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Your favorite chocolate bar is about to get more expensive

Jan 15, 2025 | fastcompany.com | Daniella Lake

In recent months, Americans may have noticed a rise in the cost of their favorite chocolate bars, but this price spike is linked to more than inflation. In 2024, the price of cocoa beans—chocolate’s essential ingredient—more than doubled compared to 2023. This surge isn’t just an economic blip; it’s a wake-up call about the deepening impact of climate change on the chocolate we consume. For every 5 pounds of cocoa beans sold on global markets, 3 come from West Africa.
Pilates is for us: How Black women are making space in the world of Pilates

Dec 5, 2024 | uscannenbergmedia.com | Daniella Lake

We all know how it feels to be out of place in a fitness space — whether it’s your first time at the gym for your New Year’s resolution, your athletic friend invites you on a “beginner’s” hike or you decide to get back into a workout class you used to breeze through, but now you’re huffing and puffing. When Brandy Robinson tried a Reformer Pilates class for the first time, she felt out of place. She had gained weight during college and wanted to get into fitness after graduating.
Hundreds of vote centers are open for businesses ahead of Election Day

Nov 4, 2024 | uscannenbergmedia.com | Daniella Lake |Sammy Bovitz

Menayjorie Webster brought her three-year-old along to the voting center at John Mack Elementary School on Monday afternoon. She wanted to teach him a vital lesson that preschool could not provide.
Laughter is in your future: The world of tarot comedy

Oct 16, 2024 | uscannenbergmedia.com | Daniella Lake

Some people may visit a psychic to ask questions about their future, but few people choose to do it in front of an audience at a comedy show. This is what attendees at The Crow Comedy Club do at “Read the Room,” a monthly tarot comedy show. The show combines Los Angeles-based psychic Jovan Illa’s tarot readings with Comedy Central veteran Orion Levine’s comedic insights. On stage, Illa sits at a table where she lays out her tarot cards.
Q&A: Activist Who Lost Union’s Support Runs for LA School Board District 1 | LA School Report

Oct 16, 2024 | laschoolreport.com | Daniella Lake

Your donation will help us produce journalism like this. Please give today. Longtime community activist and education advocate Kahllid Al-Alim is running to represent South Central LA and Mid-City as Los Angeles Unified School Board member for District 1. Al-Alim, who had been endorsed by the United Teachers Union, which represents more than 35,000 Los Angeles teachers, lost that union’s support after a series of controversial social media posts came to light.
Keeping West African food tradition alive in L.A., one sale at a time

Oct 9, 2024 | uscannenbergmedia.com | Daniella Lake

On the bustling street of Sepulveda Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley, Sola’s African Market is nestled between a barbershop and cellphone store. The store has West African ingredients of all kinds: fufu flour, garri and frozen cassava leaves. Towards the back of the store, Karimot Jolaoso rests in a dark brown reclining chair. Around two years ago, she fell and broke a bone, leading her to use a walker. Luckily, managing customers at the shop does not require too much energy from Jolaoso.
Q&A: Backed by teachers union, Karla Griego is running for LA School Board District 5 | LA School Report

Oct 7, 2024 | laschoolreport.com | Daniella Lake

Your donation will help us produce journalism like this. Please give today. Veteran Los Angeles Unified educator Karla Griego is hoping to capture the school board seat for LAUSD’s District 5, which includes parts of Northeast and Southeast LA. Griego was a special education teacher in LAUSD for almost 20 years and currently works as services coordinator for McAlister High School, in Westlake, which enrolls pregnant teens and young parents.
Trojan-led indie band rocks West Coast tour

Oct 2, 2024 | uscannenbergmedia.com | Daniella Lake

Skylar Funk, a master’s student at USC’s Thornton School of Music, is the lead singer for Trapdoor Social, an alternative rock band that just released a new album, “Echobloom.”For their West Coast album tour, the band visited Vancouver, Seattle, Portland and San Francisco before returning to Los Angeles. Their Saturday night concert took place at Harvard and Stone, a venue on Hollywood Boulevard. Funk not only sings for Trapdoor Social, but plays the saxophone and guitar.
Your USC nutrition questions answered

Sep 25, 2024 | uscannenbergmedia.com | Daniella Lake

USC Hospitality dietitian, Lindsey Pine, oversees nutrition for USC campus dining halls, including the USC Village Dining Hall and Everybody’s Kitchen. She answered a few questions related to nutrition that USC students should know. Which nutrition standards does USC Hospitality hold itself to? The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) updated its nutrition guidelines for school meals in April. These updates include reducing added sugars and sodium.
Is USC ready for the Big One?

Sep 19, 2024 | uscannenbergmedia.com | Daniella Lake

A 4.7 magnitude earthquake rattled through the USC campus last Thursday morning. The earthquake, centered near Malibu, was just one of the many earthquakes felt in Los Angeles recently.