Up there and just to see any companies open and to see any opportunities for me to um apply to.

Right now I see people of all ages, people, people of all walks of life.

This is a resource that's very valuable for our community and our community members.

Wonderful opportunity here, guys.

You know, when I first started applying for the job, we didn't have the internet.

So they couldn't do a background search on site or you know, all the things that they need to do.

Here today it's very different.

There are rooms you can walk in, do an interview, wait 30 minutes, and they'll tell you to come to work on Wednesday or come to work next week Saturday.

And that includes people who have a record, uh a criminal justice record, uh, people who may have been laid off, or people who have a job but think they can get a better job.

The economy right now, you know, and and for the next three years, we don't know where it's gonna go.

We really don't know that it's unstable.

Precisely for that reason is why we need events such as this that are no cost to the community members, and it's just all gain.

No, no one loses here.

It's all gain here at this event.

The national government is just doing everything they can to ruin our economy.

We say don't look at the news, come talk to the people who are actually hiring to see if there's an opportunity for you.

At this moment in time, it's very difficult to find a job, especially like in like something I want to do.

But uh what I will tell you, um, stay confident.

Don't stop trying, uh, always put your name out there.

Um I've been rejected from thousands of jobs, and I've been applying to four thousands of jobs.

So I just don't get knocked down, don't get too low on the lows, don't get too high on the highs.

Uh and then when you get your foot in the door, just make sure uh you're doing everything you're supposed to to keep uh succeeding.

Look, this is what we say to everybody.

If you believe in yourself and you work hard today, we promise you, promise you, promise tomorrow will be better than yesterday.

And the day after that will be better than today.

And so we just say keep pressing, wake up every morning, 10 toes down, get out there, get at it.

The world needs you.

The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation unveiled a new lineup of scholars for 2025.

These chosen winners are headed to college and sure to become future academic all-stars.

Today is very exciting.

It's a very rewarding day for us as we think about awarding yet another class of scholars to our LADF Legacy Scholarship program.

Um we started this scholarship on the heels of the 2022 MLB All-Star Game that we hosted here at the stadium and to have made that commitment then and to be sticking to doing a 10 10 new scholars every single year since then is very, very special.

I was really excited, uh a little shocked.

I think I was going to get picked.

Um I was really hopeful and excited because like gave me an opportunity to like pay for college and pursue a higher education.

The boys and girls club of Metro Link going to UCLA.

So we got a USC and the new CLA that we love easily.

Congratulations, I.

As I went through and gone through different parts of my life, understanding financial, understanding how the world works, really works, understanding what it's like to be on your own and stuff like that.

Uh education's the key to really getting yourself through that and getting yourself back on your feet and and you know, making making something out of yourself.

It means everything, to be honest.

Like college already is like very expensive, and I'm from like a low-income community.

So I was a little nervous like going to college, especially a UC and having to pay like a lot of debt afterwards because college isn't cheap.

And the scholarship paying for anything is amazing.

When I think about my own experience and the fact that I get to sit here as a CEO of the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation, I know that scholarships afforded me the opportunity to attend college, but also to have access and opportunity to networks and experiences like these that lead to success in life.

And so it's extremely special to be a part of this.

It's sort of the passion behind a lot of what I do, but I know that many of our students today are sitting in the same shoes and that it will help change the trajectory of their families.

Congratulations.

Education is important to everybody, you know, and uh it's it's fun and it's exciting to represent that and it's exciting to acknowledge the people that are coming behind you that are doing the same things that you did that you were striving for.

So it's all about giving back, really, honestly, and then that's what I truly enjoy the most.

I'm excited, I can't lie.

I never had a Dodgers tour.

So I'm very excited and to be honored is amazing, especially by the Dodgers.

Um yeah, I'm very excited.

Mayor Karen Bass celebrated 818 Day, marking the contributions of all those in the 818 area code.

The annual spotlight on the San Fernando Valley and Northern Los Angeles took place on August 18th.

Bass visited local businesses and held a round table with her new Valley Advisory Board, comprised of local leaders from the San Fernando Valley.

According to Bass, 818 Day highlights all that makes the valley special and recognizes the neighborhoods, communities, and businesses that make Los Angeles a great city.

For more information, visit Mayor.lacity.

Councilmember Tim McCosker, LA Harbor Commissioners, and the Port of Los Angeles.