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How LAUSD is responding to increased need for mental health support
Lester Solis was a junior at Belmont High School in Los Angeles when the pandemic caused his mother to lose her job and him to work full-time at Home Depot in addition to going to school.
By Steve Chiotakis • • 25m ListenLester Solis was a junior at Belmont High School in Los Angeles when the pandemic caused his mother to lose her job and him to work full-time at Home Depot in addition to going to school. His story exemplifies the emotional strain COVID-19 continues to put on high school students, and how LAUSD is responding to an increased need for mental health support.
Writer Raquel Gutiérrez shares part of their personal essay about how taking the 704 bus from Silver Lake to Santa Monica in the late 1990s helped shape their identity in LA.
“Witch Hunt” — a new exhibition at the Hammer Museum and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles — explores what it means to be feminist in the age of Donald Trump.
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3 storiesLAUSD says it’s hiring 922 mental health workers. 75% of the positions sit empty
Nearly half of parents of teenagers saw a new or worsening mental health condition in their child since the start of the pandemic,according to a national poll from the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital in Michigan.
Read the story11 minHow the 704 bus line shaped writer Raquel Gutiérrez’s LA identity
Raquel Gutiérrez wrote about how LA shaped their own identity in a recent personal essay for Places Journal. The prompt was: How do Latinos impact the built environment of Los Angeles?
Read the story8 min‘Witch Hunt’ is a creative cauldron of feminist artists — on display at 2 LA museums
“Witch Hunt” is a new exhibition curated by Connie Butler from the Hammer Museum and Anne Ellegood from the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (ICALA).
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