By Shirley Hawkins
Contributing Writer
SOUTH LOS ANGELES — The COVID pandemic has forced many business owners to generate ways of staying afloat and some have...
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LOS ANGELES — The number of COVID-19-positive patients in Los Angeles County hospitals continues to rise, reaching a level Jan. 17 nearly...
By Darlene Donloe
Contributing Writer
After almost five decades leading the Black Business Association, Earl “Skip” Cooper II quietly retired as its president and CEO effective...
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LOS ANGELES — Amid a dramatic surge in COVID-19 infections, Los Angeles County's public health director urged residents Jan. 11 to avoid...
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LOS ANGELES — Actor Sidney Poitier died from a combination of heart failure, prostate cancer and Alzheimer's dementia, according to his death...
By Alfredo Santana
Contributing Writer
DOWNEY — Fighting to keep local schools open, the Downey Unified School District distributed nearly 20,000 at COVID-19 testing kits for...
By Shirley Hawkins
Contributing Writer
SOUTH LOS ANGELES — The COVID pandemic has forced many business owners to generate ways of staying afloat and some have...
By John Grace
Contributing Writer
Let’s begin with a very basic question. How is the U.S. average $60,000 household income expected to buy a median $400,000 home...
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
Contributing Columnist
President Joe Biden has been under blistering fire for months from civil rights activists for saying and doing little about...
By Alicia Montgomery
Guest Columnist
The following is an open letter to Alberto Carvalho, the incoming superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Dear Superintendent Carvalho:
Welcome...
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LOS ANGELES — Actor Sidney Poitier died from a combination of heart failure, prostate cancer and Alzheimer's dementia, according to his death...
By Marissa Wells
Contributing Writer
“Cookesville U.S.A.: The Wildest, Wickedest, Wealthiest Big ‘Small’ Town in the West,” by S.C. Burns, is a new historical fiction and...
By Bill Vaughan
Entertainment Writer
Prestigious African-American documentarian Stanley Nelson (“Attica,” “Freedom Riders,” “The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution,” “Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool”)...
HOLLYWOOD — Hollywood High School is preparing for a fall semester of distance learning, after Los Angeles Unified School District officials announced July 13...
Producer, activist will get to vote for 2021 Oscars
HOLLYWOOD — Sandra Evers-Manly, filmmaker and champion for Black Hollywood, had every reason to celebrate. On...
