By Darlene DonloeContributing WriterLEIMERT PARK — For past years, Leimert Park has played an important role in the city’s music and cultural history.From the 1920s […]
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Annual parade celebrates life of civil rights icon
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — Martin Luther King Jr. Day was marked Jan. 15 by the 39th Kingdom Day Parade, service projects, a festival […]
More than coffee is brewing at Market Street’s Sip & Sonder
By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer INGLEWOOD — Seven years ago, Amanda-Jane Thomas and Shanita Nicholas, Ivy League-educated lawyers grinding in round-the-clock jobs, sat on a […]
Leimert Park placed under Medfly quarantine
Wave Wire Services LEIMERT PARK — State agriculture officials plan to release millions of sterile male Mediterranean fruit flies into an area surrounding Leimert Park […]
Festival marks 10th anniversary of Black Lives Matter
By Shirley Hawkins Contributing Writer LEIMERT PARK — It was billed as the People’s Justice Festival. Hundreds of people gathered in the Leimert Park Plaza […]
Parade kicks off seven-day Kwanzaa celebration
Wave Wire Services SOUTH LOS ANGELES — The 46th edition of what organizers say is the world’s oldest Kwanzaa parade was held Dec. 26 to […]
SALUTE TO A QUEEN: Leimert Park honors late jazz singer Barbara Morrison
Wave Staff and Wire Reports LEIMERT PARK — Even though she was born in Ypsilanti, Michigan, Leimert Park became home to the late jazz singer […]
Eso Won’s closure seen as crushing blow to Black culture
By Janice Hayes Kyser Contributing Writer LEIMERT PARK — Residents, avid readers, authors and even competitors say the closing of Eso Won Books will mark […]
Juneteenth festival puts focus on L.A.’s Black culture
By Mia Wiggins Contributing Writer LEIMERT PARK — The Juneteenth festival in Leimert Park June 19 put the spotlight on Los Angeles’s Black culture. The […]
FREEDOM FESTIVAL: After two years of COVID, Juneteenth celebrations resume
By Shirley Hawkins Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — After two years of limited celebrations because of the COVID-19 pandemic, South Los Angeles and the rest […]