Samanta Helou Hernandez

KCRW collected a list of volunteer opportunities across the Los Angeles area for those who’d like to offer a helping hand this Thanksgiving.

Prop 34 – sponsored by the California Apartment Association – looks like health care reform, but it’s crafted to stop one nonprofit from spending on politics.

More than a third of people living in Orange County are thinking about relocating somewhere else because of the high cost of living, according to a new UC Irvine poll .

Inglewood school officials blame closures on declining student enrollment and aging facilities. But distraught community members suspect financial motives.

Thanks to a new state law, dozens of churches across Southern California are redeveloping underused properties into affordable housing.

The LA-based nonprofit Step Up On Second Street received grant money to quickly house Californians experiencing homelessness.

Measure A – on LA County ballots this November – asks voters whether or not to approve a sales tax hike to fund homeless services and affordable housing.

Thousands of California tenants lose their evictions each year because they didn’t file a response in five days. Lawmakers want to give them more time.

Alianza Translatinx , a group led by trans people of color, released a study showing a lack of housing resources for trans people in Orange County.