When Jasmyne Pope began substitute teaching music at Dorsey High in fall 2021, she was only planning on staying for a couple of weeks. Then she walked into the school’s music room: it was practically empty, minus an old set of drums and a broken piano. It had been over a decade since the school had a functioning music program.
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Currently, at any given time, more than 25,000 streetlights in Los Angeles need some kind of repair. The backlog of streetlight outages is a challenge for the Bureau of Street Light’s field team of about 200 people.

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Survivors founded Holocaust Museum L.A. in 1961, after they realized they each had a personal artifact to share from before World War II. They wanted to make sure future generations remembered and learned from this part of our history.

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Bees may be small, but they make a big impact on the world around them. They provide us with flowers, fruit, honey, and more, but a changing climate is beginning to take a toll on hives.
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Immigration detention centers operate out of privatized for-profit facilities, by contracting out ICE facility management – with about 80% of ICE detention beds being managed by privatized for-profit companies. The facility in Adelanto is one of these 200, which is located approximately 88 miles from downtown Los Angeles.
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