Volunteers Help Monitor Recovery of Storm-Battered Catalina Island Reef

After a civil war broke out in 2011, more than 12 million Syrians have fled their homes. Men, women and children — families — left all of their possessions and life behind as they sought a safer place to call home. Southern California Edison employees...

Cari Hart-Bunevith remembers Monkey Business Café's early years when the Fullerton restaurant’s “kitchen” consisted of a microwave oven, a blender to make smoothies and two sandwich offerings — turkey or the Nutty Monkey, a combination of peanut butter,...

Nikki Payton knows dreams can come true. For years, she lived in substandard living conditions. Most recently, she shared a small, two-bedroom apartment with seven people. Payton works as a licensed vocational nurse where she helps children suffering...