by Marisa Crabtree Two days after the school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, we had a 15-minute lockdown at the Los Angeles high school where I’m a teacher. A lockdown is when schoolchildren, their teachers and administrators have a dangerous threat at or near the school site. We close ...
by Robin Abcarian Has it really been two years since life as we knew it came to a screeching halt? In the third week of March 2020, I stood on a friend’s porch, speculating that “this thing” would probably be over in a month or two. “I think it’s going to last at least ...
by Tricia Bishop They’re not locusts, but they might as well be. Billions of beady-eyed cicadas digging their way out of the soil in 15 Eastern states this spring — after 17 years of creepily tunneling around underground — definitely feels like a biblical-type plague on the ...
REFERENCE NOTE: In light of the need to social distance, and Gov. Justice’s stay-at-home order, this is the first in a series of stories that share activities and recipes you can try at home. After a couple weeks of quarantine, kids and parents alike might be struggling for ...