Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 25—It's been 80 years since the murder of a young Mexican American man ignited a firestorm of racial tensions in Los Angeles.

All year long, hundreds of people pass through El Pachuco’s Deco-style doors, looking for an offbeat Halloween costume or a hipster’s answer to black-tie affairs. They are likely to find what they’re ...

The “Sleepy Lagoon” was simply the name given to a water reservoir on the Williams ranch in a rural area of Los Angeles County. The reservoir was used primarily to irrigate crops, but for many young ...

Back in May, the Los Angeles City Council denounced the 1943 'Zoot Suit Riots,' and Friday, the council is to officially apologize for the treatment of Mexican Americans during the racial turmoil 80 ...

On August 1, 1942, a 22-year-old Mexican American man was stabbed to death at a party. To white Los Angelenos, the murder was just more proof that Mexican American crime was spiraling out of control.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Rachelle Baker / For The Times) A suit lands in the United States on the back of an exiled king. It is copied, amended and ...

FULLERTON, Calif. -- All year long, hundreds of people pass through El Pachuco's deco-style doors, looking for an offbeat Halloween costume or a hipster's answer to black-tie affairs. They are likely ...

Did Josh Flagg’s grandmother introduce nylons to Los Angeles? Fashion mogul Edith Flagg, who often joined her grandson on Million Dollar Listing, is credited with importing a British polyester called ...

A suit lands in the United States on the back of an exiled king. It is copied, amended and upgraded, embraced by Hollywood actors in search of the fashionable. As it travels the country in the late ...