Community News

Eagle Rock groups push to revive Sylvan Amphitheater

The Sylvan Amphitheater, located at 1840 Yosemite Drive, is an outdoor theater built in 1931, according to The Eagle Rock Historical Society. According to...

Yaro Roastroom will invite patrons to stay awhile

Yaro Roastroom will open in Glassell Park at 2857 W. Ave. 35, in November or December 2026, according to co-owner Melanie Moradi. Moradi owns...

ART on Fig. brings drama and dance to Eagle Rock

Arroyo Repertory Theatre (ART), a community theater organization, and Lumina Academy of Dance, a dance studio in Pasadena, moved to 7330 N. Figueroa St....

LA Más fights to keep working-class families in Northeast LA

LA Más was established in 2012 as an urban design nonprofit supporting communities across Northeast LA (NELA). Miguel Ramos, director of community economies at LA...

Faculty, students attend hearing, rally support for Esparza case

Nine Occidental students and politics professor and Department Chair Caroline Heldman attended Dr. Patricia Esparza’s probable cause hearing last Wednesday to express support for...

Young Initiative takes Occidental Students Across the Globe

The Young Initiative on the Global Economy // On a particularly unremarkable Tuesday afternoon, Johnson 302 is filled with the students of Diplomacy and World...

World News Week of Feb. 24

Kiev. A day after being appointed interim president, Oleksandr Turchynov declared on Sunday that the country would take steps toward European integration. Taking the...

Wilshire to break ground downtown

The Wilshire Grand Center, located in downtown Los Angeles, will be the tallest building on the west coast when it opens in 2017. Construction...

Mayor Garcetti takes the stage at Keck for interview

A conversation with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Los Angeles Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne took place last Thursday in Keck Theater. The...

World News 2

Indonesia. Mount Kelud on the island Java erupted on Feb. 13 at 10:50 p.m. local time, necessitating the evacuation of 200,000 people. Fierce tremors...

Pedestrians must take back Eagle Rock Boulevard

One of the advantages of living in a small neighborhood like Eagle Rock is how close together everything and everyone is. But one of...

New California minimum wage raises questions for student workers

California’s new minimum wage law, passed last September, will go into effect on July 1 of this year, making the new minimum in Calif....