Lead Stories
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Bass’ first 100 days in office
By Joe Bowers Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — On her first day in office, last Dec. 12, Mayor Karen Bass…
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Saturday science program scores big with little kids
By Shirley Hawkins Contributing Writer WILLOWBROOK — Ellie Ozigho, 5, sat quietly in her chair beaming with pride. “I want…
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LAUSD unions stage rally amid strike threats
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — With the threat of a strike looming, hundreds of Los Angeles Unified School District…
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Dotson trails by 1,000 votes in Inglewood council race
By Emilie St. John Contributing Writer INGLEWOOD — Gloria Gray appears headed toward a seat on the Inglewood City Council…
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Once homeless woman starts nonprofit to help others off streets
By Shirley Hawkins Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — It takes grit, guts and plenty of determination to escape Skid Row…
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Conspiracy trial underway for Mark Ridley-Thomas
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — Suspended City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas steered county contracts to USC’s social work school while…
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‘South Central Is Mecca’ shared with local students
By Ariyana Griffin Contributing Writer SOUTH LOS ANGELES — The author of a history book about South Los Angeles is…
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Clergy conduct prayer sevice for embattled councilman
By Shirley Hawkins Contributing Writer SOUTH LOS ANGELES — Two days before he went on trial on federal corruption charges,…
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38 years later, he’s declared innocent
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — A man who spent 38 years behind bars for the 1983 abduction and murder…
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Jeers of ‘slave,’ ‘cotton pickers’ taunt kids at area school
By Ray Richardson Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — Parents of several bi-racial children attending school in the Inland Empire have…
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