January – February 2013 Issue

My dad’s ex-girlfriend has become a mom to me.

I took my anger out on others until a school for troubled kids helped me change.

L.A. Youth alums share how writing, illustrating and taking photos for the newspaper shaped them.

In October L.A. Youth asked readers about what they think about poverty and more than 1,400 teens responded. Here are

Tying our past to our present, a current L.A. Youth writer looks back at some of our funniest stories.

Tying our past to our present, a current L.A. Youth writer looks back at some of our best pieces giving a teen’s view of major news and our own investigative stories.

Tying our past to our present, a current L.A. Youth writer looks back at some of our best stories highlighting the joyous, painful and serious sides of teen relationships.

Words have been the backbone of L.A. Youth, but without visuals those words wouldn’t have had much impact. So here we highlight some of our best illustrations and photos.

Tying our past to our present, a current L.A. Youth writer looks back at some of our best stories highlighting some of the issues teens in foster care and the mental health system face.

Tying our past to our present, a current L.A. Youth writer looks back at some of our best stories highlighting some of the issues gay and lesbian teens face.