Adopt-A-Family makes Christmas merry and magical for 463 families

After a tiring day of work as a construction day laborer, a weary Aurelio (last name withheld by request) was looking forward to seeing his wife Maria and their five children in their small, cramped apartment in downtown L.A.

But the sight that greeted him when the door opened made his eyes pop with confusion, and later made his heart swell with gratitude: the joyful faces of his entire family surrounded by an avalanche of gifts in their tiny living room, all thanks to Adopt-A-Family.

Esperanza para reos

El arzobispo de Los Ángeles, José Gómez, ofició ayer su tradicional misa de Navidad para un grupo de aproximadamente 150 detenidos de la cárcel de hombres del condado.

Los Angelenos Celebrate Christmas Throughout the Southland

Christmas in the Southland included the region’s top spiritual leader and its top lawman attending Mass among about 150 county inmates and offshore winds pumping up temperatures to summer-like highs.

Christmas In Los Angeles: Church Services & Celebrations

Simbang Gabi’ bridges generations in San Fernando Valley

SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, California—Many Filipino expatriates bring with them cherished Christmas memories from home by celebrating “Simbang Gabi” in this area of Los Angeles County that is home to tens of thousands of Filipinos.

Bob and Dolores Hope nativity scene on display at Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown L.A.

For more than a half-century, comedian Bob Hope and his wife Dolores displayed a life-size nativity scene each Christmas in front of their Toluca Lake estate.

Now the ornate Italian crèche can be seen by thousands of faithful downtown at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.

Bob and Dolores Hopes’ Nativity Donated to the Cathedral

When a bevy of personal effects and household items from the Toluca Lake home of Bob and Dolores Hope went on sale on the first Saturday last May, it was big news for the comedian’s fans both locally and outside of Southern California.