United Way

New San Diego mayor shaking up City Hall

2013-06-02 07:43:00

With his constituents, many from the city’s lower-income neighborhoods, he is patient, respectful and determined to help them battle what he sees as an entrenched establishment. In conflict with other politicians, or with big-business interests,...

Charity funds for tragedy victims getting trickier

2013-06-01 22:42:00

Within hours of the April 15 Boston Marathon bombing, even as the tragedy was unfolding on live television, the machinery of victim fundraising had already started to hum. By 5 p.m. April 16 — less than 26 hours after bomb blasts killed three...

Education coalition wants to stay course in L.A. Unified

2013-04-10 20:31:00

A coalition of groups, including the United Way of Greater Los Angeles, has launched an effort to put education at the center of the mayoral race and civic attention. But they aren't calling for sweeping changes in the L.A. Unified School District....

World's first Corvette Stingray convertible sells for $1 million

2013-04-05 16:48:00

No stranger to auctioning off rare cars for charity, Barrett-Jackson on Friday afternoon sold the world’s first 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray convertible for $1 million, including commission. The car’s new owner is no stranger to charity...

Mike Bonin in Council District 11

2013-02-21 00:00:00

Los Angeles City Council District 11 begins at the bluffs of Pacific Palisades and crosses the coral tree-lined median of San Vicente Boulevard. It includes Westchester bungalows in the shadow of jets rumbling into LAX, and the homeless in Venice who...

School board candidates debate Bloomberg's $1-million donation

2013-02-14 15:24:02

Groups react to Boy Scouts' non-decision on gay membership

2013-02-06 12:24:00

IRVING, Texas -- Several hundred Boy Scouts, parents and supporters gathered outside Boy Scouts of America national headquarters in the Dallas suburbs Wednesday to rally against lifting the ban on gays in Scouting. They came toting American flags and...

First 2014 Corvette Stingray to be sold at auction

2013-01-17 06:00:00

If your pockets run as deep as your love for the Corvette, you might want to find yourself in Scottsdale, Ariz. this weekend. � That’s where Barrett-Jackson will auction off the first production model of the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. This...

Poverty growing among L.A. County veterans, study finds

2012-11-09 10:34:07

Kobe Bryant leads thousands in walk to end homelessness

2012-11-17 10:34:02

Jean Smith dies at 93; Junior League president and Nancy Reagan confidant

2012-01-27 00:00:00

Jean Webb Vaughan Smith, a member of the Reagans' inner circle who championed volunteerism as national president of the Assn. of Junior Leagues, died Wednesday in Los Angeles of natural causes, her family said. She was 93. Smith joined the Junior...

Book Review: Sarah Palin via Joe McGinniss: cocaine, infidelity and anonymity

2011-09-15 08:41:00

There's a not-so-subtle agenda underpinning Joe McGinniss' "The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin," although it's never made explicit until late in the book. "The time has come to strike the tent," McGinniss begins the closing chapter. "[N]o...

Susan Starkey has more than 30 years of experience as a public servant, community activist and advocate for education, the environment and good government.

2013-06-13 15:54:00

Dr. Patrick Taylor is President/CEO of Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, a full-service, non-profit Catholic hospital that is sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy and a member of Catholic Health East.

2013-06-12 00:00:00

The Morning Call's own Mary Diehl (L) along with Madelene Hothouse, 3, followed by Tiffany and Preston Hothouse head off on The Morning Call's 15th Annual Walk/Run to benefit The United Way held Sunday at the Lehigh Parkway.

2013-06-09 00:00:00