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LA County Launches Help for Small Businesses After Fires, Pandemic

Selen Ozturk - Mar 17, 2025

With minority-owned Los Angeles businesses taking a double-hit of the pandemic and recent fires, the county is stepping up help.

News Exchange

First-Ever Listas Campaign Helps Women Prepare for Emergencies

Selen Ozturk - Apr 8, 2024

Listas empowers women with emergency resilience in the face of disasters ranging from extreme heat to winter storms to wildfires.

Health

Breaking Cultural Stigmas Around Alzheimer’s

Selen Ozturk - Apr 3, 2024

Stigma around Alzheimer’s disease — the second-leading cause of death in California — prevents many communities from getting help.

Caring for Elders is Something ‘Innate in Me’

Araceli Martinez - Apr 2, 2024

EMS | For the past year, Violeta Olivares has been the caregiver for Joan McBride, a retired school teacher who suffers from dementia.

Stop the Hate

For One Former Youth, Gangs Were a Defense Against Bullying

Ethnic Media Services - Mar 29, 2024

For one young immigrant from Mexico, joining a gang offered protection from bullying until he became the bully in the classroom and outside.

News Exchange

Honoring Those Working to Create a Healthier and More Just California

Peter Schurmann - Mar 27, 2024

Every year the James Irvine Foundation honors leaders for advancing solutions to critical challenges that affect millions of people across California.

Spotlight on Ethnic Media

Yurok Make History as First Native Nation to Co-Manage National Park

Ethnic Media Services - Mar 25, 2024

Tribal leaders signed a historic memorandum of agreement with the National Park Service to return a 125-acre stretch of land to the Yurok Tribe by 2026.

Spotlight on Ethnic Media