State and federal budget cuts and policy changes are wreaking “complete and absolute devastation” as they rip apart the public safety net and jeopardize the lives of hundreds of thousands of Angelenos.
A few weeks after the Eaton Fire incinerated swaths of Altadena and Pasadena last year, Jane Lawton Potelle returned to Altadena to survey her home, which had escaped destruction. Within minutes, she knew something was wrong.
Across LA County, 7,000 teachers lack the full credentials needed for their jobs. But a broad coalition of educators, parents, researchers, nonprofit and civic leaders has stepped up to tackle the urgent questions of how to ensure every student in L.A. County has a highly qualified teacher.
Wildfire survivors found healing and comfort with pigs, bunnies, goats, alpacas and other animals rescued by Big Heart Ranch in Malibu.
Kellie Todd Griffin and Libby Williams are leading a countywide committee supported by the California Community Foundation to help create, attract and increase good-paying jobs – and make sure that all Angelenos share in the region’s economic prosperity.
He was just a toddler when he was taken from his home and placed in foster care. In sixth grade, he got pulled into street life. Then came high school – five different ones, as academic hardships and campus conflicts kept him on the move. But Alex Diaz, now 18, never gave up on a better future. He never let go of his love for coffee or his dream to one day work as a barista or maybe even own his own cafe.