Kimberly Lisagor

Photo by Slobodan Dimitrov On her way to work each day, single mom Marcela Lucero drops off her 4-year-old son, Andrew, at school, where he and 40 other children from low-income families spend their days with colorful puzzles, educational games, even a computer with Internet access. The Berkeley Avenue Children’s......

From the neatly landscaped front yard of her Inglewood home, Aldene Sligh watches a jumbo jet make its heavy descent into L.A. International Airport. It is one of 1,000 or so planes that will pass over her tidy street throughout the day and night, flying low enough that neighbors can......