Community Beat
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Middle school students attend Girls Empowerment Summit
Wave Staff Report LYNWOOD — More than 200 Lynwood Unified School District middle school students gathered recently for the third…
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Entertainment workers rally for proposed legislation
Wave Staff Report LOS ANGELES — Hundreds of entertainment workers, union leaders, small business owners and state and local elected…
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Hollywood Walk of Fame adds King, Carpenter
Wave Staff and Wire Reports HOLLYWOOD — Tennis legend and feminist pioneer Billie Jean King and…
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Graduate returns to lead school’s computer science program
Wave Staff Report WHITTIER — When La Serna High School class of 2017 alumna Markie Wagner was in middle school, she was…
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Former gang members working to keep the peace
By Stephen Oduntan Contributing Writer WATTS — The December 2005 shooting of a prominent gang leader sparked 18 days of…
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New laws sought in custody deaths
By Stephen Oduntan Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — In March 2016, Lisa Hines spent four agonizing days searching for her…
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Lawmakers release package of bills to fast-track housing
By Antonio Ray Harvey Contributing Writer SACRAMENTO — Two members of the California Legislative Black Caucus joined a bipartisan and…
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Mayor briefs congressional delegation on Olympic plans
Wave Staff and Wire Reports LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and U.S. Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Los Angeles,…
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Supervisors vote to create new homeless department
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — On the day a new local tax took effect to combat homelessness, the county…
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Federal judge says county homeless system ‘isn’t working’
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — A federal judge said he “distrusts” figures the city of Los Angeles is receiving…
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