“The pull for me was the greenery,” Montes told me recently when we got together to reminisce. “The mountains, the oxygen, open spaces and trails,” as well as the privacy and sense of safety, all ...

Museum of the San Fernando Valley: Hours: 1-5 p.m. Tuesday; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Free admission; donations ...

It is a sunny Friday afternoon in South Central LA, music blasting through the speakers at Figueroa Street Elementary School as nine-year-old Alan runs around the playground with friends, a smile ...