Los Angeles County (Los Angeles)
MONTEREY PARK -- The pillars that stud the waiting areas in the Edmund D. Edelman Children's Courthouse are wide and pink. In the courtrooms, stuffed animals line the judges' benches, and chairs and tables throughout the building are tinted in Popsicle hues. As a space where stakes and emotions are likely to run high, the courthouse was deliberately designed with children in mind, shaped to soften the stress of legal battles they have little control over a... (continued)