Inside L.A.’s invite-only mom group that’s better than Google

At first, Cathlene Pineda was reluctant to join the Atwater Village Moms’ Facebook group.

The jazz pianist and composer doesn’t particularly like Facebook, and she’s wary of online communities. But she acquiesced because, as she put it, “Some other moms were like, ‘You have to be part of this group.’”

After joining in 2021, she realized it had benefits.

Read more at the Los Angeles Times.