Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — Every month outside a church in the Pico-Union District of Los Angeles, hundreds of low-income residents line up for […]
Category: South Los Angeles
Texas man sentenced to prison for threats to Waters
Wave Staff and Wire Reports LOS ANGELES — A 61-year-old Texas man has been sentenced to nearly three years behind bars for making a series […]
Intersection renamed in honor of Sweet Alice Harris
Wave Wire Services WATTS — Longtime community activist “Sweet” Alice Harris was recognized June 17 as a local intersection was named in her honor. The […]
Open-street event comes to Western Avenue June 23
By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer SOUTH LOS ANGELES — It’s that time of year again when local streets become devoid of cars and other motor […]
Lawmakers seek state help to keep maternity ward open
By Ray Richardson and Emilie St. John Contributing Writers SOUTH LOS ANGELES — Local lawmakers are asking the state to approve $25 million in supplemental […]
Leimert Park Juneteenth Festival back on schedule
Wave Staff and Wire Reports SOUTH LOS ANGELES — Organizers of the annual Leimert Park Juneteenth Festival announced June 6 that this year’s celebration was […]
Civil rights icon Rev. James Lawson dead at 95
By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer SOUTH LOS ANGELES — Tributes continue to pour in for the Rev. James Lawson Jr., an icon of the civil rights […]
Next chief should come from within, some say
By Ray Richardson Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — Support is growing among leaders in the Black community to urge Mayor Karen Bass and the Los […]
Tour reveals untold stories of South Los Angeles
By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer SOUTH LOS ANGELES — An area that has endured both myth and mystery has always had a story to tell. […]
Reparations coming to Black residents of L.A. County?
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — The county Board of Supervisors has voted to explore additional efforts for making reparations to “historically disenfranchised” Black residents, […]