LOS ANGELES — Women, and all that jazz. That’s the focus of the Leimert Park Jazz Festival presents Narratives & Notes, Jazz Through Her Lens, […]
Category: South Los Angeles
New South L.A. bike path connects to Inglewood with 5.5-mile Rail to Rail corridor
SOUTH LOS ANGELES — Dignitaries and community members used their bikes or feet May 17 to celebrate the opening of a new green space corridor […]
Watts metal scrap yard to shut down after felony hazardous waste charges
WATTS — A metal salvage and recycling yard adjacent to Jordan High School pleaded no contest May 20 to five felony counts of disposal […]
Unsolved murder victims confront South L.A. from new billboards
SOUTH LOS ANGELES — The group Justice for Murdered Children unveiled its latest billboard campaign May 16 in hopes of raising awareness and generating tips […]
Beyoncé’s mother to lead revival of South L.A.’s Vision Theater
By Shirley Hawkins and Cynthia Gibson Contributing Writers LEIMERT PARK — The Vision Theater, a longtime landmark in Leimert Park, will reopen next year […]
Nate Holden, longtime L.A. powerbroker, dies at 95
SOUTH LOS ANGELES — Accolades continued to pour in for Nate Holden, a political force in South Los Angeles for more than 50 years, who […]
L.A. celebrates Malcolm X’s 100th birthday with street renaming, festival
Wave Staff Report CRENSHAW — The city of Los Angeles, in partnership with the Foundation for Arts, Mentorship, Leadership and Innovation (FA-MLI, Inc.), will commemorate […]
Exposition Park to host Dysonna Arts & Jazz Festival May 18
Donna Dyson By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer EXPOSITION PARK — Donna Dyson is a true creative. Once she sets her mind on creating something, she […]
From South LA streets to youth mentor: How a Crips co-founder survived prison, cancer and injustice
By Stephen Oduntan Contributing Writer He lay shackled to a prison bed, arms and legs stretched wide in a crucifix-like position, cuffed for hours. Worms […]
30 years after the riots, South LA nonprofits fight for Black community trust
By Naomi McSwain Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — Leaders of what are apparently the only two local private nonprofits founded after the civil unrest […]