SPORTS DIGEST By Don Wanlass Contributing Writer All of you who had UCLA making it to the NCAA Final Four deserve no congratulations whatsoever, because […]
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BILL VAUGHAN’S TASTY CLIPS: Danielle Brooks portrays Mahalia Jackson on Lifetime
By Bill Vaughan Entertainment Writer The life and spirit of legendary gospel queen and civil rights trailblazer Mahalia Jackson is beautifully captured by Tony Award […]
Former Compton top cop weighs in on upcoming election
By 2UrbanGirls Contributing Writer COMPTON — Residents have begun casting ballots in the city’s all vote-by-mail municipal election, which will conclude April 20. Safety concerns […]
He found his passion driving a mobile barbershop
By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer CRENSHAW — After 12 years of working in the restaurant industry as a dishwasher, prep person, line cook, shift manager, […]
A college promise available to everyone
COMMUNITY REPORT By Mayor Eric Garcetti Contributing Columnist For Daisy Alvarado, it was a dream opportunity: a paid internship at BMG, one of the world’s […]
GOP’s real target is the Voting Rights Act
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Columnist All eyes have been on Georgia’s blatant effort to shove the state permanently back into the […]
‘It’s very tense here’
Floyd murder trial sparking comparison in some circles to Rodney King case By Ray Richardson Contributing Writer MINNEAPOLIS — The George Floyd murder trial, which […]
Broken water main causes sinkhole in South L.A.
By Sue Favor Contributing Writer SOUTH LOS ANGELES — Properties were spared flooding damage in a local neighborhood March 24 after a water main burst, […]
County moves to next tier in COVID-19 blueprint
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County has officially qualified for an advance to the less-restrictive orange tier of the state’s COVID-19 business-reopening […]
LAUSD to reopen 61 elementary schools April 12
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Unified School District is moving ahead with plans to reopen 61 elementary schools and 11 early […]