Category: Weathering the Storm
Los Angeles-area teachers this week were among the groups to publicly endorse the "Occupy LA" protesters who have been camped out at Los Angeles City Hall all month. Immigration rights activists have also joined the growing ranks of the Occupy LA protest movement.
The South L.A. event is part of the national "For the People" series of job fairs that offer networking and job opportunities.
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...
The industry is feeling pressure from hard economic times, regulation.
Yet hundreds of children turned away because of major drop in donations to 'floating non-profit' that put on the event.
Rivera Express gets immigrants' holiday shipments to families back home. Then the Rivera family hopes dad makes it back for Christmas.
Latino population helps, cuts on restaurants visits help propel food maker to steady, strong sales gains.
Multi-ethnic crowd of various faiths brings tales of woe, voices of support for ordinance that would push banks to do more in communities.
Experts answer some frequently asked questions about the new health care reform law.
Lieu and Waters seek moves at state and federal levels, respectively; both want investigations into banks' actions on taking back homes.
Barbershop in Leimert Park goes quiet and "empathy from others no longer helps" those feeling extreme stains of the economic downturn.
Event will focus on legal advice for would-be business owners, offering a hand to those who are unemployed and turning to entrepreneurship to get through economic downturn.
California leads the United States in the worst foreclosure crisis since the Great Depression.
Their unemployment rate is higher than other ethnic groups, and partisan politics have hindered Obama's efforts to help Americans; 'One Nation' march in capital on October 2 aims to help 'get the hope we voted for in 2008.'
The 5th Anniversary of the devastation has come and gone, and many in New Orleans' African-American community see disparity in efforts to rebuilding — even as they remain engaged in the struggle.
Claudia and Mark Torres saw their dream of home ownership go down the drain a few weeks ago and it appears that the homeowner rescue program hurt more than it helped.
Jan says she did everything right but still ended up sharing a room with eight other elderly women. She wants to know what anyone's going to do about it.
Veteran L.A. Watts Times' publisher reflects as publication joins the Sentinel's fold.
The Garment & Citizen closes after 10 years of service as community newspaper for the central city.
A $20 million loan fund will come from the financial house, which became a poster child for Wall Street excesses in the mortgage meltdown.
Johnson says he's sorry to see first of the chain he sold to AMC shut down; other tenants hope promised renovations to movie house and the rest of the mall will impress local shoppers.
Many of the properties are in ethnic neighborhoods around the city; fines will top out at $100,000; city officials see the levies as a way to help balance tough budget.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's elimination of California's welfare-to-work program will affect 1 million children.
A lot of convictions can be expunged, clearing an obstacle on the path to landing the sort of job that might help a lot of folks get in on this healthcare reform that everyone's talking about.
Staff positions to be cut at facility near landmark tourist attraction as search for non-profit to fill funding gap continues; William Grant center untouched for now, and community members are organizing in push to keep it that way.
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.
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