Category: Weathering the Storm
College students seem to see a great deal of distance between Washington and their everyday lives and concerns on campus.
The president knew it would be a hard fight to bring change, telling us as much in speech after speech. The point is that he's still fighting — and we should all do the same.
New year and end of decade present opportunity to step back from day-to-day scramble and do some strategic thinking. Can you say SWOT?
City officials say that they can no longer cover entire cost of annual event honoring MLK but community continues tradition that started in San Diego and is now mainstay in L.A.
La Placita is located at the historic birthplace of the city, where requests for food and other aid have doubled and donations have declined under the strain of the recession.
Price of gold in record territory — and threatening artisans and merchants as they deal with weak sales amid economic downturn.
Don't let the economists get you down — you've got you going for you this year.
He's living on the street, can't find work, and fears losing his mind. Will his hopes of an improved economy and immigration reform come in time?
He lost his job as a gardener and now turns to his art to survive in East L.A., with big hopes pinned on the December 12 feast day in honor of his namesake.
76-year-old peddler works the streets of South Los Angeles to meet medical expenses, maintain a sense of purpose, and help family through tough times. She's made some friends along the way, too.
Arvis Jones has helped many families in South L.A. in her role with the Center for Grief and Loss for Children. The loss of her own son led to 'a unique healing process' for the community.
The international body declared housing to be a basic human right back in 1948. Raquel Rolnik plans to measure the ideal against the reality here and in six other U.S. cities.
She'll get to stimulus funds and business banks just as soon as you consider what happened in Tulsa, Oklahoma back in the 1920s.
Administrators say it's time to 'do more with less;' teachers grumble that they're being asked to do 'everything with nothing.'
The City-County agency recently reported a dramatic decline in the numbers of homeless — data that doesn't fit what activists and everyday folks are seeing on the streets.
After going through crisis last year, the festival refuses to die in a city where the largest minority is Latino.
Representatives of the agency plan to offer help on the tax implications of foreclosures and other by-products of the tough economy. Advice in English and Spanish will be available on site, with translation services for other languages a phone call away for those who make an appointment.
Special LAUSD unit pitches in with clothes, personal items for youngsters, struggles with challenge of high school kids.
Angel investors are often willing to put money behind a start-up business, but they often want a piece of the action — and a business plans without any gaps.
Artistic director wonders about local media when it comes to spotlighting Latino theater.
Labor secretary joins actor-director Smits in receiving honors at Los Angeles Theatre Center gala.
The Latino Theater Company in the Historic Core neighborhood of Downtown and the Friends of the Chinese American Museum at the El Pueblo Historical Monument are two Los Angeles based-arts organizations who have benefitted from the stimulus package.
84-year-old-year-old Golden State Mutual's 'free fall' put policy holders at risk, according to state regulator.
A cancellation of healthcare coverage exposes wife to crises, which can arise any time with the disease.
The bad economy sends many back into workforce and prompts Orange County city to hold senior job fair.
Long road to a new place is over — and he's passing along the tips he picked up on the journey.
Pencils, pens, notebooks and crayons can add up for parents facing economic woes as their children head back to classes. Here are some tips for trimming costs.
Irvin's Barber Shop is an institution in Leimert Park, where the recession is moving up on the list of things to talk about.
There's a little old lady of the streets who could give Washington pols a lesson in doing the right thing on healthcare.
It's personal now, so he'll be checking up on some websites to track the federal program.
Economic downturn, lack of vendors spell the end, founder says.
Bill includes money for upgrade top diabetes lab at Good Samaritan in Westlake, solar panel training program in Chinatown, and transitional housing program in Filipinotown.
Children feel tensions between parents; a united effort, time spent together and physical activities can help turn a negative into a positive.
Moves to cut services rather than hike taxes work their way to the grassroots, where everyday folks are expressing irritation.
A local hair salon looks to boost business and job seekers' chances by offering discounts to the unemployed.
Filipino-American Jonart Joven is putting his hopes on a third career to get ahead in rough times.
Carib Press talks to Caribbean business owners to find out their strategies for weathering the economic storm.
Member organizations want to ensure that minority-owned firms and small businesses in general don't get squeezed out of lineup or disqualified over cash-flow problems wrought by slow payments.
Los Angeles Street in Downtown L.A.'s Fashion District has long been a center of immigrant entrepreneurs and sales people selling everything from fine Italian tailoring to flashy duds. But the economic downturn has hit the neighborhood hard and the businesses stand at the brink of fading away.
Institution founded in wake of 1965 'rebellion' runs out of options as a $67,000 shortfall makes the difference.
Fawuzi Massa says love and peace will make friends anywhere — and up-to-date merchandise will keep them as customers.
Business has picked up since Severiano Morales arrived, offering a reminder that ambition and opportunity still live in Los Angeles.
Extra push for bill that would require state to issue IDs to inmates upon release with goal of helping transition to life on the outside.
Center of African-American culture in L.A. bustles through the downturn with 3rd annual edition of event.
Jazz at Drew and the African Marketplace and Cultural Fair will change shape as they adjust to the downturn.
The Manila-born entrepreneur still had to take a leap of faith to become a phenomenon of viral marketing.
Robert Bernard gets some cans for recycling from public parks, but he gives much more to a city in need of public service.
There are still plenty of options for three square meals a day in one of the America's hardest-pressed neighborhoods.
National advocacy coalition says case load has grown while federal agencies have done little. Group holds out hope for more action under Obama.
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