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Mental health clinics help Latinos bridge language and access barriers
Michelle Mata wasn’t diagnosed with a mental illness until she was 23, after years of suffering. She knew very little about who to ask for help, having grown up in a Latino family in San Antonio that didn’t talk about mental health. At appointments, she was terrified of telling the truth.
Walnut Park homeless husband and wife desperate to get off the streets
As many as 75,000 people could be homeless on Los Angeles County streets, advocates say. Many of them feel trapped by circumstance and are looking for help."I want a space for me," says Imelda Bustamante as she tries hold back tears. She told me about her life on the streets.She and her husband have been homeless for more than 4 years. They moved to Los Angeles from Riverside County just before the pandemic with the promise of a job. That job never happened."He's been picking plastic bottles and cans so we can survive. He's been looking for a job, but...
Lockdown lifted at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall
DOWNEY — Los Padrinos Juvenile Hill in Downey was locked down for more than four hours after someone tried to throw contraband over a wall, authorities said Monday. The lockdown was imposed just before noon Saturday at the juvenile lockup at 7285 Quill Dr., according to the Los Angeles County Probation Department.
Carjacking suspect crashes truck, trailer after chase in Southern California
At least one person has been detained after a search for a suspect involved in a stolen truck and trailer pursuit that ended with a crash in North Hollywood Monday night. Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Foothill Division initiated the chase of a carjacking suspect out of Ventura County just before 9 […]
San Gabriel Valley Habitat for Humanity building ADUs in 10-day blitz
San Gabriel Valley Habitat for Humanity (SGV Habitat) last week announced its new program to help low-income homeowners add an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) to their property to provide an affordable rental for a low-income household. Their program offers a zero-interest construction loan with SGV Habitat serving as the contractor for the project.
West Nile virus detected in San Gabriel Valley
As summer rolls on, the threat posed by mosquitos in Southern California continues to grow. On Monday, the San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District confirmed the first detection of West Nile virus in its service area. “The virus was detected in a mosquito sample collected from a surveillance trap near Morgan Park in […]
California Billionaire Farmers Stewart and Lynda Resnick, Plan Major Industrial Expansion
The wealthiest farming family in California, Stewart and Lynda Resnick, are planning to significantly expand an industrial warehouse complex to transform the small town of Shafter into an international trading hub. The Resnicks, who own The Wonderful Company, already possess a large distribution center in Shafter, northwest of Bakersfield. The...
California’s wildfires are burning far more land so far this year than in 2023
So far in this year’s California’s wildfire season, about 20 times more acres of land have burned than around this time last year. Since the beginning of the year, there were more than 3,500 wildfires across the state through early July, causing about 207,000 acres of land to burn. Around this time last year, about 10,000 acres had burned. The five-year average of acres burned through mid-July is about 39,000, Cal Fire said last week.
Extreme Heat Is a Death Sentence in California Prisons
(WIB) – In 2015, Adrienne Boulware was sentenced to 15 years to life in California state prison in connection to the 2011 death of a man in Sacramento. But over the weekend, as temperatures hit 110 in the Central Valley town of Chowchilla, where Boulware was imprisoned at the Central California Women’s Facility, prisoner advocates and her family say she died due the heat nine years into her sentence.
US Foods San Diego Being Absorbed By Los Angeles Branch, Marking A Major Consolidation In Southern California's Foodservice Industry
US Foods, a prominent player in the foodservice distribution industry, is undergoing a significant restructuring with the absorption of its San Diego branch by the Los Angeles operations. US Foods, headquartered in Rosemont, IL, is one of America's leading foodservice distributors. The company serves approximately 300,000 restaurants and foodservice operators...
Local law enforcement helping with security at RNC, delegates react to Trump's VP pick
Former President Donald Trump announced Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his pick for vice president on Monday.The announcement came as delegates from California and around the nation formally chose Trump as the Republican presidential nominee at the Republican National Convention.Valley alternate Delegate Guillermo Moreno reacting to the long-awaited running mate pick."I think J.D. Vance is a fantastic candidate. He's more of the Trumpian Vice Presidential pick. So he's going to continue the movement," said Guillermo Moreno.After Saturday's assassination attempt on Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, Moreno says Vance is vital in essentially being the heir for the party."The Vice Presidential candidate...
LAist’s Southern California Public Radio Taps Univision’s Alejandra Santamaria as New President and CEO
Alejandra Santamaria has been named the new president and CEO of Southern California Public Radio, which oversees KPCC-FM (“LAist 89.3”), LAist.com and podcast producer LAist Studios. Santamaria was most recently interim president, general manager and VP, director of sales for Univision Los Angeles. She replaces Herb Scannell, who recently retired from the job at SCPR.Media Vet Herb Scannell Retires, Will Step Down as Head of KPCC/LAist Operator Southern California Public Radio Santamaria takes over Southern California Public Radio at a difficult moment for the pubcaster, which recently cut its staff by 28 people — including 21 voluntary buyouts and another seven...
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