By Emilie St. John
Contributing Writer
National Black Business Month in August is recognizing the 50th anniversary of one of the largest organizations of successful Black entrepreneurs...
By Shirley Hawkins
Contributing Writer
SOUTH LOS ANGELES — A mobile marketplace that spotlights Black farmers, food producers and chefs — is marking National Black Business...
By Shirley Hawkins
Contributing Writer
SOUTH LOS ANGELES — With the start of the school year right around the corner, the Westbrook Academy, operated by the...
Wave Wire Services
LOS ANGELES — COVID-19 case numbers, hospitalizations and deaths continue to show signs of stabilizing locally, Los Angeles County's health director said...
By Alfredo Santana
Contributing Writer
BELL GARDENS — The city has announced plans to develop a 4.3-acre lot formerly used for manufacturing and industrial purposes to build...
By Ariyana Griffin
Contributing Writer
LEIMERT PARK — DeMarco Smith has released the first of a three-part history book titled “South Central Is Mecca.” The first...
Wave Staff and Wire Reports
LOS ANGELES — Hollywood could soon see an increase in police presence after a motion introduced Aug. 3 by City Councilman...
By Alfredo Santana
Contributing Writer
LOS ANGELES — The Long Beach Freeway task force delayed the approval of newly drafted language to spur economic opportunities tied...
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
Contributing Writer
I made a demand three weeks before the murderous crash that wiped out the lives of six people, including —...
By Don Wanlass
Contributing Writer
The Los Angeles Dodgers are a juggernaut.
Their record is six games better than the second best teams in the major leagues...
By Darlene Donloe
Contributing Writer
When Sandra Evers-Manly was a little girl, she would often complain to her mother that she didn’t see people who looked...
August 16, 1963
Television and advertising executive George Olden becomes the first Black person to design a U.S. postage stamp when he creates a stamp...
By Don Wanlass
Contributing Writer
Over the years, the sporting world has introduced a new acronym to the lexicon. GOAT now stands for Greatest Of All...
By Marissa Wells
Contributing Writer
“The Lies I Tell,” by Marlene Hickman, is a compelling memoir of survival that chronicles the author’s traumatic beginning in Jamaica...
By Bill Vaughan
Entertainment Writer
Beyoncé’s critically acclaimed seventh studio album “Renaissance” has topped charts around the world and has accomplished an array of streaming records....
Wave Staff Report
CULVER CITY — The Actors' Gang brings back the long-anticipated free Shakespeare in the park for families with a production of “As BOO...
October 9, 1975
Former all-star outfielder Frank Robinson is named manager of the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first black manager of a major league professional...
October 5, 1985
Grambling State University defeats Prairie View A&M 27-7, giving Grambling coach Eddie Robinson 324 career victories in college football, breaking the legendary...
September 17, 1983
Vanessa Williams becomes the first black woman to be crowned Miss America. Though smart, talented and beautiful, Williams was subjected to hate...
September 12, 1992
Chicago physician Dr. Mae Jemison becomes the first African-American woman in space when the space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from the Kennedy...
August 30, 1967
The U.S. Senate confirms the appointment of Thurgood Marshall to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Lyndon Johnson. Marshall, who argued before...
