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‘Black August’ marks month of study, remembrance and prison history
LOS ANGELES — In Los Angeles and beyond, Black August is not a festival or holiday. Born inside California’s prison…
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South L.A. could lose Black council seat as Price’s Latino deputy emerges in 9th District
LOS ANGELES — The 9th Council District on the Los Angeles City Council has been represented by a Black elected…
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Inglewood hair stylists seek equity in beauty supply access
INGLEWOOD — Cyndrea Mathews spent years greeting customers by name as they walked into her sunlit salon near the edge…
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Watts residents demand answers as $850,000 pollution settlement sits idle
WATTS — In 2023, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office secured a $2 million settlement from Atlas Iron &…
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Leimert Park draws record Black Lives Matter crowd, spotlights Wakiesha’s Law
LEIMERT PARK — Twelve years after Black Lives Matter was born, Los Angeles remains at the center of its most…
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South L.A. residents frustrated as new ‘parks’ mean more concrete, little shade
SOUTH LOS ANGELES — In 2016, Los Angeles County voters passed Measure A with the hope of transforming the region’s…
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New Black cultural district could make South L.A. a model for the nation
A couple dances during the annual Central Avenue Jazz Festival beneath a Central Avenue street sign. The jazz festival, which…
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As ICE raids escalate, Black Angelenos debate solidarity with Latino immigrants
LOS ANGELES — As many as 30,000 protesters — predominantly Latino — descended on downtown June 14 for the No…
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South LA civil rights attorney Carl Douglas reflects on justice at 70
LOS ANGELES — Carl Douglas doesn’t take many days off, but on a recent birthday, he made an exception. As…
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Nate Holden, longtime L.A. powerbroker, dies at 95
SOUTH LOS ANGELES — Accolades continued to pour in for Nate Holden, a political force in South Los Angeles for…
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