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Guardado family sues county citing unreasonable force

Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — The parents of an 18-year-old man shot to death near Gardena in June by a Los Angeles County sheriff's...

Urban Tech Connect will be virtual affair this year

By Alysha Conner Contributing Writer SOUTH LOS ANGELES — A technology conference designed to bridge the gap for under-represented communities, will rely on the latest technology advances...

PATTERN OF ABUSES

Waters calls for attorney general to investigate latest killing by deputies By 2UrbanGirls Contributing Writer SOUTH LOS ANGELES — U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters is calling on the...

County to spend $25 million on deputy body cameras

Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — The county Board of Supervisors voted Sept. 1 to transfer $25.5 million to the Sheriff's Department to fund the...

Community waits for attorney general to join shooting probe

By 2UrbanGirls Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — The state attorney general’s office has not responded yet to a request from the Los Angeles City Council that...

Leimert Park Jazz Festival will be virtual affair

By Darlene Donloe, Contributing Writer LEIMERT PARK — The Leimert Park Jazz Festival, forced to go virtual this year due to COVID-19, might look and feel...

Former Assemblywoman Gwen Moore dies

By Shirley Hawkins, Contributing Writer SOUTH LOS ANGELES — Gwen Moore, who served South Los Angeles in the state Assembly for 16 years from 1978 to...

Festival organizer is supportive of Juneteenth holiday proposal

By Darlene Donloe, Contributing Writer SOUTH LOS ANGELES — When Moza Mjasiri Cooper learned that City Councilman Curren Price had filed a motion at a recent...

‘Bad law has consequences’

By Faith Petrie, Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — A group of Black clergy members has come out in opposition to a bill approved by the state...

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