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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

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Metro To Recruit Women For Construction Jobs In Male-Dominated Industry

Comments (1) | America, construction, jobs, labor, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, metro, women

Women make up 2.6 percent of the construction workforce according to a 2014 study (Salford’s Centre for Construction Innovation)

Carla Javier
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The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s board has given the transportation agency a directive: more female workers. 

 

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

The Weingart Center For The Homeless: A New Type Of Investment

Comments (0) | careers, city officials, community-based organizations, Downtown L.A., Education, enforcement, ex-convicts, federal government, government funds, Homelessness, housing costs, income, jobs, la county, local government, mental health, nonprofit organization, Opinion, permanent supportive housing, recession, Senator Kevin Murray, Skid Row, Substance Abuse, taxpayer dollars, Venice, veterans, Weingart Center for the Homeless, women

(David Nitzsche/Creative Commons)

Marina Peña
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L.A. officials must do more to support innovative solutions to homelessness.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

No-Vacation Nation: Does The U.S. Government Care About American Employees?

Comments (0) | Americans, Argentina, businesses, Capitalism, Congress, conservatives, corporations, Democratic Congressman Alan Grayson, Democrats, Depression, economy, employers, european union, fair labor standards act, families, Families and Work Institute, FullContact, Health, jobs, low wages, Luxembourg, mental health, Opinion, paid time off, productivity levels, social issues, socialism, summer, sweden, switzerland, The Great Recession, The Motley Fool, The Paid Vacation Act, United States, vacation, wages

(Jordan Siemens/Getty Images)

Marina Peña
Contributor

The U.S.'s culture of worker exhaustion is unsustainable.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

South L.A. Man's Fight Against Homelessness Highlights Deficits In Affordable Housing

Comments (0) | affordable housing, children, city council, Downtown LA, Elvis Summers, families, gofundme, homeless, Homelessness, Irene McGhee, jobs, la county, Los Angeles, los angeles times, marginalization, mayor, mental illness, officials, Opinion, opinion, poverty, Skid Row, social issues, South LA, Substance Abuse, unemployment, United States, Venice

Irene McGhee, "Smokie", and I in front of her mobile home. (Omar Peña)

Marina Peña
Columnist

Why do our elected leaders continue to ignore the needs of the homeless? 

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

BloomNation Puts Local Florists On The Web

Comments (3) | App, BloomNation, Business, Chris Drummond, Creativity, David Daneshgar, delivery, family-owned, Farbod Shoraka, floral industry, florists, flower arrangements, flowers, Gregg Weisstein, investors, jobs, Lance Williams, Local, Los Angeles, online, online shopping, Playa Del Rey Florist, Plaza Flowers, profit, recession, send flowers, small business, Startup, stock photos, Technology, website

Meghan Coyle
Web Producer

An L.A.-based startup is helping local flower shops nationwide thrive on an "Etsy for Florists" online marketplace.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Uber Wants To Have 1 Million Female Drivers By 2020

Comments (0) | Employer, employment, empowerment, equality, equity, jobs, Los Angeles, lyft, Nation and World, opportunities, rape, ride-sharing, taxis, Technology, Travis Kalanick, uber, un women, United Nations, women

Fernando Hurtado
Web Producer

On the heels of rape allegations in India, the ride-sharing app announced plans to have more women behind the wheel. 

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Playa Vista Becoming New L.A. Tech Hub

Comments (0) | Beach, businesses, economic development, EHarmony, Eric Garcetti, Espress Devora, freeways, Google, Jason Harris, jobs, Jon Erlichman, l.a., lawren markle, lax, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, mayor, Offices, playa vista, real estate, relocating, Riot Games, Santa Monica, silicon beach, startups, taxes, tech companies, Tech Scene, yahoo

Meghan Coyle
Web Producer

Big Internet companies are outgrowing Silicon Beach, and it's not a bad thing for the L.A. tech scene.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Asian Angeleno Community Supports Minimum Wage Increase

Comments (0) | California, economy, Eric Garcetti, jobs, LAANE, LAMKE, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, minimum wage, Pay, raise the wage, raise the wage la, South LA

Sean Burch
Staff Reporter

Community activists, workers, and business owners joined together to call for  employment reforms, including a minimum wage increase. 

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Olympic Games Won't Bring 'Ordem E Progresso' To Brazil

Comments (1) | 20/20 Experience World Tour, 2016 olympics, Brazil, economy, evictions, favelas, football, futbol, gdp, government, growth, healthcare, jobs, labor, Olympic Games, Opinion, protest, schools, slums, Soccer, socioeconomic inequality, Sports, tourism, wealth distribution, World Cup

Marina Peña
Contributor

The Brazilian people need job opportunities that don't end once the party is over.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Mayor Garcetti Promotes L.A. Cleantech Companies In China

Comments (0) | China, cleantech, financial centers, funds, Japan, jobs, mayor garcetti, Mayor Jianhua Chen, Mayor Len Brown, Mayor XU Qin, Memorandum of Understanding, Nation and World, shenzen, south korea

Shenzen, China. (Burson-Marsteller/Flickr Creative Commons)

Belinda Cai
Web Producer

Shenzen is the second stop in the mayor's trade mission to China, South Korea and Japan.

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