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 […]
Category: Features
MAKING A DIFFERENCE: PLUS ME Project helps students tell their stories
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 […]
New Lakers coach wants to lead team ‘back on top’
Wave Wire Services EL SEGUNDO — The Los Angeles Lakers formally introduced Darvin Ham as their new coach June 6, following general manager Rob Pelinka […]
This Week in Black History
June 13, 1967 Former NAACP chief counsel Thurgood Marshall – who led the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education case that outlawed segregation in public […]
SPORTS DIGEST: New Lakers coach has his work cut out for him
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 […]
This week in Black History
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 […]
MAKING A DIFERENCE: Foundation helps navigate special education system
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 […]
SPORTS DIGEST: Looney finally steps up for Warriors in playoffs
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 […]
This Week in Black History
May 29, 1973 Despite a sometime hostile and racially tinged campaign, former Los Angeles City Councilman Tom Bradley, the grandson of a former slave, defeats […]
THE Q&A: New LAUSD superintendent rolls up his sleeves
By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer When Alberto M. Carvalho took over the reins as superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation’s second-largest […]