About 230 Los Angeles Unified School District students were given new clothes, shoes, toiletry kits, backpacks, school supplies, books and a toy or game on Friday, April 19, through a program that serves low-income children. The Assistance League of Los Angeles, a nonprofit that runs Operation School Bell, teamed up once again with the Los … Read more
Amid a rise in antisemitism on college campuses, three survivors of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel spoke to students at Cal State Northridge and USC this week, recounting their firsthand experiences of terror, pain and survival. “My main mission is empowering Jews in the diaspora to create more resilience, more hope and more … Read more
A plan to convert a Crowne Plaza Hotel into a facility to temporarily house and serve individuals who are homeless has spurred concerns from residents of Aurora and Denver about safety in the area and the effectiveness of the center in addressing homelessness in the region. The Aurora City Council approved the purchase of the … Read more
JOCOTENANGO, Guatemala — On a quiet cobblestone street in a town 90 minutes outside of Guatemala City, class was in session for hundreds of young Guatemalans on a Monday morning. Children in kindergarten through ninth grade moved through the open-air courtyard of the free private school for disadvantaged students, which is run by a global … Read more
Most of the $640 million in new charitable donations Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife MacKenzie Scott is dishing out will go to nonprofits pushing extreme left-wing causes, including helping migrants who commit crimes and boosting male-born transgender athletes who want to compete against women. Scott will provide 67 migrant-advocacy organizations a combined $122 million for … Read more
Denver broke new ground in October 2022 when it pledged to provide $15 million in tax revenues from marijuana sales to invest in minority and women entrepreneurs over three years through the Herman Malone Fund. The venture capital firm that the city hired to oversee those investments, the Domestic Emerging Market Investments or DEMI Fund, … Read more
When voters passed Proposition 123 last year, housing and local government officials across the state were pleased that the state had supported a permanent affordable housing fund. But they had a nagging anxiety: To get a share of the nearly $300 million promised by the program, cities and counties had to voluntarily opt-in and agree … Read more
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