MAKING A DIFFERENCE By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer When Sophie Alpert launched her nonprofit Piece By Piece in 2007, she saw it as a way […]
Tag: LOS ANGELES
County to hire investigators to study contracting policies
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — The county Board of Supervisors has voted to hire outside counsel to conduct a potentially wide-ranging investigation of the […]
Housing program targets domestic abuse victims
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — City officials have announced a one-year pilot program that will be the first permanent housing program in the city […]
City closes part of MacArthur Park for maintenance
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — The lakeside portion of MacArthur Park closed at 10:30 p.m. Oct. 15 for “much-needed deferred maintenance,” closing that area […]
Street vendors seek stronger protections from state, county
Wave Staff Report LOS ANGELES — More than 100 street vendors rallied outside of City Hall Oct. 12 during a press conference organized by the […]
Health official cites Powell’s death in COVID report
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — The county’s public health director pointed to the COVID-related death Oct. 18 of Colin Powell, the first Black chairman […]
LAPD officials blame ghost guns for crime increase
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — Amid an increase in homicides and gun violence in Los Angeles and nationwide, the Los Angeles Police Department reported […]
WWII Black female battalion to be honored in South L.A.
By Janice Hayes Kyser Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — Millions of letters and packages stacked up to the ceiling sat idle in rat-infested warehouses in […]
30 years later, Anita Hill says she’d ‘do it again’
By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — It was 30 years ago this month that Anita Hill sat in front of the U.S. Senate […]
County, city lawyers seek more time in Exide lawsuit
By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — The city and the county of Los Angeles each filed a petition for 28 more days to […]