Manual Arts High School accommodates more than 2,500 students year round and is home to the oldest high school newspaper collection in Los Angeles. During the late summer of 2010 the Manual Arts High School Toiler Times newspaper began circulation again after a three year-long hiatus.

Thanks to a generous grant from the USC Good Neighbors Campaign the Toiler Times has partnered with Intersections: The South L.A. report, which is a program from the…

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The Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade is one of the most important community events in Los Angeles and celebrates one of the most important men in American history.

It also happens to be one of the most fun.

The Kingdom Day Parade starts at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Western Ave. turns left at Crenshaw and curls back up Leimert…

The English 404 class, Writers in the Community, had their annual poetry culmination

on November 30th to celebrate just that, the writers in our community: USC students, USC

faculty, and most importantly the outstanding youth from 32nd Street Elementary School.

All semester, eight undergraduate students under the mentorship and support of English Professor

Cecilia Woloch, spent their Tuesdays in pairs teaching poetry writing to 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th grade…

My wife and I really enjoyed the play! It was a real treat! Following subtitles and watching the play was a unique experience. My wife is fluent in Spanish, so she didn’t need the subtitles.  …

The 19th Annual Empowerment Congress Summit will feature Attorney-General elect Kamala D. Harris and USC President C.L. Max Nikias .



The Jan. 15 event is at USC's Bovard Auditorium in the middle of its campus near Figueroa Street and Exposition Park Boulevard from 8 a.m.  to noon.

The Empowerment Congress attempts to engage the communitiy, encourage participation, educating and informing the community…

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As the year comes to a close, we just want to thank you for helping us change the world. Yes, change the world. No, we're not curing cancer, but we are touching peoples' lives every day. We know that. And in this fast-paced smart-phone world, people need that more than ever before. It is you, who come to our events, who…

Los Angeles ended the year with less than 300 killings – something that hasn't happened since 1967, when the population was almost 30% smaller.

Imagine in 1992, there were more than 3 homicides a day. In 2001 there were two every day. Last year there was less than one. (Great graphics from the LATimes.com below.)…

CURBSIDE collection for Christmas trees if your tree is too big to cut and place inside the green waste bin.

Simply place the tree next to your green waste bin on collection day.



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During the holiday season we are reminded of the great need to help those less fortunate than ourselves.With unemployment at a record high and 82,000 people homeless on any given night in Los Angeles, it was essentialfor the Upward Bound program and its participants to take action and help needy families this holiday season. Staff and students came together to organize the Upward Bound Hope for the…

The 2010 EXPO Center Winter Holiday Festival will be held  on Saturday, December 18, 2010 from 10:00 AM-1:00 PM.  The festival is free and open to the public, and will feature a snow village, pictures with Santa, activities for kids, refreshments, toy giveaways and much more. 



The Expo Center is the largest facility operated by the Department of Recreation and…

For the past 7 years, the USC Athletic Department has hosted the annual "Day in Troy" which provides tickets to a women's basketball game as well as other unique experiences directly with USC student athletes. This year, the theme is "Educate and Celebrate."

Tickets are priced at $4.00 (or $5.00 with lunch).  The events schedule include:

- USC…

The Bob Porter Foundation will give away Christmas trees on Monday, December 20th through Friday, December 24th.

The hours of operation will be 9 amand 9 pm in the USC parking lot on the Corner of Vermont Ave. & Jefferson Blvd.

Trees will be given away on a first come, first served basis and will be available until supplies run out.

Additional questions about the event can be directed to the Bob Porter Foundation, 323.755.8455.

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1 in 7 people in Los Angeles County is at risk of going hungry.

Hunger can be cured, through the help of caring individuals who want to…

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