Imagine it’s 11 a.m. and you’re walking through Chinatown: All around you, a host of men and women push metal carts loaded with all sorts of culinary curiosities. You can’t see some of the food held in metal containers, but their smells waft through the room as cart after cart passes by your table. Eventually, [...]

Chinatown looks to show off its fresh, lively side with a Year of the Snake celebration.

ELLIE GOULDING THE WILTERN SATURDAY, FEB. 9 at 8 P.M. After the debut of her mega-hit single “Lights,” Ellie Goulding’s music career skyrocketed. Now with her second album, Halcyon, Goulding is gong on tour and performing new songs such as “Explosions” and “My Blood” that showcase her growth as a versatile artist. Cool, edgy and [...]

Surveillance cameras and mobile applications have recently allowed the Dept. of Public Safety to recover more stolen property.

Thousands of protestors descended on Chinatown, in Downtown Los Angeles, this June as part of the country’s largest anti-Walmart demonstration since the company first opened in 1962. Today, despite the disapproval of the city of Los Angeles and many of its residents, the impending construction of a Walmart in Chinatown continues to menace members of [...]

With the opening of the new Expo and the continuation of the LA Live shuttle, students have a host of options for getting off campus.

Los Angeles is stereotyped as an urban metropolis congested with traffic and clouded in smog, and unfortunately few areas successfully fight that generalization. Even with all its urban hot spots, Los Angeles possesses some residents who appreciate nature and find it important to keep the city close to its roots. Before the city became the [...]

Every time a girl realizes she must attend another outing, another date or anything in between, the search for the perfect outfit is on. And when it comes to dress hunting, the situation is even stickier. Oftentimes finding the perfect dress proves nearly impossible, but fashion figure Shareen Mitchell makes it easy. The vintage curator, [...]

If you think about spending a day in Chinatown, perhaps not much more comes to mind than bargain shopping and Chinese food grubbing. But a closer exploration of Chinatown will reveal the unique places that make it much more complex and interesting. Conveniently close to campus, the area is replete with idiosyncrasies and an overall [...]

A charity event in Downtown Los Angeles’ Chinatown district indulges Angelenos’ desire for music of all kinds.