Balin Schneider

Jan 9, 2025 | the74million.org | Balin Schneider |Ben Chapman

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Los Angeles school officials on Thursday refused to commit to when classes would resume as the worst fires in the city’s history continued to destroy entire residential neighborhoods and displace thousands from their homes.

Oct 18, 2023 | uscannenbergmedia.com | Balin Schneider

USC students gathered Tuesday to march on campus supporting Palestine and calling for peace in Gaza a week after violence broke out between the State of Israel and Hamas, a militant Palestinian organization recognized by the U.S. as a terrorist group which governs the Gaza strip.

Sep 30, 2023 | laist.com | Shane Dimapanat |Balin Schneider |Emily Olson

Topline: Hollywood Honeywagons has been in business for the last 35 years, renting out production trailers for film and TV shoots. It somehow managed to cobble together enough work to survive the writers strike. Why it matters: Hollywood employs hundreds of thousands of workers, and the economic impact of the actors and writers strikes is estimated to be in the billions. How and whether the industry can fully rebound will have serious ramifications for Los Angeles and Southern California.

Sep 29, 2023 | laist.com | Shane Dimapanat |Balin Schneider |Emily Olson

Topline: The Turkish ambassador to the US was met by several dozen protesters on the USC campus Friday where he was attending a conference on Turkish foreign policy. Why now: The timing of the event, which came in the aftermath of the Nagorno-Karabakh collapse, had been criticized ahead of time and some protesters expressed outrage that it had gone forward. The backstory: Last week, the historically Armenian ethnic enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh was overtaken by an Azerbaijan offensive.

Sep 12, 2023 | the74million.org | Nova Blanco-Rico |Balin Schneider

No paywall. No pop-up ads. Keep The 74 free with a donation during our Fall campaign. Between the harsh winds of a hurricane and the hectic second week of school, Los Angeles Unified school district officials are hoping for one thing this year — higher enrollment. LAUSD, like other big city school districts such as New York City and Chicago, are now admitting 4-year-olds, a plan that will certainly help boost enrollment. But since 2015, LAUSD’s enrollment has been dropping rapidly.