homelessness Archives

Chimes News Quiz!

Have you been following our coverage? Brush up on the biggest news stories of the past week.

Hope Smith, Managing Editor • March 20, 2023

Politics Rundown: Los Angeles teachers’ union plans to strike

California tackles homelessness with additional state funding and President Joe Biden announces insulin price reduction.

Dalet Valles, Editor-in-Chief • March 17, 2023

On March 15, the Service Employees International Union, a union that represents thousands of workers in the Los Angeles Unified School District, announced that workers will be on strike for three days beginning March 21. According to Associated Press News, the United Teachers Los Angeles expressed its...

Everything you need to know about the LA mayoral race

The LA mayoral race is in full swing — here’s how it could affect students.

Emily Coffey, Managing Editor • November 10, 2022

As the midterm elections begin tonight, Los Angeles mayoral candidates U.S. Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA) and Democrat Rick Caruso are neck and neck. Caruso is a successful businessman from the area, while Bass is currently the representative for the 37th district. She hopes to be the first woman to hold the...

Art exhibit bridges the gap between paintings and homelessness

Artists Jason Leith and Christopher Chinn shed light on homelessness in Los Angeles through portraits.

Fashion Castillo-Delgadillo, Arts & Entertainment Editor • September 8, 2022

The Open Wide Your Hand art exhibit encourages audiences to examine social issues of homelessness and poverty in their surrounding communities with a newfound sense of awareness and sympathy. Gallery curator Jeffery Rau brought together artwork from Jason Leith’s Sacred Streets collection and Christopher...

What the church can do in the homelessness epidemic

Local churches should prioritize the homelessness crisis in Los Angeles.

Lauren Vander Tuig, Staff Writer • November 3, 2021

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, homelessness spiked and became a more severe epidemic after the spread of the virus. In 2020, the homeless population in Los Angeles County increased by 12.7%. This is largely due to a flawed infrastructure system and the effect of the pandemic on many who lost their jobs. THE...

ParaBrands weaves into first place

In the fourth annual Biola Startup Competition, businesses focused on clothing and bicycles win podium spots.

Rebecca Mitchell, Freelance Writer • March 15, 2019

“Wow, the Lord is real. He is present and he wants us to run with this and make it a movement,” said Nick Rumer, sophomore business administration major and CEO and co-founder of ParaBrands. After years of dreaming about running his own business, Rumer is seeing God’s work in producing a clothing...