WEST HOLLYWOOD — The city is welcoming Fanny Lapkin as the new captain of the West Hollywood Sheriff’s Station. Lapkin began her appointment Aug. 17. […]
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MTA honors Nipsey Hussle with commemorative TAP cards
LOS ANGELES — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority celebrated the 40th birthday of the late rapper and community leader Nipsey Hussle Aug. 15 with the release […]
This Week in Black History: Edith Simpson becomes first Black U.S. delegate to the United Nations
On August 24, 1950, Edith Sampson made history by becoming the first Black person appointed as a U.S. delegate to the United Nations. A Chicago […]
Councilman Curren Price faces expanded corruption charges amid ongoing legal battle
LOS ANGELES — City Councilman Curren Price pleaded not guilty Aug. 14 to a pair of newly filed public corruption charges, which were added to […]
Whittier Union district welcomes back 9,500 students
WHITTIER — The Whittier Union High School District kicked off the 2025-26 school year with three days of back-to-school events that culminated in the first […]
Compton school board re-elects Micah Ali president, announces new leadership
COMPTON — As students return to schools in the Compton Unified School District, the school board has elected new officers for the 2025-26 academic school […]
Los Angeles Council moves to require LAPD oversight of ICE agents after surge in immigration raids
LOS ANGELES — In response to aggressive and widespread federal immigration raids, the City Council Aug. 19 called for a policy that would require L.A. […]
Former inmate elected West Los Angeles College student president, advocates for second chances and support
CULVER CITY — Kyle Maddox knows all too well the value of a second chance. Maddox, 36, went from living in a tiny 6 by 12 […]
Family files wrongful death suit against Spartan College after fatal campus shooting
INGLEWOOD — The family of an administrator at an aeronautics and aviation training school who was fatally shot by a campus security guard has announced […]
Crackdown on sex trafficking along South Los Angeles’ Figueroa Corridor leads to multiple arrests
LOS ANGELES — When law enforcement officials last week announced the arrest of six members of a South Los Angeles street gang on sex trafficking […]