Wave Staff Report
LOS ANGELES — Continuing efforts to proactively address inequity in COVID-19 vaccine distribution and eliminate barriers to reaching the city’s most vulnerable...
By Marie Y. Lemelle
Contributing Writer
Think the worse is over after surviving COVID-19? Think again.
National and global studies reveal that the persistent aftereffects of mild...
L.A. DIGEST
Wave Wire Services
INGLEWOOD — After a season of hosting NFL games with empty seats, SoFi Stadium will finally make a major public debut...
By Darlene Donloe
Contributing Writer
LOS ANGELES — In an effort to help counter disparities in COVID-19 inoculations, Heart of Los Angeles, with support from the...
By Juliet Bennett Rylah
Contributing Writer
WEST HOLYWOOD — City officials are encouraging residents to offer feedback on a future rail line expansion that would connect...
Wave Staff and Wire Reports
LOS ANGELES — A report alleging that sheriff's deputies target and harass families mourning the loss of loved ones killed...
Wave Wire Services
LOS ANGELES — Remaining middle and high school campuses in the Los Angeles Unified School District began reopening April 26, meaning all...
Independent Staff Report
WEST HOLLYWOOD — Dozens of laid off hospitality workers, joined by city officials and leaders of women’s organizations, held a press conference...
STREET BEAT
DeA’nna Rouzan
Los Angeles
“I probably will still continue to wear it after the government gives the approval to stop, just in case I feel...
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
Contributing Columnist
There was a loud warning 30 years before Derek Chauvin choked George Floyd to death about how cops...
By Starlett Quarles
Contributing Columnist
Earlier this month I was fortunate enough to guest host the “Front Page,” KJLH’s early morning talk show. And since I...
April 30, 1983
Pioneering journalist Bob Maynard buys the Oakland Tribune, becoming the nation’s first black owner of a metro newspaper. That accomplishment, coupled with...
MAKING A DIFFERENCE
By Darlene Donloe
Contributing Writer
Inez “Tootie” Adkins knows a lot about children.
She has four of her own ranging in age from 11 to...
SPORTS DIGEST
By Don Wanlass
Contributing Editor
It was the team’s weakest link going in to spring training and it still is.
The Dodgers have the best starting...
April 26, 1903
Maggie L. Walker, a crusading businesswoman, civic activist and newspaper editor, founds the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank and Trust Company in...
By Bill Vaughan
Entertainment Writer
Memorabilia from the Queen of Pop herself will be available to the public for the first time as Julien’s Auctions presents...
BOOK CORNER
Wave Staff Report
Three years ago, John Sperzel’s heart — and his world — were on the brink of stopping.
While vacationing in Aruba, he was found unconscious...
Wave Wire Services
LOS ANGELES — “Nomadland,” the gritty yet life-affirming tale of wandering van-dwellers, scored a triple crown at the 93rd Oscars, winning for...
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...
