Crenshaw package in Mediabistro’s Fishbowl LA
Mediabistro’s Fishbowl LA picked up our series on Crenshaw today. The set of 10 stories examines the challenges and successes faced by residents of a historically blighted urban area in Los Angeles, including Crenshaw High School. An excerpt from my piece on nutrition follows…
PTSD in Urban High Schools: Huffington Post
Today my article on post-traumatic stress among Crenshaw High schoolers was picked up by the Huffington Post.
Peter, Bjorn and John birthday concert review
Bands like the Sounds, the Hives and I’m From Barcelona are harbingers of a Scandinavian invasion: Swedes have swarmed the “indie-pop-rock” genre in recent years, and for good reason. Finland might be great for strange death metal and Iceland for ambient trip-hop, but look no further than the other white Northern country for pitch-perfect pop...
Live Church LA
This is a broadcast package about Live Church LA, which hosts services in Club Nokia in Downtown Los Angeles. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzrpl2tKy5o&hl=en_US&fs=1&]
A home for 'Homeboys'
Luis Colosio first decided to join a gang the day his mother pressed his hand to a hot electric stove when he was six years old. Disowned by his family, he found a new one in the East L.A. Dukes as an adolescent. “I was smoking PCP, selling crack at 14,” Colosio said. “If a...