LEIMERT PARK
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South Los Angeles
Leimert Park art gallery launches fund drive to stay open
By Jordan Eversley Contributing Writer LEIMERT PARK — A local art gallery has started a fund-raising drive in an attempt…
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Entertainment
Sunday jazz concert series begins at ORA in Leimert Park
By Darlene DonloeContributing WriterLEIMERT PARK — For past years, Leimert Park has played an important role in the city’s music…
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Lead Stories
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…
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Business
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…
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Lead Stories
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…
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Lead Stories
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…
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Community
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…
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Lead Stories
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…
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Business
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…
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Community
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…
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