By Janice Hayes Kyser
Contributing Writer
LEIMERT PARK — Residents, avid readers, authors and even competitors say the closing of Eso Won Books will mark the...
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LOS ANGELES — Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Los Angeles, has announced she has tested positive for COVID-19 for a second time, saying she...
By Shirley Hawkins
Contributing Writer
LOS ANGELES — If you happen to visit the Wellington Farmers Market on Washington Boulevard on a Sunday, you will encounter...
By Shirley Hawkins
Contributing Writer
LOS ANGELES — Jamal Hill had a simple reason for starting his Swim Up Hill nonprofit in 2020.
He wanted to reduce...
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WEST HOLLYWOOD — Members of the City Council here denounced the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision June 24 overturning the court’s 1973 Roe...
By Ray Richardson
Contributing Writer
LOS ANGELES — Residents opposed to Herb Wesson serving as the interim City Council representative for the 10th District are considering...
By Starlett Quarles
Contributing Columnist
Early in my professional career, I was a preschool teacher at a very affluent independent school in Los Angeles. Being an...
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
Contributing Columnist
A recent network news headline blared “The Democrats could lose 70 House seats.” That was staggering and shocking.
Though extreme and...
By Don Wanlass
Contributing Writer
Lakers fans hoping that Russell Westbrook would somehow disappear from the roster between now and the start of the NBA season...
By Darlene Donloe
Contributing Writer
Talking to Rev. James M. Lawson is like taking a walk through a history book on civil rights.
He has a million...
July 1, 1991
Georgia-born attorney Clarence Thomas is nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court to replace Thurgood Marshall, the high court’s first black justice. Despite...
By Marissa Wells
Contributing Writer
“My Seven Black Fathers,” by Will Jawando, is a compelling memoir and story of hope and respect for Black men.
“It tells...
By Bill Vaughan
Entertainment Writer
As Black Music Month comes to an end, so does Disneyland Resort’s “Celebrate Soulfully” festivities, which launched this past February, celebrating...
By Darlene Donloe
Contributing Writer
In 1993, a group of women who met at a California Arts Council Touring Roster conference decided to get together and...
By Don Wanlass
Contributing Writer
Coaches and managers know that when they accept a job running a professional sports team that they are destined for one...
By Darlene Donloe
Contributing Writer
Everyone has a story.
The PLUS ME Project is an organization that believes everyone has a story that matters.
PLUS ME is a community...
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EL SEGUNDO — The Los Angeles Lakers formally introduced Darvin Ham as their new coach June 6, following general manager Rob Pelinka...
By Don Wanlass
Contributing Writer
There has still been no formal announcement from the team, but it appears that Milwaukee Bucks assistant coach Darvin Ham will...
June 5, 1973
Former Compton schoolteacher Doris A. Davis, who had been elected the city’s first black city clerk, defeats incumbent Mayor Douglas Dollarhide to...
By Darlene Donloe
Contributing Writer
Raja Marhaba is an unstoppable mother.
When it comes to her kids, she is a passionate warrior who will go to the...
By Don Wanlass
Contributing Writer
Seeing Kevon Looney making a name for himself in the Western Conference finals of the NBA playoffs reminds be why I...
