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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.

 

Taking The Pie: A Personal Perspective On Doing Good On Thanksgiving

Comments (0) | comedians, Comedy, dinner, homeless, Jamie Masada, laugh, laughter, Los Angeles and Region, Low-Income, Pasadena, Paul Rodriguez, Tehran, thanksgiving, VA, volunteer, west los angeles

"Sister" Vanessa Gaines at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood (Chole Marie Rivera/Annenberg Media).

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What does Thanksgiving look like across Los Angeles?

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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.

 

L.A. Needs Public Transit, Now More Than Ever

Comments (0) | budget, bus, Bus Rider's Union, California, Car-Free LA, carfreela, construction, cost, day pass, Deficit, Discount, exceptional transit, Expansion, fares, green transportation, household income, increase, inequality, l.a., L.A. Times, Los Angeles, Low-Income, Metro Board, Mike Kodama, minority, monthly pass, Opinion, opinion, poverty, public, rail, revenue, rider relief, Socioeconomic, Subsidies, Sunyoung Yang, tap, Tom Rubin, transfers, transit

Alex Kanegawa
Contributor

"Old public transit used to go everywhere, from the Valley to the Westside to just about everywhere else."

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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’s Minimum Wage Hike Meets Skeptics In Boyle Heights

Comments (0) | Boyle Heights, Carlos Fernandez, city council, Councilmember José Huizar, CPI, Dollar Store, Eben-Ezer Dollar Plus, Eduardo Gomez, eli broad, Eric Garcetti, food prices, George Sanchez, Jr. Park, Leonel Mancia, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, los angeles county, Low-Income, mariachi plaza, Martin Luther King, minimum wage, payroll, Pharmacy, poverty, raise the wage, St. Louis Drug Company, UC Berkeley, wages, Yeya's Restaurant

Carlos Fernandez, right, owns Eben-Ezer Dollar Plus with his brother-in-law Leonel Mancia, left, and sister, not pictured. (Tayl

Taylor Haney
Staff Reporter

Raise the wage? An East-L.A. neighborhood doubts it.

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Buzz

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.

 

Detroit Shuts Off Water To Ordinary Citizens, Ignores Businesses

Comments (2) | Detroit, detroit water and sewerage department, detroit water shutoff, human rights, Low-Income, Michigan, National, past due, poverty, water and sewage, water shutoff

The city was unable to explain why it did not go after commercial accounts as vigorously. (Bob Jagendorf, Creative Commons)

Ashley Yang
Executive Producer

The shutoff policies most adversely affect low-income households. 

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Buzz

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.

 

Exceptional Transit: How L.A. Metro Failed Low-Income Riders

Comments (0) | budget, bus, Bus Rider's Union, California, Car-Free LA, carfreela, construction, cost, day pass, Deficit, Discount, exceptional transit, Expansion, fares, Gloria Molina, household income, increase, inequality, l.a., L.A. Times, Los Angeles, Low-Income, Metro Board, mike bonin, minority, monthly pass, Opinion, poverty, public, rail, revenue, rider relief, Socioeconomic, students, Subsidies, tap, transfers, transit, Transportation, vote

Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor

A little number-crunching shows how sinister Metro's fare increase really is.

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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.

 

L.A. City Council Introduces Legislation To Eliminate Wage Theft

Comments (0) | city council, enforcement, gil cedillo, labor, labor law, Los Angeles, Low-Income, minimum wage, paul kortez, seiu, UCLA, wage theft

New rules would crackdown on businesses that intentional exploit their employees.

Matthew Tinoco
Staff Reporter

Putting an end to cheating employers. 

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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.

 

State Of The Union: Obama Looks To Energize His Base And Cement His Legacy

Comments (0) | 2012 elections, address, affordable care act, Afghanistan, approval ratings, base, bi-partisan, climate change, Congress, Democrats, executive order, fuel dependence, gender wage cap, GOP, government, health insurance, healthcare, house of representatives, immigration reform, Iran, Iraq, legacy, Low-Income, minimum wage, nuclear weapons, Obama, Ohio, Opinion, party, President, Republicans, Romney, Senate, speech, State of the Union, State of the Union 2014, support, Syria, Troops, women, youth

Alec White
Guest Contributor

Much was at stake during yesterday evening's address.

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Buzz

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.

 

Chrysalis: An L.A. Nonprofit For Employment

Comments (1) | Chrysalis, Chrysalis Enterprises, Downtown LA, Job Opportunities, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Low-Income

Clients ring the bell to signal new employment. (Changelives.org)

Beatrice Verhoeven
Staff Reporter

A non-profit organization that helps the homeless find jobs. 

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