(From Los Angeles Times) After four years without a job and two years living in a Motel 6 in Inglewood, Jay Payne is Christmas shopping for the first time in a long while.
His three children, ages 7, 13, and 15, have asked him for a Nintendo 3DS gaming console and a PlayStation system, gadgets the 37-year-old single father has frantically tried — and failed — to budget for. Payne, who landed a parking lot security job this month, is hunting for gifts in the few places he can afford: dollar stores.
