tech-savvy educators to virtually mingle and share, while those less familiar with Web 2.0 tools ...

An East Los Angeles gang member is now among the FBI's "Most Wanted" fugitives. 34 year old Jose Luis Saenz, also known as Smiley, is wanted for murder, kidnapping, rape and parole violation charges, according to federal officials.

The ensemble cast for the English language adaptation From Prada to Nada has been announced, and it's filled with a who's who of Latin American actors.

When it comes to our hard fought freedoms, we Americans are often difficult to understand.

The District Attorney is weighing possible criminal charges for an off-duty sheriff's deputy accused of hitting a man in the head with his service pistol during an argument in Glendora.

Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller USC assistant Ricky Rosas is the weekly nominee for the 2009 FedEx Orange Bowl- FWAA Courage Award , to be announced at the end of the season.

The Chicano rock band Los Lobos was featured in concert during "In Performance at the White House: Fiesta Latina" on Tuesday.

Anthony Torres, a 33-year-old Latino, was shot and killed Sunday, Oct. 11, in the 5900 block of East Northside Drive in East Los Angeles, authorities said.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says one man died and two others were wounded after gunfire erupted in an East Los Angeles neighborhood.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says one man died and two others were wounded after gunfire erupted in an East Los Angeles neighborhood.

Daniel Martinez sings with Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan in concert at the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse in San Gabriel, Saturday night, Oct.

Through more than nine years of incarceration, Rafael Madrigal never gave up hope he would prove his innocence and be freed.

A tax battle is brewing between the city of Los Angeles and the county over the city's insistence it can reach beyond its borders to collect taxes.

Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES - Amado Campos stands before a makeshift altar in his living room, crosses himself and prays to St.

A federal judge overturned the conviction of a man serving a life sentence for a gang shooting in East Los Angeles.

LATEST NEW REVIEWS STAGE FEATURE on Annette Bening in Medea at UCLA INTERVIEW with Medea's director, Lenka Udovicki, and UCLA's David Sefton FEDERAL STIMULUS FUNDS AWARDED TO 16 ARTS ORGANIZATIONS Grants totaling $420,084 to support administrative staff positions in local arts organizations have been announced by the Los Angeles County Arts ...

Los Angeles Police Traffic Detectives are looking for 32-year-old Salvador Garcia in connection with the October 4, 2009, collision that killed Ernesto Ignacio Garcia in East Los Angeles.

When Marta Esca uelas left the non-profit world in 2000, she was burned out. But since returning in 2005, her commitment to serve people with developmental disabilities hasn't floundered.

As a former cook, firefighter Phil Lourito believes he knows a thing or two about cooking good chili.

Koeppel's photo essay on Union Station at Flickr is almost as good as this story.

Criminal charges were filed Wednesday against a 21-year-old Los Angeles woman accused of the Aug.

Lt. Doug Fetteroll, center, and Commander Kevin Goran, right, talk about the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Departments OSS Unit during a Media Roundtable on Gang Related Crime Reduction Efforts in the San Gabriel Valley at the Industry Manufacturers Council in Industry on Wednesday September 30, 2009.

On the day Ray R. Moreno came home from Vietnam, the day antiwar protestors called him a baby killer, he decided to pack away his Army uniform for good.

Fighting crime in Los Angeles County can be an uphill battle. Especially for detectives in an undermanned and possibly overmatched gang unit.