By Shirley Hawkins Contributing Writer CRENSHAW — Organizers of the annual Kingdom Day Parade honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. have postponed the event, […]
Category: South Los Angeles
Calming winds allow firefighters to extend lines of containment
Wave Staff and Wire Reports LOS ANGELES — Calming winds have allowed firefighters to get a better handle on two major wildfires that have burned […]
Wave partnering to solicit fire donations
By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Wave Newspapers is partnering with Jenesse Center and L.A. Care Health Plan’s Community Partners […]
South L.A. nonprofits unify to assist wildfire victims
By Cynthia Gibson Contributing Writer LEIMERT PARK — The Palisades and Eaton fires that broke out on Jan. 7, are likely the second and fourth […]
Blazes won’t destroy city’s spirit, Bass says
Wave Staff and Wire Reports LOS ANGELES — A series of wildfires — aided by Santa Ana wind gusts that reached as high as 98 […]
Nonprofit distributes backpacks for homeless on Skid Row
By Shirley Hawkins Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — Tamara G. Lewis remembers the incident as if it happened yesterday. “I had just attended a business […]
State Sen. Bradford reflects on last year in Legislature
By Edward Henderson Contributing Writer SACRAMENTO — When state Sen. Steven Bradford, D-Inglewood, was sworn into the California Legislature in 2009 as a member of […]
ANALYSIS: The road forward: Black voices look ahead in 2025
By Stephen Oduntan Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — As 2025 begins, members of the Black community are questioning how to not only survive but thrive […]
Advocates demand legislative action on reparations in 2025
By Antonio Ray Harvey Contributing Writer SACRAMENTO — A coalition of community leaders and reparations advocates are demanding that the California Legislature, Attorney General Rob […]
Former Assembly member working on doctoral degree
By Edward Henderson Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — Former Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer represented the 57th Assembly District, which includes the communities of Exposition Park, South […]