The workers' uniforms are smudged with stains earned underneath a car, wrench in hand. Their repair garage teems with an array of inoperable vehicles and twisted metal. One car's wheels have been ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

If electric cars really are the future, then a new generation of mechanics will need to be trained to work on them. That’s exactly what Ron Grosinger, an auto shop teacher at Memorial High School in ...

LYNNWOOD — Every year, a few students tell Meadowdale High School teacher Bryan Robbins there’s one reason they’re still in school: his auto shop class. “These are the kids that thrive on hands-on ...

Across the U.S., car shops have an increasingly hard time finding skilled mechanics. The growing inaccessibility of cars only worsens the problem, as kids who can’t fathom affording a car aren’t as ...

L.A. Trade-Tech instructor Jay Jakahi, fifth from left, foreground, and students check out a car that they worked on as part of the school's automotive program. The workers' uniforms are smudged with ...