Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

Black men and white women: the last taboo?

THE HUTCHINSON REPORT By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Columnist The instant the news broke from Bend, Oregon that 22-year-old Barry…

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BILL VAUGHAN’S TASTY CLIPS: Ava DuVernay opens doors with NBC’s ‘Home Sweet Home’

By Bill Vaughan Entertainment Writer Emmy-winning and Academy Award-nominated executive producer Ava DuVernay has created a new unscripted family social…

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Ridley-Thomas indicted on federal corruption charges

Wave Staff and Wire Reports LOS ANGELES — City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas and an ex-dean of USC’s School of Social…

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‘How can our immigration system be improved?’

STREET BEAT Brandon Williams Inglewood “They treated the Haitian like slaves. That was just wrong. …  I don’t know how…

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This Week in Black History

October 9, 1975 All-star outfielder Frank Robinson – whose later years were spent with the Los Angeles Dodgers and California…

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‘Decoding Madness’ explores all kinds of criminal behavior

BOOK CORNER By Marissa Wells Contributing Writer “Decoding Madness: A Forensic Psychologist Explores the Criminal Mind,” by Richard Lettieri, is…

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Organization captures the art of preserving Fallen Fruit

MAKING A DIFFERENCE By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer Fallen Fruit is an L.A.-based art collaboration originally conceived by artists David Burns, Matias…

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City conducts cleanup events in memory of Tom LaBonge

Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — The city remembered the late City Councilman Tom LaBonge Oct. 9 with five “Tom…

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City officials mark Indigenous Peoples Day

Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — As part of Los Angeles’ work to reckon with mistakes and wrongdoings in the…

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CHEERS

Wave Staff Report Nine-year-old Christian Turner, a fourth grader at Baldwn Hills Elementary School, is one of 10 youth winners…

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