By Tim Moran Alicia de la Cruz is the recipient of the 2016 Highland Park Humanitarian Award. A longtime fair housing advocate has been selected to receive the 2016 Humanitarian Award by the city of Highland Park. Alicia de la Cruz has worked with Open Communities, Neighbor by Neighbor and

By Karen Berkowitz The new Highland Park-Highwood Legal Aid Clinic wasn’t even officially open on May 1 when the first cases involving tenants’ rights required some immediate attention. Tenants will learn their legal rights on security deposits, how to avoid eviction and what landlords can and cannot do under state