Facing child poverty in L.A.
In this four-part series, columnist Steve Lopez visits the school, the neighborhood and the homes of children and their families living in motels and garages.
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For Brenda Salgado, finding a ride for her children to get to school is hard.
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Here’s the picture: A poor young Latina mother stuck in a dumpy northeast San Fernando Valley motel, four kids, no car, barely surviving.
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When I began trying to learn more about child poverty in Los Angeles earlier this year, I knew that at some point the story would take me to school.
