Feds: LA Unified held back funds from low-income Catholic school students

The U.S. Department of Education has affirmed a previous ruling that the Los Angeles Unified School District violated federal law by slashing funding for low-income Catholic school students, according to a decision announced Thursday.

The Buzz Holiday Theater Wrap-Up

La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, 555 W. Temple St. downtown
December 1-2

Latino Theater Company presents its signature holiday pageant, a Los Angeles holiday tradition since 2002. It’s the story of Juan Diego, a simple peasant to whom the Virgin Mary appeared on four occasions in the mountains of Tepeyac near Mexico City in 1531. Starring Elia Saldana as the Virgin Mary and Sal Lopez as Juan Diego, the cast features more than 100 actors, singers and indigenous Aztec dancers as well as children and seniors from the community.

Former Teacher and Sex Abuse Survivor Motivates Archdiocesan “Garden of Healing”

About five years ago, Joe Montañez sat in the parking lot of St. Peter Claver Catholic Church in Simi Valley, feeling immensely nervous and shaky over what he was about to do. Minutes later he walked into a meeting with representatives of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles to reveal “shameful abuse by my predator” – a priest who sexually abused him almost 50 years earlier.

The Program: Mark your calendar for these December SoCal Performances

LATINO THEATER CO.

La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin’

Dec. 1-2. The signature holiday pageant that has been an L.A. holiday tradition since 2002 is back. The city’s largest theatrical holiday pageant has a cast that features over 100 actors, singers and indigenous Aztec dancers as community members. Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, 555 W. Temple St., Los Angeles. latinotheaterco.org

Diversión con olor a Navidad y repleto de música para todos los gustos

Con la llegada del mes de diciembre este fin de semana, las actividades para celebrar las fiestas navideñas se apoderan de la ciudad con obras musicales, exhibiciones de luces, teatro dramático e infantil y hasta conciertos para toda la familia y las parejas también.

California Assemblywoman Wendy Carrillo Secures $2 Million in State Funding to the Los Angeles Welcomes Collective for Immigrant Rights and Homeless Shelter Support

November 24, 2023 – LOS ANGELES – On Monday, Assemblywoman Wendy Carrillo presented a $2 million check to members of the L.A. Welcomes Collective as a part of state support to create a fund for qualified immigrant rights organizations to design and execute program outreach in Los Angeles County to provide immigrant individuals with consistent, comprehensive support when entering a public shelter.