Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — The county Board of Supervisors have re-established a $25,000 reward offer for information leading to a conviction in the […]
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Hutt set to assume full term in 10th Council District
Wave Wire ServicesSOUTH LOS ANGELES — Heather Hutt — the incumbent appointed to the L.A. City Council from District 10 after her predecessor, Mark Ridley-Thomas, […]
South L.A. gets its first electric vehicle charging station
A ribbon cutting for South Los Angeles’ newest electric vehicle charging station was held Oct. 21 at PVJOBS. Pictured from left are Jim Bickhart, PVJOBS board member; Steve VanZwieten of VanZwieten Electric; James “Roc” Farmer, PVJOBS trainer and gang interventionist; Mary Taylor, PVJOBS executive director; and City Councilman Curren Price.
Organization provides support, stability for foster youth
County Supervisor Holly Mitchell, left, and Mayor Karen Bass were among the dignitaries attending the fourth annual gala for A Sense of Home, an organization serving youth who were formerly in the foster care systsem. The gala raised an estimated $1.5 million for the organization.
Land trust provides blueprint for Leimert Park rebuild
ORA owner Tony Jolly talks with US Bank Business Access Advisor Delphine Pruitt. ORA is the first business renovation on Degnan Boulevard in Leimert Park Village by the nonprofit Black Owned and Operated Community Land Trust.
Photo by Cynthia Gibson
Urban League hosts annual State of Black LA event
Cynthia Mitchell Heard, president and chief executive officer of the Los Angeles Urban League, addresses the crowd at the Urban League’s State of Black LA 2024 event at the USC Town and Gown Event Center Oct. 10. More than 700 attended.
New Leimert Park business offers unusual plants
The Plant Chica co-owner Sandra Majia thanks loyal clientele at the Oct. 5 ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the opening of the shop in Leimert Park Village. The business previously operated in Jefferson Park.
Photo by Cynthia Gibson
Ex-LAPD officer may face charges in 2015 fatal shooting
A shrine in remembrance of Brandon Glenn, a homeless Venice man who was killed by a Los Angeles police officer in 2015, was placed near where he died shortly after his death. The former officer who killed Glenn, Clifford Proctor, will reportedly be charged in connection with his death nine years later.
State NAACP convention set at LAX Marriott
Wave Staff Report LOS ANGELES — The 37th annual NAACP California Hawaii State Convention will take place Oct. 24-27 at the Los Angeles Airport Marriott. […]
‘Topping-off’ ceremony held at California Science Center
A crane lifts the final beam as part of a ‘topping-out’ ceremony Oct. 10 marking a major step toward completion of the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center in Exposition Park. The space center will be an exhibit hall that is part of the California Science Center. It houses the 122-foot-high Space Shuttle Endeavour.