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Entertainment
2021 YEAR IN REVIEW: Walk of Fame ceremonies began year virtually
HOLLYWOOD — The Hollywood Walk of Fame started the year with a virtual ceremony Feb. 12, honoring Ryan O’Neal and…
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Lead Stories
2021 YEAR IN REVIEW: Gentrification fears drove fight over mall sale
By Janice Hayes Kyser Contributing Writer CRENSHAW — Like many malls in Los Angeles and across the country, 2021 was…
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Earl Ofari Hutchinson
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: LAPD hasn’t learned lessons on use of force
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Columnist There have been countless Black Live Matters protests, reports, recommendations, rule changes, investigations, civilian…
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Coronavirus Digest
Fear, anxiety raged during 2021 as second year of pandemic ends
Wave Staff Report LOS ANGELES — A year ago, state and county officials were hoping the increased availability of vaccines…
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This Week in Black History
This Week in Black History
January 3, 1973 Yvonne Brathwaite Burke is sworn in to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming California’s first African-American congresswoman.…
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Features
MAKING A DIFFERENCE: ClockShop seeks to generate social change through art
By Darlene Donloe ContributingWriter Julia Meltzer had a very good reason for founding the nonprofit Clockshop in 2004. She wanted…
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Book Corner
BOOK CORNER: Los Angeles native shares story of survival in memoir
By Marissa Wells Contributing Writer “Addicted,” by James Soil, is a moving memoir offering a raw and transparent look at…
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East Los Angeles
Cleanup action near Exide plant picked up in 2021
By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer VERNON — Residential cleanups continued at a rate of 80 parcels a month as efforts…
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Hollywood
2021 YEAR IN REVIEW: City mourned death of ex-Councilman Tom LaBonge
Wave Staff Report LOS ANGELES — The city lost one of its all-time loudest cheerleaders when former City Councilman Tom…
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West Hollywood
2021 YEAR IN REVIEW: Political donor Ed Buck convicted in two drug deaths
Wave Staff Report WEST HOLLYWOOD — On July 27, 2017, Gemmel Moore, a 26-year old Black man from Texas, was found…
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