\\ ENTERTAINMENT \\ FROM OUR READERS \\ HEADLINES | Hundreds of LAUSD students protest budget cuts
High school students from several LAUSD schools walked to district headquarters on May 29 to plead for their teachers' jobs. Read a first-person account from one of the students who organized the protest. | |
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LEFT IN THE WRONG HANDS
After years of being abused by the woman who raised her, a girl finally got away.
Victoria made me help her clean. By the time I was 8, I was doing everything around the house. She’d say, “I’m going to work and by the time I get back everything needs to be cleaned.” On Saturdays I’d clean the whole house. I would wash clothes, wash all the dishes, vacuum, clean the fridge, clean her room and clean the bathrooms. I’d move sofas around and clean under them, dust and do the windows. If she didn’t think I’d done a good job, she’d get a broomstick and hit me. |
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PLAYLIST BLOG
L.A. Youth staff writers create playlists to practice for their future careers as DJs. Janie, 16, starts us off with songs to listen to when you can't fall asleep.
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L.A. YOUTH'S SUMMER READING PICKS
Novels about recapturing one's youth, popular goths, and a collection of dark short stories, are among the books our teen staff writers recommend checking out this summer.
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| COULD WE LOSE OUR HOME? |
| A girl and her family moved out of their cramped apartment, but now her family can barely afford the house they’d always wanted. |
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| ART CONTEST: MY LOS ANGELES |
| CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of our annual art contest which asked teens to show us what Los Angeles means to them. The L.A. Youth teen staff chose these images as the winners. |
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TEENS REMEMBER MICHAEL JACKSON
Michael Jackson died on June 25. He was 50 years old. His career spans decades and he influenced generations. L.A. Youth teen writers remember his music and his troubled public persona.
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SUMMER FUN FOR UNDER $10
What do the beach, the Museum of Jurassic Technology, window shopping and a bus pass have in common? They're cheap ways to spend your summer, which is especially important during a recession.
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TACKLING A NEW SPORT
Basketball and soccer weren’t her thing,
but rugby is a sport Anisa, 17, is finally good at.
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BUILDING MY DREAM TEAM
Se, 18, likes to play in fantasy leagues because he can prove how much he knows about sports.
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| TEENS REACT TO THE BAN ON GAY MARRIAGE BEING UPHELD |
| Seven months after voters passed Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California, the state supreme court ruled on May 26 that the ban is legal. L.A. Youth writers share their views on the decision. |
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| GETTING READY FOR EARTHQUAKES |
Last summer’s earthquake made 15-year-old Stephany's family realize that they need to be prepared.
With video from NBC Nightly News of Stephany talking about her family's earthquake plans. |
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| Photo Credit #1- Illustration by Lily Clark, 16, Immaculate Heart HS; Photo Credit #3- Illustration by Lily Clark, 15, Immaculate Heart HS; Photo Credit #4- Illustration by Brian Lopez-Santos, 18, Marshall HS and Designer Wayne M. DeSelle; Photo Credit #5- Illustration by Sarah Evans, L.A. Youth archives; Photo Credit #8- Illustration by Oscar Rodriguez, L.A. Youth archives; Photo Credit #9- Illustration by Ellen Khansefid, 16, Hamilton HS; Photo Credit #10- Photo by Rene Franco, 17, Providence HS (Burbank); Photo Credit #11- Illustration by Francisco Sandoval, 17, Nogales HS (La Puente); Photo Credit #12- Sculpture by Seth Shamban, L.A. Youth archives; Photo Credit #13- Photo by Jasper Nahid, 15,; Photo Credit #14- Photo by Kaitlyn Tsai, 15, Walnut HS; |
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