PITCH: New Depression in Los Angeles?
While President Obama and the Congress are preoccupied with health care legislation and the war in Afghanistan, the unemployment elephant in the room gets larger by the month.
Nearly one fifth of American workers are jobless or are working fewer hours than they need, and… Read More »
PITCH: The cost of the DNA backlog
A year ago, the LA City Auditor reported that the backlog of DNA samples waiting to be tested by the Los Angeles Police Department had grown to nearly 7,000 with hundreds languishing beyond the legal deadlines.
This year, the LAPD says it reduced that backlog… Read More »
PITCH: Sounds of Silence on ‘Separation Agreement’ for Community College Chancellor
Marshall E. (Mark) Drummond recently resigned his post as chancellor of the
Los Angeles Community College District, leaving the job with two years left on his contract and a $428,750 payoff.
District officials say that a confidentiality agreement prevents them from discussing the… Read More »
PITCH: An Unfinished DREAM
Two students met in the Winter of 2008 not knowing that they would embark on a year long journey producing a documentary about their friends at school. This is our story and our inspiration.
Their childhood may have been the same as any other American… Read More »
