Emily Elena Dugdale

One of the groups who won’t be getting a paycheck this week are federal prison workers. At a federal prison in Victorville, corrections officers say moral is low.

The Rose Parade is just a few days away - and despite more corporate entries in recent years, there’s still a handful of floats built by community groups. Six, in fact.

LAUSD teachers might strike after winter break, but what does that mean for parents? Many LAUSD schools serve predominantly Latino and working class families who rely on schools to care for their children while they’re out earning a living.

It’s been almost a year since the Santa Ana riverbed homeless encampments in Orange County were cleared out. There’s been a lot of legal wrangling since then. But on Thursday, Anaheim is opening a temporary 200 bed homeless shelter near Angel’s stadium to get people indoors before the holidays - and the bad weather.

A test question on a final at Cal State Long Beach outraged students this week. Students were asked to pick the racial group of gangs least likely to do graffiti.

You may have heard about the plan to expand the aging LA convention center. The LA City Council voted Wednesday to give the developers a massive $100 million dollar tax break.

Campus officials say the threats might not be credible and they are working with the Los Angeles Police Department to investigate.

It’ll be harder to get an appointment with a therapist or social worker at Kaiser Permanente next week. Four thousand Kaiser mental health clinicians start a five-day strike on Monday.

The vote by the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission to reject the monument was disappointing to the small group of supporters in the audience.

Homeless people living in dry riverbeds can be particularly vulnerable if the rains are heavy. Since many people don’t have a phone or radio, the team of outreach workers from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority and the LA County Sheriff's department need to spread the warning on-foot.