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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

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The Shortcomings Of The Foster Care System

Comments (2) | child welfare, foster care agencies, foster care system, foster youth, government officials, L.A. County, Lucci quadruplets, Media, mental abuse, Opinion, physical abuse, poverty, Sexual Abuse, Subsidies, substance addiction, taxpayer dollars, United States

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Marina Peña
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The foster care system needs more attention from the media. 

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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

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Marina Peña
Contributor

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

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