Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

Superintendent Lockhart announces plans to retire

Wave Staff Report CULVER CITY — Culver City Unified School District Superintendent Leslie Lockhart announced that she will be retiring…

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‘Today, we can breathe’

Community members hope Chauvin verdict will bring changes in relations with police By Ray Richardson Contributing Writer LEIMERT PARK —…

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Former police officer convicted in George Floyd’s death

Staff and Wire Reports MINNEAPOLIS — A jury convicted former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on three separate counts…

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Waters defends ‘confrontational’ comments

By Ray Richardson Contributing Writer MINNEAPOLIS — U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters fired back at Republicans criticizing her “confrontational” comments about…

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‘What gun law changes would you like to see made?’

STREET BEAT David Lewis Los Angeles “I don’t really think guns are the problem. People are the problem. … You…

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This Week in Black History

April 15, 1947 Jackie Robinson starts at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers, becoming the first black to play in…

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High school author writes guide for middle schoolers

BOOK CORNER By Marissa Wells Contributing Writer “The Super Guide to Surviving Middle School” by Dakota Rayne Jacobs is an…

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Women’s empowerment conference planned

L.A. DIGEST Wave Staff Report LOS ANGELES  — Bam Crawford, pastor of Bible Enrichment Fellowship International Church, is hosting her…

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Students receive new laptops prior to return to school

By Ural Garrett Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — Students from the Los Angeles School of Global Studies at the Miguel…

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Urban Scholar Academy transforms youth through enrichment

MAKING A DIFFERENCE By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer When Alexis and Imhotep Coleman decided to co-found Urban Scholar Academy in Inglewood,…

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