Stories matching tag 'Economic Crisis'
UCLA IDEA: Working families and public schools suffering since economic crisis
Hungry children and over-worked parents: The Educational Opportunities in Hard Times report shows that California's education system has gone from bad to worse. [...]
Homelessness in Los Angeles
(originally posted on Annenberg Radio News 3-5-2009)
The foreclosure crisis coupled with an economic meltdown has put more strain on a neighborhood still struggling to reinvent itself.
Art in Leimert Park hit by recession
"Everything must go, all items 50 percent off," says a banner outside Kumasi Gift Shop in Leimert Park Village. But instead of crowds scrambling to get the best deals on the authentic African artifacts the store is known for, it's strangely quiet. A lone attendant sits surfing the Internet in a small room at the back. The richly embroidered caps, handcrafted drums, spears and statutes sit patiently on the shelves, awaiting buyers.
[...]Economic Recession has Quinceañera boutiques in unfamiliar predicament
As recently as two years ago, the numerous quinceañera boutiques lining Whittier Boulevard in East Los Angeles were bustling centers of party planning and big business.
[...]Nonprofit helping LA’s neediest finds it, too, needs assistance
Amid the most profound and startling economic downturn in recent memory, one South Los Angeles business is seeing more clients than ever. But those clients are job seekers, and it's harder than ever to help them.
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