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While some 20 th anniversaries are celebrated with gifts of china or platinum, the passage of Proposition 10 that created First 5s in California in 1998 was marked on Nov. 9 by exchanging gems of progress, partnership and promise born of First 5...

In the first convening of its kind, First 5 LA and the National League of Cities brought together mayors, city councilmembers and other officials from 10 cities throughout Los Angeles County on November 7 to learn how other cities in the county a...

Giving back. Giving their best. And never giving up. In this month of thanksgivings, those were the themes of a special day when First 5 LA expressed its gratitude to community leaders for all of their past, current and future efforts to...

Every Sunday, Assemblywoman Wendy Carrillo drives to her parents’ home in Boyle Heights to make them coffee and visit. Like the café con leche she learned to make for them when she was 8 years old, this special day is steeped in a tradition of...

For First 5s across California, the 20 th Anniversary of the passage of Proposition 10 has served as an opportunity for celebration and reflection. Linda Jacobson, a senior reporter at Education Dive , used the anniversary as an opportunity ...