By Sue Favor Contributing Writer SOUTH LOS ANGELES — A federal grant awarded to the city of Los Angeles last month will bring a variety […]
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Voter suppression scheme roars on
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Columnist A week after the 2020 presidential election, USA Today took Donald Trump and the Republican Party’s claims […]
BILL VAUGHAN’S TASTY CLIPS: Viola Davis provides voice to ‘Peter & the Wolf’
By Bill Vaughan Entertainment Writer Viola Davis lends her powerful voice to narrate Sergei Prokofiev’s “Peter And The Wolf” for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, July […]
Cosby strikes back
Comedian blasts critics in first interview with Black Press By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer Freshly released from prison after having his conviction overturned by […]
Bonin program brings 70 homeless indoors in two weeks
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — The City Council has allocated $5 million to pay for interim housing for about 200 people who live in […]
County reports increase in coronavirus infection rate
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — The county reported 436 new cases of COVID-19 and two additional deaths July 5, though health officials said the […]
Talk show host may run in governor recall election
Wave Staff and Wire Reports LOS ANGELES — Conservative radio talk show host Larry Elder is considering running for governor in the Sept. 14 recall […]
This Week in Black History
July 6, 2002 Former Compton resident Serena Williams wins her first Wimbledon tennis tournament, defeating her sister Venus, winning her first Grand Slam singles title […]
Legal thriller offers look at snitch culture in Oakland streets
BOOK CORNER By Marissa Wells Contributing Writer Joe Turner, a criminal defense attorney in Oakland, has a new case that seems impossible to unravel. At […]
Al Wooten Jr. Youth Center back in business
MAKING A DIFFERENCE By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer The week before the Al Wooten Jr. Youth Center was set to reopen on June 29, after […]