Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

City attorney seeks support for bill targeting child traffickers

Wave Staff and Wire Reports SOUTH LOS ANGELES — As part of ongoing efforts to address human trafficking along South…

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Black caucus members clash over retail theft bill

By Antonio Ray Harvey  Contributing Writer SACRAMENTO — Assemblywoman Tina McKinnor, D-Inglewood, says she plans to meet with the authors…

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New state law boosts fast-food workers’ wages

Wave Wire Services  LOS ANGELES — Fast-food workers across the state are celebrating a boost to their minimum wage thanks…

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THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Renaming park would right a racial wrong

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Columnist  One doesn’t have to go far to find public spaces and places in Los…

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Drop in homeless deaths reported, but numbers may be off

Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — A day after reporting a year-over-year drop in the number of deaths of unhoused…

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Official seeks balance in addressing organized retail theft

By Emilie St. John Contributing Writer INGLEWOOD — Assemblywoman Tina McKinnor found herself at odds recently with some of her…

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Actress talks about preparing to meet ‘King Hedley’

By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer Veralyn Jones remembers seeing her first Broadway play. She was 14, and the show was…

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THE Q&A: Pulitzer Prize winner comes to Geffen with ‘Fat Ham’

By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer “To be, or not to be, that is the question.” That’s a popular line from…

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Legendary actor Louis Gossett Jr. remembered as ‘one of the best’

By Anita Bennett Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — A trailblazer who broke barriers in Hollywood, Louis Gossett Jr. is being…

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BILL VAUGHAN’S TASTY CLIPS: More celebrations for Ms. Lauryn Hill’s ‘Miseducation’

By Bill Vaughan Entertainment Writer At long last, Ms. Lauryn Hill’s delayed tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of the landmark…

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