By Shirley Hawkins
Contributing Writer
SOUTH LOS ANGELES — The COVID pandemic has forced many business owners to generate ways of staying afloat and some have...
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LOS ANGELES — The number of COVID-19-positive patients in Los Angeles County hospitals continues to rise, reaching a level Jan. 17 nearly...
By Darlene Donloe
Contributing Writer
After almost five decades leading the Black Business Association, Earl “Skip” Cooper II quietly retired as its president and CEO effective...
Wave Wire Services
LOS ANGELES — Amid a dramatic surge in COVID-19 infections, Los Angeles County's public health director urged residents Jan. 11 to avoid...
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LOS ANGELES — Actor Sidney Poitier died from a combination of heart failure, prostate cancer and Alzheimer's dementia, according to his death...
By Alfredo Santana
Contributing Writer
DOWNEY — Fighting to keep local schools open, the Downey Unified School District distributed nearly 20,000 at COVID-19 testing kits for...
By Shirley Hawkins
Contributing Writer
SOUTH LOS ANGELES — The COVID pandemic has forced many business owners to generate ways of staying afloat and some have...
By John Grace
Contributing Writer
Let’s begin with a very basic question. How is the U.S. average $60,000 household income expected to buy a median $400,000 home...
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
Contributing Columnist
President Joe Biden has been under blistering fire for months from civil rights activists for saying and doing little about...
By Alicia Montgomery
Guest Columnist
The following is an open letter to Alberto Carvalho, the incoming superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Dear Superintendent Carvalho:
Welcome...
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LOS ANGELES — Actor Sidney Poitier died from a combination of heart failure, prostate cancer and Alzheimer's dementia, according to his death...
By Marissa Wells
Contributing Writer
“Cookesville U.S.A.: The Wildest, Wickedest, Wealthiest Big ‘Small’ Town in the West,” by S.C. Burns, is a new historical fiction and...
By Bill Vaughan
Entertainment Writer
Prestigious African-American documentarian Stanley Nelson (“Attica,” “Freedom Riders,” “The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution,” “Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool”)...
NAJEE’S NOTES
By Najee Ali
Contributing Writer
The race to replace state Sen. Sydney Kalmager-Dove, who’s election last month left a vacancy in the 54th Assembly District,...
NAJEE’S NOTES
By Najee Ali
Contributing Writer
There has been a lot of talk in the community concerning the physical altercation between employees working with Community Build...
NAJEE’S NOTES
By Najee Ali
Contributing Writer
Gov. Gavin Newsom may be in a fight for his political life as a recall effort led by disgruntled right-wing...
NAJEE’S NOTES
By Najee Ali
Contributing Writer
As the observance for Black History Month ends, we continue to celebrate unsung heroes in our community.
South L.A. native Johnathan...
NAJEE’S NOTES
By Najee Ali
Contributing Writer
George Floyd, the African-American man whose death was captured on videotape last May and sparked global protests, once again is...
NAJEE’S NOTES
By Najee Ali
Contributing Writer
Robert Sausedo, CEO of Community Build, a community-based nonprofit that has served our community for nearly three decades, continues to...
NAJEE’S NOTES
By Najee Ali
Contributing Writer
The congregation at Holman United Methodist Church is mourning the recent death of Bonzie Ree Williams, a member of the...
NAJEE’S NOTES
By Najee Ali
Contributing Writer
As South Los Angeles and the entire nation continues to battle COVID-19, the greatest health crisis of our lifetime, several...
NAJEE’S NOTES
By Najee Ali
Contributing Writer
The fight to have a Black women appointed to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris...
