As she neared her 50th birthday, Maggie Ehrig asked herself: “What event has made the most resounding impact on my life so far?” Her answer came quickly: the decision, almost 30 years earlier, to give birth at home. From the cozy confines of their Venice Beach apartment, Ehrig and the......
Outside, the air brakes of the Metro buses hiss and squeak. The bus shudders to a stop at the corner of Fifth and Main. Doors flip open, spitting out a scruffy procession of sallow-faced men clutching filthy pants held up by twine, hollow-eyed addicts trolling for their next hit and......