Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — With the 2021-22 fiscal year budget increasing funding to the city’s Gang Reduction and Youth Development Program by a […]
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MTA completes renovations at Rosa Parks Station
Wave Staff and Wire Reports WILLOWBROOK — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced the completion of the $129 million Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station renovation and modernization project […]
‘Heart of Black L.A.’
Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza is the community’s Grand Central Station By Janice Hayes Kyser Contributing Writer SOUTH LOS ANGELES — The ownership of the Baldwin […]
Report recommends against Bonin homeless plan
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — A report released Aug. 10 on the feasibility of housing homeless people in temporary cabins or camping sites in […]
Law preventing landlords from harassing tenants takes effect
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — An ordinance aimed at preventing landlords from harassing tenants went into effect Aug. 6 after being adopted by the […]
Inglewood declares fiscal emergency, calls special election
By 2 Urban Girls Contributing Writer INGLEWOOD — The City Council voted unanimously to declare a fiscal emergency during its regular meeting Aug. 3. The […]
South L.A. students learn the science behind creating sneakers
By Ural Garrett Contributing Writer LEIMERT PARK — Community mainstays TEC Lemiert and Sole Folks already collaborated for Sneaker Day late last year, which premiered […]
Treatment of journalists questioned in protest report
Police Commission approves report on Echo Park protests Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — The Police Commission has unanimously approved a report from the police […]
Nonprofit helps break color barriers in surfing
Black Girls Surf trains young women around the world By Shirley Hawkins Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — Growing up in Kansas City, Missouri, and enduring […]
Buck’s attorneys ask judge to overturn his conviction
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — Defense attorneys have filed a motion to have Ed Buck’s convictions for providing the drugs that killed two men […]