Wave Staff and Wire Reports LOS ANGELES — Southern California will play host to three of the 42 college football bowl games that will wind […]
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Staff manages affairs in councilman’s absence
By Sue Favor Contributing Writer SOUTH LOS ANGELES — Almost two months after City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas was suspended by his City Council colleagues, his […]
West Hollywood promotes pilot study on gay men blood donors
Independent Staff Report WEST HOLLYWOOD — The city is getting the word out that the Red Cross is starting community outreach for a pilot study […]
County conducts mass burial for unclaimed bodies
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County hosted an online ceremony Dec. 1 to mark the burial of 1,780 people who died in […]
County reports first cases of new COVID-19 strain
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County’s second and third known cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 were confirmed Dec. 6 in […]
Ceremonies, concert mark World AIDS Day events
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — World AIDS Day, which is recognized across the globe as a means of raising awareness of the disease and […]
Affordable housing project approved for Venice
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — The City Council has approved a 100% affordable housing project along the Venice canals that will provide 68 permanent […]
STREET BEAT: ‘Does owning a gun make you feel safer?’
Compiled by Cynthia Gibson in West Los Angeles.
BOOK CORNER: South L.A. writer shows how to navigate two worlds in memoir
By Marissa Wells Contributing Writer “Black Prep: Life Lessons of a Perpetual Outsider,” by Kimberley Baker Guillemet, is a new memoir that teaches readers how […]
MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Organization creates pathways to jobs, housing
By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — Homelessness and unemployment have become critical issues in Los Angeles. With the unemployment rate in Los Angeles […]