L.A. Riots: Former L.A. Times Photojournalist Remembers Koreatown

Gracie Zheng
Staff Reporter

(Hyungwon Kang)

A Q-&-A with Hyungwon Kang.

L.A. Riots: Baldwin Hills Bus Tour Drives 'From Chaos To Community'

Comments (0) | 1992, 20 Years, First AME Church, Investigative Reports, Jan Perry, L.A. riots anniversary, LA riots, lapd, Operation HOPE, Rebecca Blank, Rebuild Los Angeles, riots, Rodney King, special series, Trayvon Martin, Unrest

Gracie Zheng
Staff Reporter

(Gracie Zheng/Neon Tommy)

Operation HOPE's bus tour highlighted positive change.

90210: Beverly Hills Residents Donate To Make A Difference

Comments (0) | beverly hills, Congress, donation, healthcare, Investigative Reports, mitt romney, Obama, Presidential Election, rodeo drive

Gracie Zheng
Special Project Reporter

Beverly Hills residents see their donations as a way to help people outside their zip code.

USC Remembers Killed Graduate Students

Comments (5) | China, Local, Los Angeles, memorial service, ming qu, murdered chinese students, social media, USC, usc shooting, ying wu

Gracie Zheng, Subrina Hudson
Staff Reporters

USC community comes out to mourn Ying Wu and Ming Qu, who were killed in a possible carjacking last week.

Chinese Students Grill USC, LAPD Reps On Shooting And Safety Issues

Comments (2) | campus cruiser, Chinese students, CSSA, DPS, housing, lapd, Los Angeles, ming qu, safety issues, school bus, shooting, USC, west adams, ying wu

Gracie Zheng
Staff Reporter

Chinese students gathered more than 150 students for a forum on safety concerns.

PHOTOS: CicLAvia 2012 Brings Promise Of Change Via Bike-Share

Comments (0) | alternate transportation, bike, Bike Nation, bike share company, ciclavia, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Navin Narang, self-service kiosk, sustainability

Gracie Zheng
Staff Reporter

(Gracie Zheng)

SLIDESHOW: Scenes from Sunday's CicLAvia.

USC Shooting: Victims' Friends Shocked At The Brutality Of Murders

Comments (6) | BMW, chinese students shot, electrical engineering, Los Angeles, ming qu, Raymond Avenue, safety, shooting, USC, west adams, ying wu

Gracie Zheng
Staff Reporter

Zhanpeng Yi, neighbor and classmate of Ming Qu, walked home alone with an umbrella while it was pouring heavily around midnight on Wednesday. When he arrived at his steps, he paused for a second. Qu’s car wasn’t parked there.

“This is unusual because he doesn’t often use his car,” Yi said.

When he woke up around 9 a.m., he went out and still didn’t see the car.

PHOTOS: USC Holds Candle Vigil for Shooting Victims

Comments (1) | Los Angeles

Gracie Zheng
Staff Reporter

SLIDESHOW: USC Remembers Two Chinese Students Shot Near Campus

Asian American Civil Rights Organization To Address Health Care Statewide

Comments (1) | aca, affordable care act, APALC, Asian American community, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Becky Cheng, California, California Health Benefit Exchange, Congresswoman Chu, Doreena Wong, Health Access Project, medi-cal, Stewart Kwoh

Gracie Zheng
Staff Reporter

Health Access Project launched to help Asian American community get better care.

Chinatown Small Businesses Face Uncertain Future Over Wal-Mart

Comments (0) | Chinatown, city council, ed reyes, LAANE, Los Angeles, Michael Chasalow, neighborhood market, OURWalmart, superstore ordinance, USC Small Business Clinic, Wal-Mart, Wing Hop Fung

Gracie Zheng
Staff Reporter

Construction is set to begin in the summer and will be open to the public in early 2013.

Protesters Take To Streets Of South L.A. To Honor Trayvon Martin

Comments (0) | black community, Florida, George Zimmerman, Jubilee Shine, Leimert Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Oscar Grant, rally, South L.A., Trayvon Martin

Gracie Zheng
Staff Reporter

(Gracie Zheng)

SLIDESHOW: Shots from Sunday's march for justice.

L.A. Protesters Rally For Trayvon Martin

Comments (0) | Florida, George Zimmerman, Justice, Leimert Park, Los Angeles, neighborhood watch, police negligence, racism, rally, Seminole County, Trayvon Martin

Gracie Zheng
Staff Reporter

SLIDESHOW: L.A. protesters want justice for the teen's death.

Mayor Villaraigosa Urges House To Pass America Fast Forward Program

Comments (0) | America Fast Forward, art leahy, crenshaw line, Gold Line, Los Angeles, Los Angeles and Region, Los Angeles and Region, Mayor Villaraigosa, Mel Wilson, Move LA, MTA, San Fernando Valley, TIFIA, transportation bill

Gracie Zheng
Staff Reporter

The surface transportation bill promises to create jobs and build transit lines.

UTLA Rallies Downtown Against Budget Cuts and Layoffs

Comments (0) | adult education, art class, Budget Cuts, class size, early-childhood education, john deasy, L.A. Teachers Union, LAUSD, Los Angeles, RIF, UTLA, Warren Fletcher

Gracie Zheng
Staff Reporter

UTLA protesters on Tuesday. (Gracie Zheng)

SLIDESHOW: Teachers gather downtown to protest.

Mayor Villaraigosa Speaks To Parents At An Annual Learning Conference

Comments (0) | annual parent conference, AP class, Hollenbeck Middle school, Los Angeles, Mayor Villaraigosa, Mendez Learning Center, roosevelt high school

Gracie Zheng, Staff Reporter

About 300 parents and students from Roosevelt High School, Mendez Learning Center and Hollenbeck Middle School attended the 3rd Annual Parent Conference

Pirates Of The Internet: Protecting The Rights Of Content Creators

Comments (0) | Caucus for Producers, dmca, Fox, Jim Gladstone, Kent Raygor, Media, Melinda Demsky, Michael Robinson, PIPA, property rights, royalties, SOPA, Writers & Directors

Gracie Zheng
Staff Reporter

What SOPA and PIPA mean to the entertainment industries of L.A.

Berman-Sherman Showdown In Tarzana

Comments (2) | Brad Sherman, congressional district, Howard Berman, Iran, Israel, jewish journal, Los Angeles, Mark Reed, Politics, San Fernando Valley, sanctions, SOPA, Super PAC, unemployment

Gracie Zheng
Staff Reporter

Sherman vs. Berman in Tarzana debate (Photo by Gracie Zheng).

Three candidates debated for the San Fernando Valley 30th congressional district seat.

City Council Approves Same-Day Registration And Voting

Comments (0) | Alarcon, Assembly Bill 1436, election day, Los Angeles, mike feuer, registration rate, same-day registration, us census bureau, vote

Gracie Zheng
Staff Reporter

(Photo by Neon Tommy).

The registration rate in California in 2010 was 50.6 percent.

Chinatown Celebrates The Year Of The Dragon

Comments (0) | acrobatics, Chinatown, chinese lunar new year, Dragon, dragon parade, fire crackers, latern festival, lion dance, Los Angeles, martial arts, Year of Dragon

Gracie Zheng
Staff Reporter

SLIDESHOW: Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration

New L.A. County Jails Planned To Address Overcrowding

Comments (0) | electronic monitoring, Franklin Zimring, LA County jails, lasd, Los Angeles and Region, Men’s Central Jail, Pitchess Detention Center, realignment, Sheriff Baca, Sheriff’s Department, Steve Whitmore

Gracie Zheng
Staff Reporter

Los Angeles Men's Central Jail in downtown (photo courtesy of Creative Commons).

More jails will be built in LA to ease overcrowding.

Long Beach Non-Profit Prepares For Cambodian Medical Mission

Comments (0) | cambodia medical mission, cambodian health professionals association of america, CHPAA, dianne mcninch, kampong cham province, Koh Kong province, Long Beach, Los Angeles and Region, medical mission, medical mission cambodia, parsah roueenfar, phnom penh, sokan hunro, song tan, st. mary medical center, Takeo province

Gracie Zheng
Staff Reporter

Volunteers count and ziplock pills. (Photo by Gracie Zheng)

70 volunteers, including 20 physicians and five dentists, leave Jan. 25 to provide free medical and dental care to 5,000 residents

Cheryl Kono: "I Could Be Selective, But Eventually I Need To Go Back"

Comments (1) | CHERYL KONO, Faces of L.A.’s Jobless: A Neon Tommy Special Report, la unified, LAUSD, LAUSD Pupil Services & Attendance Counselor, Los Angeles and Region, los angeles unemployed, Los Angeles Unified

Gracie Zheng
Staff Reporter

High school counselor among 100 laid off by LAUSD.

Occupy LA Marches For Immigrant Rights

Comments (1) | City Hall, immigrant, Los Angeles and Region, migrants, Occupy LA, Occupy Ports, OLA, protest, undocumented

Gracie Zheng
Staff Reporter

From the downtown immigration rights march downtown Dec. 12. (Gracie Zheng)

SLIDESHOW: Occupy L.A. marches downtown.

Occupy LA's Diehard Protesters Dig In At City Hall Park

Comments (0) | City Hall, encampment, Los Angeles, Occupy LA, protest, showdown, tents

Gracie Zheng
Staff Reporter

SLIDESHOW: Occupy LA day after showdown

Occupy LA Stands Its Ground To Celebrate Thanksgiving

Comments (0) | City Hall, Los Angeles, Occupy LA, police, regulations, thanksgiving

Gracie Zheng, Staff Reporter

Occupiers angered by a posted hours of operation sign. (Gracie Zheng)

Even the 99% deserve pumpkin pie.

LA Auto Show Features Hi-Tech and Fuel Efficiency

Comments (0) | automobiles, automotive technologies, Bluetooth, carbon emissions, carmaker, Cars, fuel efficiency, LA Auto Show, Los Angeles, vehicles

Gracie Zheng
Staff Reporter

SLIDESHOW: Environmentally friendly cars are out in force.

L.A. Animal Shelters Want 5,000 Animals To Find Homes This Month - PHOTOS

Comments (0) | animal adoption, animal shelter, cats, dogs, euthanization, Los Angeles and Region, Pets, South LA Animal Shelter

Gracie Zheng
Staff Reporter

SLIDESHOW: Animal Adoption in South LA Animal Shelter

Occupy LAUSD Marches On East LA

Comments (0) | layoffs, Los Angeles and Region, Occupy LA, Occupy LAUSD, protest, rally, school district, teachers

Gracie Zheng
Staff Reporter

Occupy LAUSD protesters (Photo by Gracie Zheng).

SLIDESHOW: East LA teachers rally for education

Thousands Of LA’s Uninsured Seek Care At Free Medical Clinic

Comments (0) | California, CareNow, dental care, LA, Los Angeles, medical care, unemployment, vision

Gracie Zheng
Staff Reporter

SLIDESHOW: Locals seek out dental care, doctor check-ups at the L.A. Sports Center

It's Almost Halloween!

Comments (0) | Arts+Culture, decoration, front yard, ghost, halloween, Los Angeles, Los Angeles and Region, pumpkin, skeleton, skull, spider

Gracie Zheng
Staff Reporter

Exposition Park (photo by Gracie Zheng).

With a little more than two weeks to Halloween, a household in Exposition Park has already gotten ready for the holiday.

LAUSD Class Sizes Put On Trial By Teachers Union Seeking More Jobs

Comments (0) | class size, john deasy, la unified, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Manual Arts High School, overcrowding, public school, UTLA

Gracie Zheng
Staff Reporter

Teachers unions holds a stunt, pushing district to re-hire teachers.

Irvine 11 Attorney Reem Salahi Speaks On Implications Of The Case

Comments (2) | appeal, irvine 11, Israel, michael oren, Muslim students, Reem Salahi

Gracie Zheng
Staff Reporter

Case captivated many based on free speech issues.

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