Healing began for Altadena resident Akiko Nishio not only with rebuilding her home, but with putting her hands in clay at the Armory Center for the Arts.
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.