Best of Crenshaw and Around 2019: ... read more »

88th Street Temple Church Of God In Christ in partnership with Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas and community partners Coalition for Responsible Community Development (CRCD), ... read more »

Nation’s Premier Autism Awareness Organization Provides Toys, Family Resources & Photos with Santa to LA County’s Most Vulnerable ... read more »

Southern University and A & M College’s Marching Band (The Human Jukebox), will strut their stuff outside of First AME Church, 2270 S. Harvard Boulevard, LA, ... read more »

Marsha Ambrosius is letting people in on a brand new side of her as she jets sets in marriage and motherhood. ... read more »

This marks the 53rd annual celebration of the self-determined, culturally-grounded and family and community focused holiday, Kwanzaa. Celebrated by millions of people throughout the world African community, Kwanzaa is a seven-day (December 26-January 1) pan-African and African American holiday created in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga, professor and chair of the Department of Africana Studies, Cal State University, Long Beach and executive director of the African American Cultural Center (Us). ... read more »

“They contacted me and said, ‘We have selected you to receive our Chairs Award because of your good work,’” Dr. Edna Sims said about the “Chairs Award” she recently received from The Caucus for Producers, ... read more »

Hundreds of hungry South L.A. eaters crammed into Nashville's legendary Hotville Chicken, at their grand opening of their new West Coast location in the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Mall, on Tuesday, December 17. ... read more / view gallery »

Seeing a Black Santa at the local mall has become tradition. ... read more »

This event includes dinner, a candle lighting ceremony; a champagne toast to ring in the organization's 40th anniversary in 2020 ... read more »

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in South Los Angeles. The tree is lit on Century and  Broadway, Spotify released their zillionth holiday playlist and Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza has become a Winter Wonderland filled with holiday decorations and a melanated Santa Clause. December can quickly become a month-long sprint from store to holiday gathering and everywhere in between. Sometimes we can allow holiday stress to to define the holiday season. We try to budget for more gifts or try to squeeze in more holiday house visits than Mr. Claus himself, but our holiday memories are rarely about the stuff. The toys and gadgets, even those most desired, will gather dust before long. How many of these holiday gifts do we remember years later? Our strongest memories are connected to the people we love and as adults, children remember their family or community traditions more than any gift. Winter Wonderland is a remarkable opportunity to celebrate the simple things that make the holidays in South LA so beautiful and start or continue a family tradition and create life-long memories. ... read more »

Edison, the owner of Max Out, a demolition, site work, grading, asphalt and concrete paving and masonry company, had been successful in obtaining medium-sized contracts and being a subcontractor.  With Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro), Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) having an excess of $200 billion in construction projects in the works, Edison’s goal was to elevate his business to the next level by subcontracting with a prime contractor on a major infrastructure project. ... read more »

This year, the bank wanted to directly make a change in someone’s life. ... read more »

Horace Bowers, Sr. has made a tremendous impression on the historic Central Avenue corridor in South L.A. He and his wife, Alice, purchased a small dry cleaning plant in 1960 and today, they own the whole block. ... read more »

In January 2019, the Los Angeles-Lusaka Sister City Committee collaborated with the LAFD, L.A. County FD and the City and County Stentorians to donate four fire apparatus  - two engines, a brush patrol vehicle and a brush crew carrier - to the African city of Lusaka, Zambia. ... read more »