California
A growing number of Orange County’s middle-class and working-poor families are facing a meager holiday this year, in part because of the area’s high cost of living.
Dec. 17, 1987
World & Nation
Government distribution of surplus milk to needy families will resume on a temporary basis in June following a one-month suspension, the Department of Agriculture announced today.
March 25, 1988
Archives
For a group of Brownies in Irvine, charity this Christmas will be as simple, yet as precious, as giving Barbie dolls to a couple of little girls less fortunate than themselves.
Dec. 4, 1989
Politics
Gov.
Dec. 30, 1996
The Brea Community Emergency Council will conduct its annual donation drive from Friday to Dec. 16.
Nov. 23, 1999
Housing & Homelessness
A coalition of Glendale charities and city officials has expanded its efforts to aid the city’s homeless by opening a new “one-stop center” for the needy and reopening the city’s only homeless shelter.
Dec. 10, 1994
Autos
Having a car shouldn’t keep needy families from receiving assistance.
June 19, 2008
Opinion
Poor people aren’t stupid. If they can get more from the government than they can from a job, they aren’t going to work.
Aug. 22, 2013
Why get off welfare?
Spurred by fears that county welfare reform plans may not be able to help everyone, a coalition of nonprofit and church leaders in the Ojai Valley is setting up a safety net of its own.
March 26, 1998