L.A. DIGEST
Staff and Wire Reports
LEIMERT PARK — The NAACP-Los Angeles will honor an all-Black female battalion from World War II during a special ceremony...
Wave Wire Services
LOS ANGELES — Patronizing indoor restaurants, bars, gyms, shopping centers, entertainment venues and personal care establishments in the city of Los Angeles...
Wave Wire Services
LOS ANGELES — The number of COVID-19-positive patients in county hospitals tumbled again, according to the latest data Oct. 4, but health...
New Crenshaw dispensary is first in L.A. owned by a Black woman
By Darlene Donloe
Contributing Writer
LEIMERT PARK — Kika Keith has long wanted to open...
By Arnold Adler
Contributing Writer
PARAMOUNT — Amid concern over an oil spill that caused the closure of several Orange County beaches, the City Council here...
By Slauson Girl
Contributing Writer
WATTS — The Sisters of Watts celebrated the brithday of co-founder Robin Daniels earlier this month by serving a free breakfast...
By Sue Favor
Contributing Writer
CRENSHAW — The opening of the Crenshaw/LAX rail line is still about eight months away, but drivers already are being prepared...
Wave Wire Services
HOLLYWOOD — Talk show host Sheryl Underwood has been chosen the grand marshal of the 89th annual Hollywood Christmas Parade.
“The pandemic has...
STREET BEAT
O.G. Dumar
Charlotte, North Carolina
“No, I think it’s discrimination. A lot of people don’t get vaccinated because of religious reasons or they just don’t...
By Ozlem Equils
Guest Columnist
The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the critical role of vaccines in managing public health.
While Los Angeles County, and California more broadly,...
By John Grace
Contributing Columnist
Let me begin where I left off last month.
This observer is among those who hold theory that stocks keep melting up...
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
Contributing Columnist
The instant the news broke from Bend, Oregon that 22-year-old Barry Washington was shot dead by Ian Cranston...
MAKING A DIFFERENCE
By Darlene Donloe
Contributing Writer
For 35 years, the Archstone Foundation’s mission has been to improve the health and well being of older Californians...
SPORTS DIGEST
By Don Wanlass
Contributing Writer
Take away the 19 regular season games against the Giants and the Dodgers had a .678 winning percentage this year.
That...
October 9, 1975
All-star outfielder Frank Robinson – whose later years were spent with the Los Angeles Dodgers and California Angels – is named manager...
BOOK CORNER
By Marissa Wells
Contributing Writer
“A Peace of Me: A Black Man’s Journey to Love and Commitment,” by Randall Courtland Davis, is a new book...
By 2UrbanGirls
Contributing Writer
LOS ANGELES — The McDonald’s Inspiration Celebration Gospel Tour has entered its 15th year and is a key fundraiser for the Ronald...
By Bill Vaughan
Entertainment Writer
Emmy-winning and Academy Award-nominated executive producer Ava DuVernay has created a new unscripted family social experiment series with the hope of...
BOOK CORNER
By Marissa Wells
Contributing Writer
“Decoding Madness: A Forensic Psychologist Explores the Criminal Mind,” by Richard Lettieri, is a new true crime book that offers...
