Intersections South LA | Redistricting changes for South LA one step closer

Intersections South LA | Redistricting changes for South LA one step closer

After what turned into a nine-hour-long meeting on Wednesday, the Los Angeles Redistricting Commission has moved one step closer to solidifying major changes to the city’s council districts, including those in South Los Angeles.

The commission voted Wednesday night to move the Leimert Park and Baldwin Hills area out of Councilman Bernard Park’s 8th District, and into District 10, represented by City Council President Herb Wesson.

For more, follow the link above.

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Intersections South LA | St. John’s Well Child to expand services in South L.A.

Intersections South LA | St. John’s Well Child to expand services in South L.A.

St. John's clinics are located at Hoover and West 58th Streets.

Angela Cruz wouldn’t have access to health care without St. John’s Well Child and Family Center. The South Central Los Angeles resident lives near St. John’s clinics at Hoover and West 58th Streets.

“St. John’s is vital to this community. Because whether or not we have money to pay for health insurance, we are able to receive medical services and attention,” Cruz said through a translator.


On Wednesday morning, St. John’s broke ground for an expansion project on two of its clinics.


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Audio story: Child care workers protest unpaid wages

In California, the Department of Education dolls out grant money to state-contracted agencies to help pay for child care in low income areas. However, the system is not regulated by any state legislation, allowing one agency to get away without paying their providers for several months.

Molly Gray has the report.

 Child care workers protest unpaid wages by MollyReports 

"Diet Coke Run" soundscape

For my radio and broadcast class this semester, we were asked to edit a "creative" radio soundscape — a non-narrated story.

I chose to demonstrate a Diet Coke McDonald's run, something I am very familiar with!


Diet Coke Run by MollyReports

Intersections South LA | Child care providers demand full pay from the state

Intersections South LA | Child care providers demand full pay from the state

Ruby Evans marches with two of the children she cares for.

As of Thursday morning, Ruby Evans had only $18.65 in her bank account. She runs Evans Family Day Care in Compton, one of many centers contracted by the state of California to provide subsidized child care.

In December, she only received 20 percent of her paycheck and wasn’t paid for the months of July, August, September or November last year.

Evans joined about 50 other care providers and parents who haven’t received payment to protest the Center for Children and Family Services Thursday morning.


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Intersections South LA | Watts market helping those stranded in “food desert”

Intersections South LA | Watts market helping those stranded in “food desert”


My final project about farmers markets in South Los Angeles was published by Intersections South LA, where I will be working starting in January. You can read the article and watch the video by following the above link.