By Marie Y. Lemelle
Contributing Writer
Every four years, January marks the presidential inauguration. This year’s inauguration gave the country its female vice president. After the...
By Darlene Donloe
Contributing Writer
WEST ADAMS — COVID-19 can’t stop the music.
While some record stores in Los Angeles have had to close their doors, there...
County nears one million cases of COVID-19
Wave Wire Services
LOS ANGELES — Nearly one year into the COVID-19 pandemic and with Los Angeles County pushing...
MLK Jr. Hospital managing the strain of COVID
Frontline workers
respond to surge
of cases with
creative measures
By Sue Favor
Conbtributing Writer
SOUTH LOS ANGELES — As coronavirus cases and...
By 2UrbanGirls
Contributing Writer
COMPTON — A coroner’s inquest into the June shooting death of Andres Guardado upheld the original conclusion of the county’s medical examiner...
By Alysha Conner
Contributing Writer
LOS ANGELES — Superintendent Austin Beutner wants to use Los Angeles Unified School District campuses to administer coronavirus vaccines and help...
Wave Wire Services
LOS ANGELES — Two City Council members introduced a motion Jan. 12 to stop the city's mandatory cleanups of homeless encampments and...
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
Contributing Columnist
There was national fury, outcry and indignation over the Capitol terrorist insurrection egged on by President Donald Trump.
There...
STREET BEAT
Mike Cooper
Baldwin Hills
“I’d like to see people be social and healthy. I also would like to see us be a community again.”
Issac Williams
Leimert...
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT
The Capitol riot won’t change anything
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
Contributing Columnist
Three things happened within a day of each other that tell much about...
Trump’s vision put the country behind China
By John Grace
Contributing Columnist
“From this day forward, a new vision will govern our land,” President Donald Trump said...
Wave Wire Services
CALABASAS — Nearly a year after a helicopter crash killed Laker legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others, the...
By Don Wanlass
Contributing Writer
Last summer, as the NBA playoffs began in a bubble in Orlando, Florida, many of us were anxiously anticipated the Lakers...
SPORTS DIGEST
With quarterback questions, Rams head to chilly Green Bay
By Don Wanlass
Contributing Writer
The NFL playoffs, like the postseasons for most professional sports, is often...
MAKING A DIFFERENCE
By Darlene Donloe
Contributing Writer
There are some disturbing statistics surrounding the ratio of Black mother/infant deaths in Los Angeles County compared to their...
By Bill Vaughan
Entertainment Writer
The stunning life story of Academy, Tony, and three-time Emmy Award winning actress and trailblazer Cicely Tyson is detailed in “Just...
By Shirley Hawkins
Contributing Writer
LOS ANGELES — Several years ago, actress Sarah Culberson was shocked to discover that she was an African princess.
Raised in West...
BOOK CORNER
By Marissa Wells
Contributing Writer
Kelly Benson has spent the last five years in Chicago, hiding from her childhood crush, Gabe, who brought a pregnant...
By Marissa Wells
Contributing Writer
Preston Gomez, a San Francisco-based jazz musician, finds himself having to relearn to play the piano following a hand injury caused...
NAJEE’S NOTES
By Najee Ali
Contributing Writer
The fight to have a Black women appointed to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris...
NAJEE’S NOTES
By Najee Ali
Contributing Writer
Having to adjust to life during a pandemic has been challenging to everyone.
Theaters nationwide have been closed for live events....
NAJEE’S NOTES
By Najee Ali
Contributing Writer
Tisha Greene, a member of the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Neighborhood Alliance, and her colleagues continue to impress as they move...
NAJEE’S NOTES
By Najee Ali
Contributing Writer
I did not realize it, but I have written this blog for several years now. I have covered everything and...
NAJEE’S NOTES
By Najee Ali
Contributing Writer
With less than three weeks to go before Election Day, I will focus on sharing my personal endorsements in political...
NAJEE’S NOTES
By Najee Ali
Contributing Writer
Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas went to social media and his Twitter account to announce his legal team has filed a formal...
By Najee Ali
Contributing Writer
Controversy continues to circle Black Lives Matter Los Angeles. A statement released earlier this week by Melina Abdullah, co-founder of Black...
By Najee Ali, Contributing Writer
Former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, will announce his selection for vice president next week and...
