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The inaugural class of the Sacramento State Black Honors College, shown here along with campus and national leaders, was introduced at a ceremony Aug. 8 marking the opening of the new first-of-its-kind education initiative.
Photo by Andrea Price courtesy of Sacramento State
The Los Angeles Urban League was one of the groups awarded funding in the city’s participatory budgeting pilot program known as LA REPAIR. The Urban League will use the funds to offer job readiness services for 200 people from ages 16-35.
Artist Imad Obegi is the winner of the fifth annual Leimert Park Jazz Festival’s Art Competition. His work will be on display during the festival Aug. 31 at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza.
By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer Actor Jay Ellis, best known for his role as “Lawrence” in the HBO hit series “Insecure,” and as Lt. Reuben […]
Actor Vince Vaughan receives his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Aug. 12. The ceremony came two days before the premiere of Vaughn’s latest project, Apple TV’s ‘Bad Monkey.’
Photo by Lorenzo Gomez
This photo by Gordon Parks, taken outside a department store in Mobile, Alabama in 1956, is part of the Gordon Parks exhibit at the Pace Gallery. The exhibit, that runs through Aug. 30, features 36 photos by Parks taken between 1942 and 1985.
Photograph by Gordon Parks courtesy of the Gordon Parks Foundation
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Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — Former City Councilman and state Sen. Nate Holden, who experienced a scary helicopter ride with Donald Trump in 1990, […]
Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell speaks at an Aug. 8 news conference outside El Marino Language School in Culver City after a recent hate incident at the school. Two juveniles have been arrested for breaking a classroom window and vandalism that included graffiti using hate speech targeting the Black and LGBT communities.
Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho addresses students at the Girls Academic Leadership Academy in South Los Angeles on the first day of school Aug. 12. The district welcomed back more than 400,000 students returning to school this week.
