Nikki High Operates First Black Female-owned Bookstore in Pasadena
April 13, 2023
Nikki High’s GoFundMe generated $22,000 to help launch Octavia’s Bookshelf, the first Black, female-owned bookstore in the city of Pasadena.
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L.A. Rams, LAPD and LAFD Help Injured Watts Rams player La’Veyah Mosley
September 1, 2022
The Los Angeles Rams partnered with the L.A. Police Department, Carl’s Jr and the L.A. Fire Department to host a fundraiser for a player from the Watts Rams who was involved in a fireworks accident.
Bishop Aims to Revive Woodlawn Memorial Park
November 11, 2021
“The fact that the site was litter-filled, I had no recourse. As the saying goes, if you want something done, do it yourself.”
Killing of Black Teenager, Quawan “Bobby” Charles, was ‘Emmett Till-like Lynching’
November 19, 2020
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Former US College Football Player Home from Prison in China
September 27, 2019
After three years in a Chinese prison for allegedly assaulting a man during a bar fight, Brown returned home Wednesday to the hugs and smiling faces of his loved ones. Outside of his family’s brick house on Detroit’s east side, he took a few moments to reflect on regaining his freedom.
L.A. Clippers Unveil Playground at Watts Elementary School
February 1, 2018
The L.A. Clippers Foundation, along with Clippers guard Patrick Beverley and the Yael and Scooter Braun Family Foundation unveiled a new playground at 107th Street Elementary School.