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Yadira Lue used to feel hopeless when she would look across the street at Zamora Park from the window of her El Monte home. The poorly illuminated park stained with graffiti and littered with decaying equipment was no place to take her 4-year-o...

Three tales of how First 5 LA is making a difference. Gobbling Up Good Habits If you made a New Year’s resolution last month – including the vow to eat healthier – there’s an 80 percent chance that you gave up by mid-February. ...

For First 5 LA, the journey toward sponsoring its first state legislation did not begin in a conference room, at a power lunch or anywhere near a Sacramento lawmaker’s office. It began late last fall in the back seat of a rented Nissan Altim...

What a long, extraordinary trip it’s been. First 5 LA’s journey toward shaping legislation in Sacramento in 2018 that began last fall has racked up some impressive – and unique – numbers. Propelled by planes, their brains and automobile...

Kids, starting at birth, are expected to meet certain developmental milestones as they grow, including how they use language, how they move (think crawling, running and jumping), how they interact with others, and how they manage and express emot...