Key Note Speech, Cal State Northridge/SPJ Los Angeles Event
Just 10 hours after I got back to Los Angeles after five months abroad, I had the honor of giving the key note speech to a room full of Los Angeles-area high school students at Cal State Northridge’s high school journalism event, which they had organized with the Los Angeles chapter of the Society of...
Leaders Interpret Gang’s Rise
Los Angeles Times - With the headlines gone and the arrests made, Armenians in Burbank and Glendale are now struggling with the perceptions of their cultural identity after a massive crackdown on the organized crime ring Armenian Power. The cultural perceptions — egged on by media bias, according to some, cultural fractions within their own...
Unclaimed Kin in Los Angeles Piling Up
Spot.us – In the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, Evergreen Cemetery stands with tombstones held high. Some show inspirational passages, some boast lifetime accomplishments, others carry distinctive photos of the deceased. On weekends – as mariachi music swirls in the air – families come, one by one, paying respects with flowers and finding solace...