Raul Porto Sr., center, stands among three generations of the Porto family in their bakery in 2001. (Annie Wells / Los Angeles Times) If you’ve ever held a pastel-yellow box full of Cuban pastries in ...

The Los Angeles Metro Board voted to develop a 14-mile-long subway through the Santa Monica Mountains. It’s one of the first ...

Raul Porto Sr., the founder of the iconic, family-owned Southern California institution Porto's Bakery & Cafe, has died at age 92. He died Wednesday "surrounded by his loving family," according to a ...

The school district worked with the maker of its beloved coffee cake to craft a vegan pastry.

Voters this year honored the culinary legacy of the late Rosa Porto, a Cuban immigrant who opened her first Porto’s Bakery in Echo Park, with a first-place win in the Best Bakery category. Last year, ...