Black Lives Matter Grassroots organizer Sheila Bates stands among protesters outside the Taglyan Cultural Complex in Hollywood Dec. 9, where demonstrators accused Black Lives Matter […]
Category: Community Beat
County seeks to restore ‘Press 3’ option for suicide hotline
County Supervisor Janice Hahn speaks at a news conference Dec. 9 in support of a national suicide-prevention hotline with an option specifically for LGBT youth. […]
Officials pay tribute to noted architect Frank Gehry
Frank Gehry, whose design of the Walt Disney Concert Hall transformed the landscape of downtown Los Angeles, died Dec. 5 at his home in Santa […]
Former Compton official pleads guilty to bribery scheme
Isaac Galvan Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — A former Compton City Council member pleaded guilty Dec. 9 to taking part in a bribery scheme […]
County sues oil companies over Inglewood Oil Field
Los Angeles County has filed an environmental lawsuit against oil and gas well operators to compel them to address dangers to human health and the […]
‘Lyrics From Lockdown’ returns to L.A. Dec. 12
Bryonn Bain brings his ‘Lyrics to Lockdown’ stage presentation to the Academy Museum Dec. 12. The performance shares the stories of people impacted by imprisonment […]
DWP no longer receives coal-based fuel, officials announce
Standing next to Mayor Karen Bass, City Councilman Adrin Nazarian speaks at a news conference Dec. 4 when city officials announced the city was no […]
L.A. Zoo adds another newborn with baby gorilla
N’djia, a 31-year-old western lowland gorilla at the Los Angeles Zoo, carries a baby she gave birth to last month, the fifth baby ape born […]
Lynwood school officials praise grad rate increases
Firebaugh High School graduates celebrate with one of their counselors at the 2025 commencement ceremony. The school’s class of 2025 achieved a 92% graduation rate, […]
West L.A. College launches LVN certificate program
Learning the many roles in a hospital or doctor’s office will be part of the West Los Angeles College licensed vocational nursing program that will […]