Young people who are down on their luck in Los Angeles gave thanks yesterday for My Friend's Place, a privately funded center that has become a haven where homeless youth can nurture fragile dreams. It also gives them what food it can afford, and clothes, toiletries and hot showers.
After an L.A. man hit rock bottom and was stepping in front of a train, he had a profound insight. Now he teaches mindfulness to the city's most at-risk kids.
Instead of going through the therapy process alone, these two troubled parties are forming loving connections so they can heal together.
The average risk of developing cancer as a result of pollution found in the Los Angeles area has dropped by more than 50 percent, a result of decades-long improvement programs, according to a new report.
For years, a high school in downtown Los Angeles has made doing good deeds a part of the school's curriculum. Now social services agencies are counting on the students' help.
As a tribute to the beloved Bright Knight himself, Los Angeles city officials held a lighting ceremony for the legendary Bat-signal last night.
These unsuspecting tourists had no idea they were about to be led into the Dolby Theater live during the Academy Awards broadcast.
On Monday morning, students at a severely under-performing public high school got a morale boost with a welcome tsunami of color in a drab courtyard .
A cool app designed to sell and reserve parking spots is celebrating the holidays by paying for your LA parking tickets- up to $250 in value.
California has already broken the solar record by generating enough electricity for 6mil. homes, but now L.A. is about to go one step further.
If Michael Caldena had never been robbed and harassed while he was out shopping last month, he never would have had the chance to meet his heroes.
Mohamed may seem like an average family man, but he is a hero in Los Angeles-where he is the only father willing to be a foster dad to terminally-ill children.
The reflective coating won't just create a cooler summer atmosphere in the city; the special street mixture will also help Los Angeles fight climate change.
The 13-year-old had been playing in a dilapidated building when he fell through a hole and ended up in the LA sewage system—but the whole city had his back.
The pledge will ensure that each district provides an equal amount of housing for homeless residents, rather than allowing it to be centered in one region.
Hollywood's Walk of Fame has finally been graced with the addition of the Jedi Master himself: Mark Hamill.
The Australian actress was about to get ready for the Oscars when she stopped to surprise a bus full of sightseers in Los Angeles.
Witnesses say that the film star leapt into action after he saw a driver who was injured inside of a smoking car.
These bright orange parking meters aren't for purchasing your parking spots - they're actually collecting change so they can change the lives of the homeless.
Imagine you'd been entrusted with a family heirloom that belonged to your girlfriend's grandmother—a ring that you'd propose with–and you lose it!
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