L.A. Trade Tech's automotive training program, the biggest among local community colleges, has been growing in recent years.

Inside a large garage chock-full of cars, trucks, engines and classrooms at Lakes Region Community College is hidden one of ...

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 ...