Aidan’s Story: A Student’s Life in Immigration Limbo By Raquel Estupinan,
Posted 4/10/12
Today in our series Twentysomething, we meet a 23-year-old UCLA student from Central America who left behind a traumatic childhood 12 years ago. The young man’s family is now back in their native Honduras. But as Raquel Estupinan explains, he was terrified to return with them, and his future is in the hands of a U.S. immigration judge.
Community reacts to Fredrick Martin’s death By Kunal Bambawale,
Posted 4/09/12
Six days ago, 28 year-old Fred Martin was cleaning the garage of his grandmother's Inglewood home when he heard gunshots nearby. He pushed his eight year-old son, Tre, to the ground, shielding the boy's body with his own.
Two bullets struck Martin, and he died later that night in surgery. Tre escaped with only a minor graze wound.
In Los Angeles, Child Trafficking Not Just A Third World Concern By Benjamin Gottlieb,
Posted 4/05/12
When we think about human trafficking -- the illegal trade of human beings for commercial, sexual exploitation and/or forced labor -- it's easy to dismiss it as a problem confined to the developing world. But in fact, trafficking happens in our backyards.
CicLAvia Coming Up Has Villaraigosa Reiterating Bike Safety By Heather Ritchie,
Posted 4/05/12
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa talked about the upcoming CicLAvia festival, which shuts down city streets to car traffic and opens them up to pedestrians and bikers.
Harold & Belle’s Stays In The Family And Takes You Back To The Glory Days By Andria Kowalchik,
Posted 4/05/12
Harold & Belle’s, a staple restaurant in the Jefferson Park community, has recently switched hands to the grandson of the original owners. Andria Kowalchik reports on the difficulties this third generation restaurant faces.
Twentysomethings: Loss, Rehabilitation, and Documentary Filmmaking in South Central LA By ARN Staff,
Posted 4/05/12
No community is more famous for feeding California’s overflowing prisons than South Central Los Angeles. And no one knows this better than folks that work at a school that accepts previously incarcerated youth. In the latest installment in our TwentySomething series, Jake de Grazia reports on a young woman who wants to make change through intimate conversations widely broadcast.
Prosper LA Launch By Jake O'Brien,
Posted 4/03/12
Hundreds of union workers gathered inside City Hall today to support the launching of Prosper LA. As Jake O'Brien reports, it's an economic effort to boost some of LA's largest industries.
Is the Fast Food Ban in South LA Reaping Positive Results? By Sean Patrick Lewis,
Posted 4/03/12
Recently released reports on obesity show Mexican-Americans are growing in size at an alarming rate. Forty percent of the U.S. population is now considered obese.
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