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LAPD makes arrests in murders of USC students

Cell phone leads police to alleged killers of USC graduate students Ying Wu and Ming Qu. [...]

Activists complain foreclosed South LA homes promote blight

Activists lead a tour of bank-owned foreclosed homes in South LA, calling on city leaders to enforce LA’s blight ordinance that would force banks to pay to maintain the abandoned houses. [...]

Fair strives to build “Endless minds for endless futures”

Community contributor Betrice Coleman-Sweet writes about the success of the recent Academy of Finance fair at Manual Arts High School. [...]

More African-Americans leaving religious faiths

Black Americans are increasingly turning away from religion. Some are turning to the Black Skeptics of Los Angeles. [...]

Californians are Still Hungry

Almost two million people in Los Angeles County don't have enough to eat. Hunger Action Day is May 17. Find out what some activists are doing to help combat hunger. [...]

Conviction in the murder of Jamiel Shaw

A jury on Wednesday convicted an undocumented gang member with the murder of a South LA teenager. [...]

The forgotten victims of the riots

Riot anniversary coverage ignores the story of Fidel López and other Latino victims of the violence. [...]

Remembering the 1992 L.A. Riots

There were 54 riot-related deaths and nearly $1 billion in property damage. Firefighters and a police officer remember the L.A. riots. [...]

Twenty years after the Rodney King Riots: Building a healthy Watts

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.” [...]

Remembering the riots: 4 Blocks, 15 and Pregnant

Betrice Coleman-Sweet shares her memories of the riots as a pregnant teen and how 20 years later, the media still fails in reporting about her community. [...]

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