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Iraq war veteran graduates from Cal State Long Beach in spite of challenges

06/03/2009

Sacrifice and hardship are behind many of the degrees awarded this graduation season. KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez talked with a military veteran a few days ago about the struggles she faced on her way to graduation day.

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Iconic jazz club loses its lease

05/29/2009

Since it opened 16 years ago, the Jazz Bakery's become one of the top jazz clubs in the Southland, attracting the country's top musicians. It's a listening room; that is, a concert room free of waiters and clinking glasses and plates. This Sunday's show will be the last at the venue's longtime home in the historic Helms Bakery building. KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez stopped by this week.

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Students skip school to protest planned teacher layoffs

05/22/2009

L.A. Unified students are the latest group to protest teacher layoffs. Several hundred high school students marched to school district headquarters in downtown L.A. Friday. KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez has more.

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Law enforcement arrests scores of Hawaiian Gardens street gang members

05/21/2009

For almost four years federal an L.A. County law enforcement agencies have been investigating the inner workings of a gang known as "Varrio Hawaiian Gardens." This morning, officials announced an early morning sweep that netted 90 of the gang's members, leaders, and associates in the southeastern part of the county. KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez has the story.

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Literary scholar helps preserve seminal LA writer John Fante's archives

05/21/2009

UCLA announced recently that it's purchased the archives of seminal Los Angeles writer John Fante. Scholars believe the documents shed light on an important mid-20th century novelist and his times. KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez toured the archives with the Cal State Long Beach professor who was largely responsible for pairing them with UCLA.

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LAUSD facing more cuts after statewide election

05/20/2009

Public school administrators say California voters' rejection of a school funding ballot measure this week will mean more budget cuts. KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez has the story.

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San Gabriel Valley home becomes polling place on election day

05/20/2009

Southland voting officials locate polling places in schools, places of worship and, often, private homes. A few hours before polls closed, KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez spoke with a San Gabriel Valley woman who's opened her family home to voters for decades.

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38 LA Unified teachers, union leaders arrested while protesting layoffs

05/15/2009

Leaders of United Teachers Los Angeles followed through today on their promise to engage in acts of civil disobedience after an L.A. Superior Court judge ruled illegal the union's one-day strike. To protest planned teacher layoffs the union blocked the street in front of L.A. Unified headquarters. KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez says 38 union members were arrested in what they called an act of civil disobedience.

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Judge blocks 1-day strike planned by LAUSD teachers union

05/12/2009

Just three days before a planned one-day strike by L.A. Unified's teachers union, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge blocked the job action, saying it would violate the union's contract. KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez has the story.

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Superintendent to ask regulators to stop planned teachers 1-day strike

05/06/2009

L.A. Unified Superintendent Ramon Cortines says he's filing a complaint today with the state's Public Employee Relations Board to stop teachers from carrying out a one-day strike next week. KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez has more.