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Energy and Gas Assistance Funds Provides Utility Assistance to Families in Need
COVID-19LocalNews (Family)

Energy and Gas Assistance Funds Provides Utility Assistance to Families in Need

Sentinel News ServiceAugust 5, 2020

More support with energy bills is now available to people directly affected by the coronavirus pandemic due to job loss, closures, illness, or for seniors. United Way of Greater Los Angeles is partnering with Southern California Edison (SCE) and Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) to administer SCE’s Energy Assistance Fund (EAF) and SoCalGas’s Gas Assistance Fund (GAF) programs designed to prevent people from falling into financial hardship. As COVID-19 puts thousands more at risk of financial insecurity, EAF and GAF have extended and increased its maximum assistance available.

Mark Ridley-Thomas Formally Kicks Off City Council Campaign
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Mark Ridley-Thomas Formally Kicks Off City Council Campaign

Sentinel News ServiceDecember 19, 2019

Firefighters and carpenters, members of the faith community and the arts community, local neighborhood activists and elected officials from throughout the region, and volunteers from every walk of life turned out Saturday, December 14 for Mark Ridley-Thomas’ official City Council campaign kickoff.

Homelessness Spikes Up 12 Percent in L.A. County
EconomyLocalNews

Homelessness Spikes Up 12 Percent in L.A. County

Elizabeth Marcellino, City News ServiceJune 6, 2019

    Homelessness in Los Angeles County spiked by 12% over the past year to reach an estimated 58,936 people, according to figures released today, with the region’s housing costs outpacing wages and forcing people onto the streets faster than authorities can find them shelter. According to data released by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, nearly three-quarters of homeless people are living in cars, tents, makeshift shelters or on the streets without any apparent cover from the elements. “We have the largest unsheltered population in the nation and one of the largest homeless counts across America. Only New York

Improving Black/Latino Relations is Their Job, Not Others’
Larry AubryOpinion

Improving Black/Latino Relations is Their Job, Not Others’

Larry AubryOctober 12, 2018

Improving Black/Latino relations was never really a major political priority in Los Angeles but should have been. Why? Sustainable collaboration between the two groups, based on mutual respect and an explicit commitment to honor the terms of any agreement to work together, is really the only way to strengthen their relationship and respective goals.

Free SAT-Prep Workshop, Nov. 10 at Kaiser BHC
Education

Free SAT-Prep Workshop, Nov. 10 at Kaiser BHC

Sentinel News ServiceOctober 12, 2018

High school students can register now for the free SAT-prep workshop to be held Saturday, November 10, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the conference center at Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Hills-Crenshaw Medical Offices, 3782 W. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008. The workshop provides instruction and tutoring for all sections. A 30-minute practice test will be held at 8:30 a.m.