Lead Stories
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New ‘Serenity Building’ houses needy seniors
City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson looks down on Manchester Avenue from one of the housing units at the Serenity Building.…
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‘Ghost bike’ ceremony marks latest bicycle fatality
Relatives and friends of Michael Smith attend a ‘ghost bike’ ceremony for him Aug. 24 in South Los Angeles, Smith,…
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Leimert Park Jazz Festival unites community, culture
Justo Almario’s Afro-Colombian Ensemble performs at the 2024 Leimert Park Jazz Festival. The sixth annual festival will take place…
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Whittier Union district welcomes back 9,500 students
WHITTIER — The Whittier Union High School District kicked off the 2025-26 school year with three days of back-to-school events…
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Former inmate elected West Los Angeles College student president, advocates for second chances and support
CULVER CITY — Kyle Maddox knows all too well the value of a second chance. Maddox, 36, went from living in…
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Los Angeles honors Black history: Tom Bradley home and five landmark sites receive historic monument status
LOS ANGELES — Three years after Getty and the city announced a collaboration to honor historic Black places in the…
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California lawmakers decide fate of reparations bills this month
SACRAMENTO —The state Assembly and Senate must act on several priority bills that California Legislative Black Caucus members authored within…
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Immigrant advocates stage ‘community stoppage’ protest with major boycotts
LOS ANGELES — Immigrant-rights advocates undertook a daylong “community stoppage” Aug. 12 with a 24-hour boycott of various businesses, plus…
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‘Black August’ marks month of study, remembrance and prison history
LOS ANGELES — In Los Angeles and beyond, Black August is not a festival or holiday. Born inside California’s prison…
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Black women confront abortion bans, deadly maternal risks at South L.A. forum
LOS ANGELES — Black women in the United States are likely to die three times more often during childbirth than…
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