Wave Staff Report
LOS ANGELES — Continuing efforts to proactively address inequity in COVID-19 vaccine distribution and eliminate barriers to reaching the city’s most vulnerable...
By Marie Y. Lemelle
Contributing Writer
Think the worse is over after surviving COVID-19? Think again.
National and global studies reveal that the persistent aftereffects of mild...
L.A. DIGEST
Wave Wire Services
INGLEWOOD — After a season of hosting NFL games with empty seats, SoFi Stadium will finally make a major public debut...
By Darlene Donloe
Contributing Writer
LOS ANGELES — In an effort to help counter disparities in COVID-19 inoculations, Heart of Los Angeles, with support from the...
By Juliet Bennett Rylah
Contributing Writer
WEST HOLYWOOD — City officials are encouraging residents to offer feedback on a future rail line expansion that would connect...
Wave Staff and Wire Reports
LOS ANGELES — A report alleging that sheriff's deputies target and harass families mourning the loss of loved ones killed...
Wave Wire Services
LOS ANGELES — Remaining middle and high school campuses in the Los Angeles Unified School District began reopening April 26, meaning all...
Independent Staff Report
WEST HOLLYWOOD — Dozens of laid off hospitality workers, joined by city officials and leaders of women’s organizations, held a press conference...
STREET BEAT
DeA’nna Rouzan
Los Angeles
“I probably will still continue to wear it after the government gives the approval to stop, just in case I feel...
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
Contributing Columnist
There was a loud warning 30 years before Derek Chauvin choked George Floyd to death about how cops...
By Starlett Quarles
Contributing Columnist
Earlier this month I was fortunate enough to guest host the “Front Page,” KJLH’s early morning talk show. And since I...
April 30, 1983
Pioneering journalist Bob Maynard buys the Oakland Tribune, becoming the nation’s first black owner of a metro newspaper. That accomplishment, coupled with...
MAKING A DIFFERENCE
By Darlene Donloe
Contributing Writer
Inez “Tootie” Adkins knows a lot about children.
She has four of her own ranging in age from 11 to...
SPORTS DIGEST
By Don Wanlass
Contributing Editor
It was the team’s weakest link going in to spring training and it still is.
The Dodgers have the best starting...
April 26, 1903
Maggie L. Walker, a crusading businesswoman, civic activist and newspaper editor, founds the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank and Trust Company in...
By Bill Vaughan
Entertainment Writer
Memorabilia from the Queen of Pop herself will be available to the public for the first time as Julien’s Auctions presents...
BOOK CORNER
Wave Staff Report
Three years ago, John Sperzel’s heart — and his world — were on the brink of stopping.
While vacationing in Aruba, he was found unconscious...
Wave Wire Services
LOS ANGELES — “Nomadland,” the gritty yet life-affirming tale of wandering van-dwellers, scored a triple crown at the 93rd Oscars, winning for...
By 2UrbanGirls
Contributing Writer
COMPTON — Voters have declared they want change after participating in the city’s all vote-by-mail April primary election. Candidates who didn’t receive...
By 2UrbanGirls
Contributing Writer
COMPTON — Voters here are in the midst of an all vote-by-mail election that will culminate April 20.
Residents are complaining of nasty...
By 2UrbanGirls
Contributing Writer
COMPTON — Residents have begun casting ballots in the city’s all vote-by-mail municipal election, which will conclude April 20.
Safety concerns and the...
By 2UrbanGirls
Contributing Writer
COMPTON — Mayor Aja Brown surprised many people when she announced she wouldn’t seek a third term to serve as mayor in...
By 2UrbanGirls
Contributing Writer
COMPTON — The Compton Unified School District welcomed back some students for in-person instruction March 9, following reopening guidelines and protocols established...
By 2UrbanGirls
Contributing Writer
COMPTON — The Compton City Council convened March 2 to hear a mid-year budget review for fiscal year 2020-21, which showed a...
By 2UrbanGirls
Contributing Writer
COMPTON — Mayor Aja Brown has opted to not seek a third term in office after publicly accusing the city’s law enforcement...
By 2UrbanGirls
Contributing Writer
CARSON — Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has promoted a second African-American deputy to lead a station that primarily serves Black...
By 2UrbanGirls
Contributing Writer
COMPTON — Projects Homekey and Roomkey were part of a statewide effort launched by Gov. Gavin Newsom, which began in March 2020 with a...
