Banking on Los Angeles By Jean Luc Renault,
Posted 3/24/09
Check-cashing shops cost L.A. residents millions of dollars each year. But a new program aims to end that.
Farmers’ Markets Food Vouchers By Jenny Lauren Lee,
Posted 3/12/09
In 1992, Congress amended the child nutrition act to provide low income mothers with vouchers for free fruits and vegetables at farmers markets. But critics of the program say the annual funding is too small to make a real difference in poor families' eating habits. Jenny Lauren Lee reports.
Scotland in L.A. By Silva Sevlian,
Posted 3/12/09
Room 13 is an arts program that started in Fort William, Scotland. Now, middle schoolers at the Foshay Learning Center have the chance to participate in Room 13. The students are connected to artists in Scotland through the internet. The program forces the students to raise all their own funds to pay for a resident artist and art supplies. The initiative is a shining light in what has been a dismal year for arts education funding at LAUSD.
Supporters protest Chinese government occupation of Tibet By Richard Duchon,
Posted 3/10/09
Supporters of Tibet and the Dalai Lama marched downtown today to protest the occupation of Tibet by the Chinese government and to remember the Dalai Lama's flight into exile fifty years ago.
Additional reporting by Jean Luc Renault
Bus Riders Union proposes plan for $7.8 billion in Measure R funds By Marie Cunningham,
Posted 3/10/09
Over the next 30 years, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority will receive $7.8 billion dollars from Measure R funds to improve the county's bus system. The Bus Riders Union has proposed a plan for how the MTA should allocate those funds. The BRU wants lower bus fares, 500 more buses, and an expansion of the county's Bus-Only Lane system.
Adopt an Immigrant By Janelle Burdette,
Posted 3/10/09
Santiago Mendez is facing deportation after his arrest two years ago. He says that his ordeal has taken a toll on his family, and fears being separated from them. Mendez appeared at a news conference with members of the Adopt an Immigrant program which is calling for President Obama to address immigration reform.
Additional reporting by Karen Marcus
LAUSD layoffs By Beth Palkovic,
Posted 3/10/09
More than 8,000 teachers and employees in the Los Angeles Unified School District could be getting layoff notices, but not before they've had their say. Beth Palkovic was at the school board meeting and reports on what went down.
Beyond Shelter’s Barbara Hill on Homelessness in South LA By Kaitlin Funaro,
Posted 3/06/09
ARN's Kaitlin Funaro speaks with Barbara Hill of Beyond Shelter about what non-profits are doing to help combat homelessness in Los Angeles. She says the increase in homeless in South LA is putting a strain on local services.
Homelessness in Los Angeles By Timothy Beck Werth,
Posted 3/05/09
The foreclosure crisis coupled with an economic meltdown has put more strain on a neighborhood still struggling to reinvent itself. The US Department of Housing and Urban Development gave the greater Los Angeles area $73 million in grants, but it won't be enough to solve the crisis. Homeless service organizations are reporting an increase in homeless families, and are struggling to make do with limited resources. The last homeless census was done in 2007, and found that on any given night 73,000 people were homeless. That was the year the foreclosure crisis started to affect South L.A. Low rent apartment buildings bought by speculators with bad loans began going into foreclosure, affecting dozens of families. Without enough permanent, low-income housing available, more and more families and individuals are being pushed into homelessness. Even families that were homeless, but found housing, are now back on the streets.
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