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Entertainment
2025 TV Upfronts preview: Tracy Morgan, Erika Alexander lead slate of new shows and specials
By Bill Vaughan Entertainment Writer The 2025 Upfronts, a preview of the upcoming television season presented to advertisers and ad…
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Book Corner
New novel ‘The Young Samaritan’ reimagines a lost witness to Christ’s arrest — Book Corner
By Marissa Wells Contributing Writer “The Young Samaritan,” by J. Schuyler Sprowles, follows the extraordinary adventure of Joshua, a young…
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South Los Angeles
Exposition Park to host Dysonna Arts & Jazz Festival May 18
Donna Dyson By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer EXPOSITION PARK — Donna Dyson is a true creative. Once she sets her…
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This Week in Black History
Winnie Mandela’s sentencing and its aftermath: May 14, 1991 — This Week in Black History
On May 14, 1991, Winnie Mandela is sentenced to six years in prison in South Africa for her involvement in…
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East Los Angeles
Inside a Los Angeles STEM event inspiring the next generation of Black innovators
Wave Staff Report DOWNEY — About 50 students from across the Los Angeles area attended an event May 1 to…
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Lead Stories
From South LA streets to youth mentor: How a Crips co-founder survived prison, cancer and injustice
By Stephen Oduntan Contributing Writer He lay shackled to a prison bed, arms and legs stretched wide in a crucifix-like…
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Lead Stories
30 years after the riots, South LA nonprofits fight for Black community trust
By Naomi McSwain Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — Leaders of what are apparently the only two local private nonprofits…
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Community
Thousands march in LA for May Day, demanding workers’ and immigrants’ rights
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — Thousands of union members, immigrant-rights supporters and others flooded the streets of downtown Los…
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Entertainment
Kerry Washington brings ‘Shadow Force’ to the big screen — BILL VAUGHAN’S TASTY CLIPS
By Bill Vaughan Entertainment Writer As an actress and producer, Kerry Washington (“Scandal,” “Unprisoned,” “Little Fires Everywhere”) has been…
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South Los Angeles
LA foster youth connect with colleges and community at Biddy Mason resource fair
By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — More than 100 former and current foster care youth are expected to…
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