The Compton United Soccer Club was created by Mike Herman to fill the absence of sanctioned, quality youth soccer programs in the inner city.
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The annual Kwanzaa parade through Leimert Park honors African American cultural traditions.
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As many as 200,000 Los Angeles County Latinos – many of them immigrants – are illiterate, according to the Census Bureau. But Centro Latino for Literacy, a local nonprofit, has a simple solution: Teach them.
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A plastic garbage patch lies between Los Angeles and Hawaii, and the floating ocean dump provides lessons for a new generation of South Los Angeles youth interested in science and the environment.
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The Healthy Eating program is hoping to change the eating habits of South Los Angelenos by changing the food on their supermarkets' shelves.
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Even after all the gang brutality he had experienced, Tookie's bravest accomplishment was to go beyond admitting his part in inflicting pain on his fellow brothers and sisters and start an initiative to save young children from street life.
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Immigrant rights advocates gathered at a plaza at the historic Olvera Street area in downtown Los Angeles to celebrate the first annual International Migrant’s Day.
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The Compton Initiative is a long term commitment to bring restoration and hope to the community of Compton.
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Budget cuts decreased the size of faculties and student populations at Cal State schools. Now, the university system looks toward the future.
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Yoga comes to the Crenshaw neighborhood. Downward-facing dog, anyone?
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