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Dodgers honor Roz Wyman with inaugural Lasorda award

September 29, 2022

Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — Former Los Angeles City Councilwoman Rosalind Wyman received the inaugural Tommy Lasorda I Bleed Dodger Blue Award Sept. 22, […]

SPORTS DIGEST: Maury Wills left his mark on baseball by stealing

September 23, 2022

By Don Wanlass Contributing Writer As the Dodgers continue on their path to the best season in franchise history, the catalyst to the best era […]

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SPOTLIGHT ON L.A.: Watts Towers celebrates 100 years this weekend

September 23, 2022

By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer For 100 years, the Watts Towers have stood as a symbol of pride, hope, determination and survival for an under-resourced […]

‘The Great Jheri Curl Debate’ explores cultural issues

September 22, 2022

By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer Black Americans and Korean-Americans have an uneasy history. Tensions between the two groups began in the 1980s. Elements of the […]

This Week in Black History

September 22, 2022

September 27, 1950 Gwendolyn Brooks becomes the first African-American writer to win a Pulitzer Prize for her book of poetry, “Annie Allen,” a coming-of-age tale […]

SPORTS DIGEST: Chargers, Rams go in different directions in opening week

September 15, 2022

By Don Wanlass Contributing Writer The two teams that call SoFi Stadium home couldn’t have started their seasons in more different fashions. Three days after […]

This Week in Black History

September 15, 2022

Sept. 20, 1847 William Leidesdorff is elected to the San Francisco Town Council, becoming one of California’s first Black elected officials. He later became the […]

MAKING A DIFFERENCE: EmpowHer helps teen girls become confident

September 15, 2022

By Darlene Donloe Contributing Columnist Dawn L. Brown believes in the work being done at EmpowHer Institute so much that two years ago, she agreed […]