WHITTIER — The Whittier Union High School District kicked off the 2025-26 school year with three days of back-to-school events that culminated in the first […]
Category: Lead Stories
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 a tiny 6 by 12 […]
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 city, the first six sites […]
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 the next two weeks if […]
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 rallies opposing federal immigration enforcement […]
‘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 system more than four decades […]
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 white women. What makes the […]
Councilman Curren Price hit with new South L.A. corruption charges over wife’s $800K deals
LOS ANGELES — City Councilman Curren Price — already facing multiple charges of grand theft and perjury for allegedly voting in favor of projects in […]
Certification seal helps Black-owned businesses win more customers: study
WASHINGTON — Consumer research demonstrates strong support among most Americans for Black-owned businesses when identified as such with a logo developed by Fund for Social […]
L.A. lawmakers join Newsom in fight over U.S. congressional maps
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom and members of the state Legislature are making plans to redraw the state’s congressional district maps if Republican-majority states like […]