WATTS — In 2023, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office secured a $2 million settlement from Atlas Iron & Metal, a metal recycling yard […]
Category: Lead Stories
Music and mentoring lead underserved L.A. students to college: Making a Difference
LOS ANGELES — In a world where opportunity often seems out of reach, the Harmony Project has been a beacon of hope for nearly 4,000 […]
South L.A. leaders, patients fight federal health cuts at Planned Parenthood
LOS ANGELES — As the Trump administration advances an effort to gut federal funding for Planned Parenthood, elected officials rallied July 21 in defense of […]
Why Black-owned businesses thrive by turning customers into community hubs
With headlines swirling around the so-called “Big, Beautiful Bill” and lurking fears of immigration raids in many communities, uncertainty is the mood of the moment. […]
Black lawyers pack Capitol hearing to back college admissions bill for slavery descendants
SACRAMENTO — Members of the California Association of Black Lawyers sat in the front row at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing July 15 to show […]
Cal State classes could face disruption as 80,000 union workers consider strike
LOS ANGELES – Classes and services for more than 450,000 students across 23 California State University (CSU) campuses could be disrupted if unions representing 80,000 […]
Concert canceled amid immigration raids rescheduled for July 26 in MacArthur Park
LOS ANGELES – The cumbia band Vilma Díaz y la Sonora will perform July 26 at Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles, after their June 21 concert […]
Workers may have been poisoned by cancer-causing gas at Carson facility
CARSON — Employees at a local medical equipment company may have been exposed to a cancer-causing gas for months while managers may have known about […]
Leimert Park draws record Black Lives Matter crowd, spotlights Wakiesha’s Law
LEIMERT PARK — Twelve years after Black Lives Matter was born, Los Angeles remains at the center of its most enduring demand: that Black families […]
Ralph Bunche’s restored childhood home stands as rare Black heritage site in South L.A.
SOUTH LOS ANGELES — In the heart of South Los Angeles stands a humble, nondescript Victorian-bungalow style house that once sheltered one of the influential […]