LAUSD Tries Pinching Pennies To Close Budget Gap
While students and faculty protested in Los Angeles on March 4th, the Board of Education met to discuss budget woes. (posted 3/04/10)
By Karen Marcus

Neighborhood Councils Oppose Cuts to Rollover Funds
The city councils Education and Neighborhoods Committee proposed taking 1.6 million dollars from the Neighborhood Council rollover fund. The city council intends to put it in the reserve fund. City Controller Wendy Gruel found the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment had lax financial oversight and a substandard accounting system. Neighborhood Councils oppose the move and claim they were managing their money. Karen Marcus reports. (posted 2/18/10)
By Karen Marcus

Family Sues Toyota Over Faulty Gas Pedal
Noriko Uno was driving near her home in Upland when her Toyota Camry sped out of control to 100 mph, and she crashed into a telephone pole and died at the scene of the accident. Her son and husband are suing Toyota and urging them to recall Toyota's sixth generation of Camry. (posted 2/04/10)
By Karen Marcus

Health Center Opens On Skid Row
A new health center opened in downtown Los Angeles on Skid Row that will serve around 9,000 people annually. The Center of Community Health in Downtown LA opened thanks to a partnership between LA County, the Weingart Foundation and the John Wesley Community Health Institute. (posted 10/29/09)
By Karen Marcus

Pat Brown Institute of Public Affairs Releases “State of the City” Report
The fifth annual "State of the City" report was released by the Pat Brown Institute of Public Affairs at California State University, Los Angeles (CSU-LA). Hear what a panel of experts determined about economic development, housing and health insurance in Los Angeles. (posted 10/15/09)
By Karen Marcus

Calpirg urges Senate to Support Green Jobs
The California public interest research group, or Calpirg, is urging the U.S. Senate to pass a bill supporting the creation of green jobs. Karen Marcus has the story. (posted 9/24/09)
By Karen Marcus

Los Angeles and State of California implement water conservation programs
The LA City Council met today to enact Phase 3 of the city's six-phase water conservation program. Phase 3 will only allow LA residents to water their lawns on Mondays and Thursdays, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The State of California also announced a $4 million dollar conservation plan with the Save Our Water Campaign. Additional reporting by Dina Diaz (posted 4/21/09)
By Karen Marcus

ACLU releases report on mentally ill inmates, seeks LA County board of supervisors help
The suicide of a detainee at the Men's Central Jail raises bigger questions about the county's jail system and its ability to provide mental health care. John Horton, 22, was found hanging from a noose in his cramped cell. Mental health services are drastically underfunded in county jails, and could be cut even further. The ACLU has been working with Sheriff Lee Baca to shut down the facility altogether. (posted 4/14/09)
By Karen Marcus

“One” City initiative
Mayor Villairagosa and his colleagues from the city aligned with volunteers and a Loyola Marymount University student group from the "One Campaign" to support a health and poverty initiative. The mayor declared that LA was now part of the "One" campaign to fight against global poverty along with 136 other cities. (posted 4/07/09)
By Karen Marcus

Community Discusses a New Way to Fight Gang Violence
The Milken Institute hosted a forum with community members talking about a new approach to fighting gang violence. The hot zone approach. The hot zone approach is a community focused effort to reduce violence in gang-ridden areas. It is in addition to already proposed antigang initiatives by LA County. Karen Marcus reports, with additional reporting by Esther Pomeroy. (posted 4/02/09)
By Karen Marcus