The Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services (DPSS) will resume its General Relief Opportunities for Work (GROW) Program job preparedness services virtually and by telephone beginning Monday, Jan. 4.
The virtual relaunch of the program ensures that essential employment and training services for General Relief (GR) participants can continue safely and in compliance with public health guidelines.
Over a period of nine months, GROW customers participate 20 hours per week in approved job-related activities to improve their education and job skills. The activities include job readiness training, vocational assessment, or an opportunity to receive a General Education Diploma or GED. Short-term trainings are also offered in culinary arts, building maintenance, machine tool technology and child development. Vocational certificates may also be earned in security, food handling, logistics technician, associate teachers license, computer applications and more.
Cajun’s Aviation Dream carries on the legacy of Maj. Stephen “Cajun” Del Bagno by helping stellar young Americans chase their own dreams to fly and pursue their passion for aviation. Del Bagno tragically perished during a routine aerial demonstration training on April 4, 2018.
2020 has been a complicated year and the COVID-19 pandemic forced Cajun’s Aviation Dream to look at additional ways the organization can carry out its mission. The local nonprofit has decided to fly into 2021 with four new scholarship opportunities.
There will be two awards for a Discovery Flight (this flight is intended to familiarize a prospective student with the flying environment) and two awards (Fly with Cajun) for a 1-hour aircraft rental with flight instruction. This is an essay competition, available to all high school students, 9-12th grade and 14-18 years old in the USA. Applications will be accepted from Monday, Jan. 4, 2021 – Thursday, March 4, 2021 and will announce the recipients on C
A Los Angeles County judge on Wednesday ordered new District Attorney George Gascón to show why criminal justice reforms he enacted which county prosecutors say conflict with state law should not be blocked.
The order by L.A. County Superior Court Judge David J. Cowan stems from a lawsuit filed Wednesday by the Association of Deputy District Attorneys of Los Angeles (ADDA). The union’s lawsuit comes less than a month after Gascón took office and enacted reforms prosecutors run afoul of state laws including the state’s Three Strikes Law.
In a statement following Cowan’s order, Gascón acknowledged the criminal justice system will take time to adjust to his reforms which he said voters demanded by electing him over the incumbent D.A. Jackie Lacey.