December 2008 Archives

By SoCal Connected
December 24, 2008

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• Billboard Confidential - Part 2
• Financial Futures
• Commentary by Kathy Kristoff
• Web Original: Looking for Work

By Karen Foshay
December 18, 2008

Our billboard series has gotten the attention of the City Council.

By Producer Christal Smith
December 18, 2008

It's the latest in social recycling.

By SoCal Connected
December 18, 2008

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• Billboard Confidential
• Gold Diggers
• Commentary by Sam Hall Kaplan
• Web Original: Ad-Buster

By SoCal Connected Staff
December 18, 2008

There may only be six shopping days left until X-Mas, but you've got thirteen days left in '08 to give back and get involved in your community.

By Nikki Maxwell
December 12, 2008

Nikki Maxwell, who you met in this week's web original, A Middle Class Christmas, shares some thoughts on how to get through the holidays on a budget.

By Producer Christal Smith
December 12, 2008

A movie about the national debt crisis starring Warren Buffet, Paul Volker and Alan Greenspan?

By SoCal Connected Staff
December 11, 2008

Free yourself from the tyranny of repairs, repeat buying and planned obsolesce.

By SoCal Connected Staff
December 11, 2008

Like many workplaces, the libraries are full of bloggers. Here are few telling their stories in their own words.

By Val Zavala
December 11, 2008

As we move collectively into austerity mode, I can thank my parents for training me well.

By SoCal Connected
December 11, 2008

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• Thrift Economy
• The People's University
• Commentary by Kevin Roderick
• Web Original: A Middle Class Christmas

By Web Team
December 11, 2008

The Maxwells consider themselves a typical, middle class family, living a typical middle class life in the suburbs of LA. But this holiday season, they're re-thinking what it means to be Middle Class.

By Kevin Roderick
December 11, 2008

There's been justifiable concern in LA over financial troubles at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Losing MOCA would be a major cultural blow. But another Southern California institution at risk of collapse would leave an even larger hole in the region. That’s the local news media.

By Correspondent Judy Muller
December 11, 2008

Follow a day in the life of the Los Angeles Public Library, as Phillip Saffell shows us how this public space serves as his home.

By Correspondent Angie Crouch
December 11, 2008

These days, most everyone is looking for ways to save money. But many people are also looking to make money.

By Angela Shelley
December 10, 2008

Check this out and see if you don’t agree that these “typical” teenagers break a lot of stereotypes that kids are shallow, self-involved and uncaring.

By SoCal Connected Staff
December 4, 2008

No discussion of charter schools gets far without the United Teachers LA coming up.

By SoCal Connected
December 4, 2008

The story of three typical Locke students told in their own way. In their own words. Watch the full episode.

By SoCal Connected Staff
December 4, 2008

Los Angeles' high school students are full of life, humor, insight and promise. Get off the couch and give them a hand.