The La Bamba Collective performs at the Watts Towers Day of the Drum Festival in 2022. This year’s event will be held Sept. 28 at the Watts Towers Arts Center Campus.
Photo by Lorenzo Gomez
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Harris-Dawson takes over as City Council president
Councilman Paul Krekorian prepares to hand the gavel to Councilman Marqueece Harris-Dawson Sept. 20 as Harris-Dawson took over as City Council president. Krekorian is leaving the council in December due to term limits.
U.S. Bank offers free financial coaching services
President and founder of Operation HOPE John Hope Bryant speaks at a celebration of HOPE Inside, a financial literacy program in partnership with the U.S. Bank location on Crenshaw Boulevard. Over three decades, Operation HOPE has deployed over $4.5 billion of capital to serve communities of color.
Photo by Cynthia Gibson
Coalition launches United Against Hate Week
Frankie Aguirre, a gay man who has experienced hate from neighbors, speaks Sept. 20 at an event to promote ‘United Against Hate Week.’ Aguirre spoke about the assistance he received when he called 211 and asked for help.
Photo by Cynthia Gibson
Bus hijacking in South L.A. leaves one dead
Mayor Karen Bass speaks at a press conference Sept. 25 about a bus hijacking in South Los Angeles that left one passenger dead. With her is county Supervisor Janice Hahn, the chair of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors.
‘Sweet’ Alice Harris gets her way with street renaming
Sweet Alice Harris speaks Sept. 16 at the dedication of Sweet Alice Row, a stretch of Lou Dillon Boulevard in Watts where Harris’ Parents of Watts Working with Youths and Adults program has operated since 1967. City Councilman Tim McOsker said the street designation ‘is a fitting testament to her decades of work in this community.’ See story on Page 2.
Harris-Dawson ready to take reins of City Council
City Councilman Marqueece Harris-Dawson takes over as council president Sept. 20, replacing Paul Krekorian, who has served since October of 2022.
Vicious beating symbolizes racial hate in California
Wendy Drew, a Bay Area chef, sports a black eye she received in a beating by a homeless man who started the altercation by calling her the N-word.’ Her attacker is facing hate crime charges.
Housing, jobs coming to new project in South L.A.
An artist’s rendering shows an exterior view of the 5035 Coliseum project in Baldwin Village. The project will feature a Costco on the ground floor and 800 apartment units above it.
Positive self image, support system can help conquer hate
A strong sense of family and vibrant community ties are key to helping Black people overcome hate in America, mental health experts say.
Courtesy photo by August de Richelieu