L.A. DIGEST
Wave Staff Report
SOUTH LOS ANGELES — A private family funeral service will be held for Frederick K.C. Price, the founder of Crenshaw Christian...
Wave Wire Services
LOS ANGELES — A “disgusted” Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis lashed out at people who have been gaming the COVID-19 vaccination...
Wave Wire Service
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Unified School District has announced the launch of “Daily Pass,” the first comprehensive system in the...
By Sue Favor
Contributing Writer
SOUTH LOS ANGELES — Everytable and popular South Los Angeles restaurant Post & Beam have collaborated on a new menu offering,...
By Shirley Hawkins
Contributing Writer
SOUTH LOS ANGELES — With area schools still closed due to the coronavirus, the Crenshaw Family YMCA is trying to fill...
By Juliet Bennett Rylah
Contributing Writer
HOLLYWOOD — Work has begun on the Actors Fund’s latest affordable housing project, the Hollywood Arts Collective. The $120 million...
By 2UrbanGirls
Contributing Writer
COMPTON — Mayor Aja Brown has opted to not seek a third term in office after publicly accusing the city’s law enforcement...
NAJEE’S NOTES
By Najee Ali
Contributing Writer
As the observance for Black History Month ends, we continue to celebrate unsung heroes in our community.
South L.A. native Johnathan...
By John Grace
Contributing Columnist
Bank of America was ringing the alarm bells over equities on the last day of January, warning a correction is around...
By Tamica Washington-Miller
Guest Columnist
The murder of George Floyd and the COVID-19 pandemic has ripped the veils from our eyes, bringing many truths about our...
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
Contributing Columnist
The day I got the first in the series of two COVID-19 vaccination shots at a Kaiser facility...
February 29, 1940
Los Angeles actress-activist Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win a coveted Academy Award when she captures Best Supporting Actress...
MAKING A DIFFERENCE
By Darlene Donloe
Contributing Writer
Crete Academy is a nonprofit Los Angeles Unified School District charter school for children experiencing homelessness and poverty. But...
By Ray Richardson
Contributing Writer
John Thompson stepped into the history books when he became the first African-American coach to lead an NCAA Division I men’s...
BOOK CORNER
By Marissa Wells
Contributing Writer
“The Fearless Factor @ Work: Your Essential Guide for Unlocking the Secrets to a Fearless Career and Life,” by Jacqueline...
By Bill Vaughan
Entertainment Writer
The 29th Pan African Film Festival, considered America's largest and most prestigious Black film festival and largest Black History Month event,...
BOOK CORNER
By Marissa Wells
Contributing Writer
“Tree” by Melina Sempill Watts, tells the story of 229 years in the life of a California live oak tree.
Using...
By Darlene Donloe
Contributing Writer
LOS ANGELES — In 1915, the U.S. House of Representatives rejected a proposal to give women the right to vote, the...
By Marie Y. Lemelle
Contributing Writer
LOS ANGELES — According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the first non-travel case of coronavirus was confirmed...
By Darlene Donloe
Contributing Writer
John Anthony Shahor’s life has gone to the dogs, and he wouldn’t have it any other way.
Shahor, 36, is the co-owner...
By 2UrbanGirls
Contributing Writer
SOUTH LOS ANGELES — The Faith Community Coalition has received a grant from Logos Faith Development to sponsor two new community gardens...
By 2UrbanGirls
Contributing Writer
CARSON — Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has promoted a second African-American deputy to lead a station that primarily serves Black...
By Sue Favor
Contributing Writer
LOS ANGELES — Even in one of the most ethnically diverse areas in the U.S., pay inequities abound among city employees,...
L.A. DIGEST
Staff and Wire Reports
COMPTON — Compton College will celebrate Black History Month virtually with a series of educational and cultural events that honor...
By Alysha Conner
Contributing Writer
LOS ANGELES — Bernadette Fernandez, the founder of Imagine Etiquette and Image Consulting, is providing students with practical coping tools as...
By Darlene Donloe
Contributing Writer
LOS ANGELES — Michael (Blakk Sun) Powell learned how to sing opera, not at a music conservatory, but at the school...
