Shot & Edited: Graduation, not incarceration
Originally published on CA Fwd Louie Chagolla first ran into trouble with the law when he was 13 years old. The South Los Angeles teen grew up around drugs and…
Shot & Edited: 2015 Latino Policy Forum
Posted on Southern California Latino Policy Center. Local Latino elected officials and policymakers representing a wide swatch of Southern California recently converged on the Cal State LA Campus for the…
VIDEO: Social entrepreneurs set out to save world, make money
There's a growing category of businesses looking to make money while saving the world. Rather, they look to have some sort of social or environmental impact while running a business…
Millennials optimistic about future but down on present economy
Long Beach City Council member Rex Richardson speaking at Millennial Economic Summit in Los Angeles this week. (Photo Credit: John Guenther) At an event on millennials and the economy this…
Wanted: Skilled workers for California’s manufacturing comeback
3D printing workstation. (Photo Credit: Nicolás Boullosa/Flickr) When podcaster Adam Carolla, whose father worked for the Lockheed Skunk Works, kicked off a manufacturing event this week, he started with his own…
College report and Toyota news place California economy at crossroads
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom speaking at Long Beach City College. (Photo Credit: John Guenther) In the week following the Toyota relocation news, California saw a good amount of hand-wringing, followed…
Report: California’s aerospace industry bigger than Hollywood
Boeing's C-17 Globemaster plant in Long Beach, CA will shut down production in 2015. (Photo credit: Greg Bishop) What's nearly invisible but bigger than California's agriculture and entertainment industries combined? It's…
Shot & Edited: Medical school gives Inland Empire economy a shot in the arm
Economic recovery throughout California has been an uneven experience. Unemployment rates for coastal communities have dipped, many below the state’s unemployment rate of 8.3 percent. It’s a much different story…
Edited & Shot: Moving into middle class by making things
There’s no arguing the facts: Manufacturing, in California, is a huge element of the state’s economy. According to the state’s Employment Development Department, there are more than 360,000 workers in…
