By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer For any self-described geeks or nerds looking for a communal CRASH Space, there is one in Los Angeles complete with […]
Category: Features
SPORTS DIGEST: Former Laker is featured in film festival documentary
By Don Wanlass Contributing Writer A name from the past popped up the other day among the hundreds of emails I receive daily. The email […]
SPORTS DIGEST: Dodgers off to good start, but that was expected
By Don Wanlass Contributing Writer Through the first 11 games of the season, the Dodgers are 8-3. It’s too small a sample size to make […]
This Week in Black History
April 25, 1944 Frederick Douglass Patterson, the president of Tuskegee Institute, with Mary McLeod Bethune and others, incorporates the United Negro College Fund in Washington, […]
Dodgers honor Jackie Robinson on 75th anniversary of debut
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers joined the rest of Major League Baseball in marking the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson […]
The Q&A: L.A. County fire chief never wanted to be a firefighter
By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer When the Los Angeles County fire chief says he “never wanted to be a fireman,” because of racism, it’s a […]
SPORTS DIGEST: Clippers have one more chance to make the playoffs
By Don Wanlass Contributing Writer The Clippers have no real experience at winning anything so you can forgive their performance April 12 in an NBA […]
MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Pet Adoption Fund seeks forever homes for pets
By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer It’s reigning cats and dogs at the Pet Adoption Fund, an all-breed, private, nonprofit, no-kill, cat and dog rescue organization and […]
This Week in Black History
April 13, 1964 Sydney Poitier, who died earlier this year, became the first African American to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his […]
SPOTLIGHT ON L.A.: Biddy Mason Memorial Park pays tribute to former slave
By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer Behind the Bradbury Building in a courtyard off Broadway and Spring streets, between 3rd and 4th Streets in downtown Los […]