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STREET BEAT: ‘What made the summer of 2026 memorable?’

Faye Clerk Mosley
Los Angeles
“My husband and I spending our back-to-back birthdays … down south with family, friends and loved ones. It was fabulous.”
Kirk Lockhart
Inglewood
“My 25-year-old son made his first trip to L.A. this summer. I hadn’t seen him in three years. It was the highlight of my year.”
Maria Lockhart
Inglewood
“I was honored by 22 Women in Red for being an HBCU legacy award recipient for all the work that I have done giving back to my alma mater, Spellman College.”
Kathy Jukes
Stone Mountain, GA.
“My ladies weekend. For the first time ever, my cousins and friends and I went to New Orleans to hang out.”
Compiled by Cynthia Gibson in Los Angeles.




