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Choice of next LAPD chief gets mixed reactions
Mayor Karen Bass introduces Jim McDonnell as the new Los Angeles police chief Oct. 4. McDonnell spent 29 years with…
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Town hall cites communication as solution to resolving hate
Ancestral trauma expert Deneen Joyner was one of the participants of a virtual town hall meeting Oct. 4 to discuss…
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Governor signs bill apologizing for slavery
Gov. Gavin Newsom, seated, signs bills Sept. 26 in a priority reparations package introduced by the California Legislative Black Caucus.…
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City gets $11 million for Jordan Downs Central Park
An artist’s rendering shows the layout for the revitalization of the Jordan Downs Housing Project in Watts. The city of…
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JOHN AMOS: 1939-2024 Actor portrayed television’s first Black dad in ‘Good Times’
Actor John Amos, who played the father in ‘Good Times,’ the first show to depict a working-class Black family, has…
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Clerical group condemns Trump’s claims about Haitians
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — A coalition of clergy has denounced the anti-immigrant rhetoric of former President Donald Trump…
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Coalition launches United Against Hate Week
Frankie Aguirre, a gay man who has experienced hate from neighbors, speaks Sept. 20 at an event to promote ‘United…
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Bus hijacking in South L.A. leaves one dead
Mayor Karen Bass speaks at a press conference Sept. 25 about a bus hijacking in South Los Angeles that left…
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Harris-Dawson ready to take reins of City Council
City Councilman Marqueece Harris-Dawson takes over as council president Sept. 20, replacing Paul Krekorian, who has served since October of…
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Vicious beating symbolizes racial hate in California
Wendy Drew, a Bay Area chef, sports a black eye she received in a beating by a homeless man who…
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