Hunting Voices Lost in Death
"I'm a facilitator between worlds."
-Cathreena Garrett
Co-founder of the GHOST Rescue CREW
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Zero-waste store provides homegoods and personal care products for conscious consumers
Laura Yochum, owner of Prostainable, cleans the counter at the Prostainable store in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Saturday, March 5, 2022. Photo by Ginina Pulcinella.
Laura Yochum, a former corporate hotshot, began to notice...
Going Beyond the Call of Duty
Story by Michaia Hernandez
Photos by Joe Kukuczka
LAPD officers focus on the youth of a community through programs
Officer Edison Vistar pushes Alicia Ontiveros for one more pushup outside the West Valley Community Police Station in Reseda,Calif. April 18, 2012. Elementary and middle school students attend the biweekly workouts.Photos by Joe Kukuczka
It is an unusual sight, even for a police station....
Walking a Ruff Road
Daniel Habas poses with his dogs Honey and Molly by his home in Encino, Calif. Photo by: Adam BaronDaniel Habas poses with his dogs Honey and Molly by his home in Encino, Calif. Photo by: Adam BaronDaniel Habas walks his pomeranian-mix dogs Honey and Molly by his home in Encino, Calif., on May 19, 2020. Photo by:...
Life in plastic
Model Ashley Cardenas. Photo illustration by Rachael Rosenberg.
In his Beverly Hills office, which is like his second home, Dr. Jay Calvert’s fingers hold a scalpel drenched in red liquid that slides into the flesh of a patient lying on an operating room table.
As he cuts through the cartilage,...
The refuge of helping others
Huma Rahimi ushers in students from all around the world for her job in the International Students Program at Pierce College.
Man Ascending
Pearls of sweat roll down the sun-drenched arms of Ryan Talbot, 19. The tense muscles of his tangled limbs quake under the weight of his toned frame. After a brief moment of hesitation, Talbot inhales sharply before launching himself upward. Scathing pain twists his calm expression as the rock’s jagged surface scores the skin of his calloused fingers.
This brief...
Stripping Off Debt
Story by: Natalee Ayala
Photo Illustrations by: Lynn Levitt, Todd Rosenblatt, Jose Romero, UD
Balancing student life and exotic dancing
Inside a Sepulveda Boulevard club, a purple light beams toward a revolving disco ball, glittering the long catwalk with a rainbow of colors. Seated at the end of the stage, a man sporting a thick, black ponytail slouches in his armchair...
Forging a Future for Others to Follow
White sparks sailed as embers landed on the weathered work boots of young shielded students. The sun started to fade as welding instructor Darlene Thompson worked her way down the rows as she observed her students from a distance with calculated and warm eyes.
Originally from Chicago, Thompson and her family moved to California in 1984 where she attended Mount...
MusicAli Speaking
The sound of seventeen carefully blended voices fills the room in a swelling crescendo as the cohesive group of UCLA students concentrates on executing the songs they’ve spent more than one hundred hours rehearsing. One soprano with shiny dark hair and a powerful falsetto stands out among the assembly.
Ali Hepps is a 19-year-old student starting her sophomore year at...