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
Moved by compassion for the less fortunate, more than 150 readers called The Times Orange County Edition and local anti-poverty agencies this week with offers of assistance for families profiled in a five-day series on the county’s poor.
Nov. 17, 1995
Responding to a crush of welfare applications caused by a weak economy, Ventura County supervisors agreed Tuesday to hire 76 new workers on a temporary basis to cut the time it takes to get payments to the needy.
Dec. 11, 1991
The Brea Community Emergency Council will conduct its annual donation drive from Friday to Dec. 16.
Nov. 23, 1999
The former head of a nonprofit agency that provides help for homeless and needy families was arrested Tuesday on charges that he forged signatures on agency checks totaling $450,000 and diverted much of that money for his personal use.
Nov. 18, 1992
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