BALDIWN VILLAGE — Excitement and anticipation filled the air July 27 at Jim Gilliam Park where the 11th annual Global Day of Compassion was held […]
Category: South Los Angeles
South L.A. community protests persist as fears deepen despite ICE pullout
SOUTH LOS ANGELES — Several community organizations united on July 29 to “Reclaim Our Streets” and reinforce demands that federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel […]
South L.A. parks host Summer Night Lights to provide safe summer activities for families
LOS ANGELES — Families that want to enjoy an evening of fun, laughter and activities may visit one of 42 city parks sponsored by Summer […]
Volunteers spruce up L.A. streets as ‘Shine L.A.’ reaches 30 neighborhoods
LOS ANGELES – City volunteers cleaned streets and removed graffiti in Wilmington, North Harbor Gateway and South L.A. during the latest round of Shine L.A. […]
Rescue groups scramble as 400 abandoned guinea pigs overwhelm South L.A. home
SOUTH LOS ANGELES — An animal rescue group that took dozens of guinea pigs from a home where hundreds of the animals were found last […]
Watts residents demand answers as $850,000 pollution settlement sits idle
WATTS — In 2023, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office secured a $2 million settlement from Atlas Iron & Metal, a metal recycling yard […]
South L.A. leaders, patients fight federal health cuts at Planned Parenthood
LOS ANGELES — As the Trump administration advances an effort to gut federal funding for Planned Parenthood, elected officials rallied July 21 in defense of […]
Leimert Park draws record Black Lives Matter crowd, spotlights Wakiesha’s Law
LEIMERT PARK — Twelve years after Black Lives Matter was born, Los Angeles remains at the center of its most enduring demand: that Black families […]
LAPD nearly matches last year’s police shootings just halfway through 2025
LOS ANGELES — A week after it was announced the homicide rate in Los Angeles was down 20% this year, it was reported that Los […]
California’s largest youth grant backs South L.A. film apprenticeships
LOS ANGELES — Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the wife of Gov. Gavin Newsom, visited an innovative apprenticeship program last week aimed at opening up more career […]