One L.A. brings campaign to Valley

School kids bombarded by tests, with little time for learning. Parents priced out of health insurance. Families moved from homes scuttled by foreclosure. Dana Bartholomew in the Daily News.

One LA, a grass-roots mover and shaker, rallied San Fernando Valley schools, synagogues and churches Sunday to solve these problems and more.

"Why are we here?" asked Rabbi Don Goor of Temple Judea, where more than 500 residents packed the pews for a standing-room only crowd in Tarzana.