Community Beat
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MTA opens second phase of transit safety program
Wave Staff Report NORWALK — The second phase of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s weapons detection program was launched April 28…
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Student uses adult program as bridge to medical school
Wave Staff Report WHITTIER — At a crossroads with her education, California High School class of 2018 graduate Abigail Villanueva had completed…
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YMCA unveils plan to rewrite foster youth outcomes
By Stephen Oduntan Contributing Writer SOUTH LOS ANGELES — In a county with more foster youth than 40 U.S. states…
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CASA CEO Charity Chandler-Cole advocates for foster youth
By Shirley Hawkins Contributing Writer MONTEREY PARK — Charity Chandler-Cole is a survivor. Once a teenager struggling to survive poverty…
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Bills focus on financial compensation for slave descendants
By Edward Henderson Contributing Writer SACRAMENTO — The 16 bills in the California Legislative Black Caucus’s 2025 “Road to Repair”…
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Leimert Park plans Earth Day celebration April 26
By Cynthia Gibson Contributing Writer LEIMERT PARK — An Earth Day festival, “Our Planet, Our Power,” will take place from…
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Beauty Justice Conference tackles toxic industry practices
By Cynthia Gibson Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — The Black Women for Wellness Beauty Justice Conference brought together scientists, chemists,…
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Bass budget plan calls for 1,600 layoffs
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — Mayor Karen Bass touted progress in the dual housing and homelessness crises in the…
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Man declared factually innocent after 30 years in prison
Wave Wire Services EAST LOS ANGELES — A man who spent nearly three decades behind bars after being convicted of…
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Cal State L.A. opens state-of-the-art pickleball courts
Wave Staff Report LOS ANGELES — The sound of plastic meeting graphite permeated the spring air at Cal State Los…
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