Category: Family/Inter-generational News

The Vietnam War continues in the depression of many Vietnamese seniors decades after moving to the U.S.

Vietnamese people who came to the U.S. after the war often fall into depression as years pass. But the stigma of mental illness keeps many from getting help.

Unlike other forms of cancer, cervical cancer is detectable, treatable, and even curable if discovered early. Two cervical cancer survivors share their stories to urge women to protect themselves and their families with annual medical checkups.

A new pre-kindergarten program, which readies children for kindergarten, is supposed to take off this coming November, but is now in danger of being gutted before it can be fully implemented.

A new measure advocates hope to get on the November ballot would increase penalties against human traffickers in California. The campaign was launched last week to coincide with National Human Trafficking Awareness Day.

News of former Our Lady of Guadalupe Church Auxiliary Bishop having teenage sons is causing shock waves among parishioners.

St. Steven's Serbian Orthodox Church has been serving the small population of Orthodox Christians in Alhambra since 1948.

A young Cambodian from Long Beach finds solace in his father, who accepts him as gay.

Maravilla Historical Society applies for historical landmark status for a beloved social gathering spot.

The largest Protestant congregation in Alhambra brings 1700 faithful each Sunday morning to two campuses. But it started as a seven-person prayer meeting in a Hollywood home in 1961.

Pilot schools in L.A.'s Koreatown are at the forefront of the education reform movement, and Korean Americans are at the helm.

Lawsuit settlement postpones elimination of the state-funded Adult Day Health Care program (ADHC).

A school in Southern California is training parents to read with their children so they could play a greater role in their education and build the youngsters' capacity to learn.

CHCF Center for Health Reporting senior writer Emily Bazar interviews Toby Douglas, chief deputy director of Health Care Programs in the California Department of Health Care Services and senior manage for Medi-Cal, about upcoming cuts to health coverage affecting poor, disabled and elderly Californians.

The Great Recession has led many young adults to move back in with their parents. But for actress-comedian Kat Ahn, it was her parents who moved in with her. And that was just the beginning.

The expected closure of an adult day care center threatens a vital source of care for one Korean family.

A Latino family from one of the most polluted cities in the nation gets their blood test results, as they seek to explain their chronic illnesses.

A Latino family deals with chronic illness in Maywood, Calif., a city surrounded by 2,000 industrial factories in southeast LA County.

Domino effect of budget cut will impact seniors, caretakers, businesses in Chinatown.

The pending closure of hundreds of ADHC facilities in California may destroy an important health program that might not be possible to re-instate later. Besides the affected sick seniors and disabled persons, thousands of caregivers are expected to lose jobs that may not return and many health business operators would have to leave the industry during this economic crisis.

A lifeline to nearly 100 Filipino American seniors and disabled persons at an Adult Daycare Health Center in the Historic Filipinotown is about to be cut off. Filipino American leaders are alarmed by Gov. Brown's decision, as its impact would be felt throughout their community.

Not all Adult Daycare Health Centers (ADHC) serve their communities well. But by in large, the program is sorely needed by many frail seniors and disabled persons and their families.

Adult Day Health Center roller coaster coming to an end, as patients struggle with where they will go.

An Adult Day Health Care Center on Valley provides a daily refuge for 100 elderly immigrants. But along with hundreds of others, it could be forced to close at the end of the month.

"One month from now, thousands of poor elderly and disabled Californians will likely lose access to the day centers where they receive meals, therapy and medical care, as well as companionship and a sense of community." This opening in Jocelyn Wiener's story is an apt introduction to a special series of reporting on the 38,000 seniors and adults with disabilities with disabilities, with 60 percent of its enrollees — most are from ethnic communities — in Los Angeles County.

Fil-Am community forms philanthropic collaboration to help development programs in the Philippines.

Republican assemblyman says he will launch referendum drive to overturn California Dream Act.

A new California law gives agencies on aging a more realistic measure of elders' needs than the U.S. poverty line.

Home Rescue Fair offers mortgage counseling to homeowners facing foreclosures and victims of scams.

Despite statewide budget cuts and unpaid furlough days, Alhambra Unified students showed improvements in 2011, but achievement gap, particularly in mathematics, is large.

Outside reform proposals would be considered last. School Board wants unions to allow more proposals that are outside of current bargaining agreements.

The 3rd Annual Free Leimert Park Village African Art & Music Festival is coming this weekend with over 30 local groups and organizations to offer free health, education, arts and literacy workshops and resources.

Armida Barrera has paid a price for living in a disadvantaged neighborhood: the poor education of her first seven children.

Groups call task force hearing a "smoke screen."

Scammers preying on homeowners in trouble exacerbates housing crisis.

Northeast Los Angeles' chronically homeless grew up locally. One resident marshals small group of volunteers to take on their problems, but says she needs more help.

EngAGE, an award-winning program in Los Angeles, improves health—and cuts costs—by bringing arts and fitness to low-income seniors of many cultures.

The LA CAUSA YouthBuild charter school has had their federal funding cut, jeopardizing opportunities for at-risk youth in East Los Angeles.

The Cardenases took in seven of their grandchildren, just as millions of seniors are parenting their grandkids — and relieving the foster care system in the process.

In California, an estimated 1.2 million homeowners have lost their homes to foreclosure since 2008. An additional 800,000 homes are expected to receive foreclosure notices by 2012...

She continues to fight to reform public education, but now on a national level.

Journalists celebrate Independence Day and share family recipes.

City of Commerce officials agree to "green zones" policy to attract green businesses and build environmentally healthy communities.

East L.A. Probation Area Office honors 43-year veteran officer.

Noe Ramirez isn't afraid to be a role model to low-income youth.

A growing number of Latino grandparents are lovingly raising their children's children in their Golden Year—often at the cost of their own health.

Maria Olvera is among 2.6 million U.S. grandparents doing primary childcare for their grandchildren.

June 4 benefit performance and discussion at LATC included L.A. premier of 'Stories & Songs'

A book on Young Oak Kim details battles he fought in during World War II.

The Alfonso Perez School in East L.A. will no longer accept general education students and parents are upset at the school's change of policy.