L.A. County offering cash back for shopping local with gift cards
Los Angeles County is giving consumers a way to get more bang for their buck this holiday season…
More California students than ever are going out of state for college
Javier Perez, a senior at Benjamin Franklin Senior High School in Highland Park, dreams of studying computer science…
Why a Trump plan to exclude nursing from ‘professional’ degree list sparks outrage
WASHINGTON — A coalition of nursing and other healthcare organizations are outraged over a Trump administration proposal that could limit…
The L.A. Phil temporarily reinstates its East L.A. YOLA program
After recently announcing major cuts to its youth orchestra, the L.A. Phil has secured additional donor funding to…
Santa Monica to pay $350,000 to family of displaced Black entrepreneur
The Santa Monica City Council agreed earlier this week to pay a settlement to the family of a…
Burlington to cut mental health clinicians from police department
The Burlington Police Department is set to eliminate a program that placed licensed mental health clinicians within the…
Who would qualify for the $200 monthly Social Security increase?
A group of Democratic Senators has introduced a bill that would increase Social Security benefits by $200 a…
Aquil Basheer, Anti-Violence Crusader and Founder of The Build Program, Dies
Aquil Basheer, who worked to reduce gang violence in Los Angeles and elsewhere and founded The Build Program,…
Jesse Einsenberg donates kidney to a stranger: ‘No-brainer’
“Now You See Me: Now You Don’t” star Jesse Eisenberg may soon one-up the film franchise’s Robin Hood-esque…
New York Launches Organ Donation Program, Ending…
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