Wave Staff and Wire Reports LOS ANGELES — Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old Memphis man beaten to death by five Black Memphis police officers last month […]
Category: Lead Stories
Ice Cube, celebs to help launch Black History Month
By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — The city of Los Angeles will begin its annual African American Heritage Month celebration with a virtual […]
Vice President Harris visits site of mass shooting
Wave Wire Services MONTEREY PARK — As investigators continued to seek a motive for the weekend mass shooting that left 11 dead in Monterey Park, […]
$50 million damage claim filed in custody death
From City News Service LOS ANGELES — Relatives of Keenan Anderson, a Black man who went into cardiac arrest and died earlier this month after […]
Paradegoers reflect on life, legacy of MLK
By Shirley Hawkins Contributing Writer SOUTH LOS ANGELES — As the sky cleared of rain and the sun broke through the clouds Jan. 16, spectators […]
Residents ‘fed up’ with LAPD killings
By Ray Richardson Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — Community activists are not optimistic that the Los Angeles Police Department will make significant changes in how […]
Remembering a Dreamer
By Shirley Hawkins Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — Adrian Dove, the chairman of the Kingdom Day Parade that will be held Jan. 16 in honor […]
Relative of BLM founder dies in LAPD custody
Wave Staff and Wire Reports VENICE — The cousin of Back Lives Matter co-founder Patrice Cullors died in the custody of Los Angeles police Jan. […]
Netflix documentary tells story of last U.S. slave ship
By Anita Bennett Contributing Writer HOLLYWOOD — A new Netflix documentary is now streaming about the legacy of 110 African captives transported on the last […]
Kingdom Day Parade returns Jan. 16 after two years
By Shirley Hawkins Contributing Writer SOUTH LOS ANGELES — Thousands of spectators are expected to line the streets of South Los Angeles Jan. 16 when […]