Aaron Schrank

The new event allows participants in Los Angeles who don’t practice religion to celebrate a cultural tradition that many have grown up with.

Legal advocates say local Catholic leaders routinely shuffled abusive priests into immigrant parishes around Los Angeles.

Archbishop Oscar Romero has been the informal patron saint of El Salvador since his murder in 1980 -- but now it's official.

A new lawsuit charges church leaders conspired to protect abusive priests, moving them around from church to church.

There are credible reports of mass detention, restrictions on religious expression, mass surveillance, DNA collection and control of movement and communication.

San Bernardino's Catholic diocese plans to name names. A spokesman says of the victims: "Sometimes to see their abuser's name made public is beneficial in the healing process."

Founded by an L.A. local, IfNotNow is a growing movement of young Jewish American progressives who want to end support for the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands.

There are huge gaps in school funding between affluent and property-poor districts. And, with evidence that money matters, especially for disadvantaged kids, something has to change.

One in three Native students are what's considered "chronically absent," in this state. Educators on the Wind River Indian Reservation say that's a major factor holding back student achievement.

Homeless-services providers in Los Angeles County are gathering data on the homeless population and ranking people by vulnerability. The goal is to get the most in need into permanent housing quickly. The "housing first" approach has been used in cities nationwide, but it has its critics, even among other advocates.