MAKING A DIFFERENCE By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer The week before the Al Wooten Jr. Youth Center was set to reopen on June 29, after […]
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Investing in who we are: a just, compassionate city
COMMUNITY REPORT By Mayor Eric Garcetti Contributing Columnist If I were asked to use just three words to describe who we are as Angelenos, I […]
Supervisors get first look at $36.2 billion budget
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — The county Board of Supervisors took the first of multiple votes April 20 to adopt a $36.2 billion recommended […]
Assembly candidate will focus on economic recovery
NAJEE’S NOTES By Najee Ali Contributing Writer The race to replace state Sen. Sydney Kalmager-Dove, who’s election last month left a vacancy in the 54th […]
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, […]
Film production disruption hurts entire community
NAJEE’S NOTES By Najee Ali Contributing Writer There has been a lot of talk in the community concerning the physical altercation between employees working with […]
Kamlager wins state Senate seat
By Sue Favor Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — Assemblywoman Sydney Kamlager was overwhelmingly elected to the California State Senate March 2, defeating six other candidates […]
‘Should senior citizens get priority for the COVID-19 vaccine?
STREET BEAT Ann Thomas Los Angeles “I’m 65 years old and I’m a frontline worker. So I’m next either way. I don’t want to be […]
Foundation offers tutoring opportunities to inner-city youth
By Shirley Hawkins Contributing Writer SOUTH LOS ANGELES — Housed in a nondescript building on Adams Boulevard, you could almost miss passing the Ed Center, […]
LA County reports nearly 13,000 COVID-19 cases in one day
Yesterday, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that a new and highly contagious variant of the coronavirus — first identified in the United Kingdom — has been […]