Email Author Howard Blume

1998 Stories by Howard Blume

• Compton's Quagmire

  published October 22, 1998

  It's now five years since the state Department of Education took over the Compton Unified School District. The mission was to throw out a corrupt... More >>

• Big Money in Kids

  published September 3, 1998

  Ora Carrier has been teaching children at the Nikka Tiffany School in South L.A. for nearly 25 years, and it's never been easy. She has to keep... More >>

• 'Da Noise

  published April 16, 1998

  Like most in the audience, I rose to my feet to applaud the virtuoso cast of Bring In ’Da Noise, Bring In ’Da Funk. But I also w... More >>

• Trump's Ambassador Gambit

  published March 19, 1998

  For eight years, mega-builder Donald Trump, the poster boy of the get-richer-quick set, has quietly endured a $50 million beating out West. Worse... More >>

• Feeding Frenzy

  published March 12, 1998

  On one point, there has never been disagreement. The kids who live in the Echo Park and Temple-Beaudry areas near downtown L.A. need a school.... More >>

• Family Values

  published February 5, 1998

  A quiet milestone was achieved last month when L.A. school board member Jeff Horton won election to the executive committee of the California... More >>