Stories matching tag 'Los ángeles'

Twenty years after the Rodney King Riots: Building a healthy Watts
Contributor | 5-4-2012 | Comments

What does it take to make a farmers' market viable in a low-income community? The answer is complicated in a neighborhood like Watts, where some people still remember when 103rd Street was nicknamed “Charcoal Alley.” [...]

Hyepin Im reflects on the Korean American community 20 years after the LA riots
Emily Frost | 4-19-2012 | Comments

Hyepin Im says a lot has changed for the Korean community in LA, but there's still redevelopment work to be done. [...]

Controller Greuel’s Coliseum audit reveals fraud and mismanagement
Nick Edmonds | 4-13-2012 | Comments

In the midst of arrests and indictments of officials of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Comission, City Controller Wendy Greuel released her audit of the commission Thursday morning. The audit revealed misused funds and serious mismanagement within the commission. [...]

Music legend and South L.A. native Etta James dies at 73
Laura Santana | 1-20-2012 | Comments

Legendary singer Etta James died today from complications from leukemia. She was 73. [...]