Park Suffering From City Budget Crisis
Zoo May Slip From City Control
LOS FELIZ—As the city faces massive budget cuts and layoffs now totaling 4,000, Griffith Park, will be forced to cut services and programs. The Los Angeles Zoo will continue with cuts to services and reductions in staff, already in place since last summer, and faces [...]
2010 Summer Camp Guide
Summer is just a few months away, and sessions at local day and overnight camps are open for registration now. Planning ahead will ensure that you and your children get the programs and dates of your choice. For even more camps in the greater Los Angeles area, try the summer [...]
Former Scientologists Claim Abuse
LOS FELIZ—Six former members have claimed allegations of physical and emotional abuse against the Church of Scientology, including workplace abuse, forced detention, isolation from outside family and friends and coerced abortion.
The panelists—all of whom have left Scientology—also claimed the church made them sign “billion year” contracts—pledging the rest of their [...]
People In My Neighborhood: The Prime of Mr. Steve Abee
SILVER LAKE—Steve Abee’s classroom at Thomas Starr King Middle School is a feast for the eyes. Student projects on “systems”—think: digestive, emotional, communication—line the walls. Dioramas and Day of the Dead alters for various well-known artists, perch atop cabinets and on shelves. Hundreds of words cover two huge dry erase [...]
