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SPOTLIGHT ON L.A.: Culinary delights found at Smorgasburg Los Angeles
By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer Every Sunday, thousands of people converge on a strip of downtown Los Angeles known as the ROW DTLA complex to […]
THE Q&A: Jonathan Butler’s latest album is all about unity
By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer Jonathan Butler is an award-winning singer and guitarist but there is much more to the South African entertainer. While […]
SPORTS DIGEST: UCLA enters 2023 optimistic with new quarterbacks
By Don Wanlass Contributing Writer The UCLA Bruins begin their last season in the Pac 12 Conference with a new starting quarterback, another new defensive […]
This Week in Black History
Sept. 2, 1989 The Rev. Al Sharpton led a protest march in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, a week after four Black teenagers […]
USC hires first woman athletic director, Jennifer Cohen
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — University of Washington athletics director Jennifer Cohen has been named the next head of athletics at USC, making her […]
SPORTS DIGEST: USC opens football season against San Jose State
By Don Wanlass Contributing Writer If you are still wondering why USC would leave its decades-long association with the other schools in the Pac 12 […]
This Week in Black History Aug, 24, 1950
Edith Sampson, a Chicago attorney is, appointed by President Harry Truman as an alternate delegate to the United Nations, the first African American to officially […]
THE Q&A: Jazz musician promotes merits of music for youth
By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer WATTS — Billy Mitchell knows the benefits, importance and opportunities available to kids who are professionally trained in music. There […]
SPORTS DIGEST: Surging Dodgers put space between them and opposition
By Don Wanlass Contributing Writer Two months ago, I told Dodgers’ fans it was all right to panic. The Dodgers had just been swept in […]