LAPD officials are asking for witnesses who may have been driving down Crenshaw Blvd. between 8 p.m. and midnight on Nov. 29 ... read more »

Community meeting scheduled for Friday ... read more »

When Cherie Townsend dropped her 12-year-old daughter off for a playdate in Lomita and headed to a nearby mall in one of the wealthiest cities in Los Angeles County — it never occurred to her that she didn’t belong there. She just wanted to waste time while waiting to pick up her daughter and maybe get a little shopping in.  ... read more »

Deshay Murphy’s release was a coordinated effort of the National Black Mama’s Bail Out Day campaign #FreeBlackMamas that will give incarcerated mothers around the country an opportunity to spend Mother’s Day with their families and build community through gatherings that highlight the impact of inhumane and destructive bail practices on local communities. ... read more »

“It was the perfect place for me,” laments Steven Jeter.  “That was my perfect opportunity to own something in Los Angeles.”  A one time property owner, ... read more »

Former comedian Vincent Cook found living in squalor conditions after stroke   ... read more »

It’s no secret that Los Angeles has a homelessness crisis--but what is less talked about are the homeless that we can’t see. ... read more »

January is National Mentoring month and there’s a big push to get more among African American adults involved in mentoring young people. ... read more »

Ronald Todd Eskew, better known as Najee Ali is out as the National Action Network (NAN) Los Angeles Chapter’s political director after his current wife came forward about being physically abused by him.  In the wake of the allegations, NAN both locally in Los Angeles and nationally under the leadership and direction of Rev. Al Sharpton have cut all ties from Ali.  ... read more »

Longtime political activist Darren Parker announces that he’s battling stage 3 esophageal cancer  ... read more »

It is expected at a future hearing that the DA’s office will move to have the two juveniles tried as adults thus paving the way for bail to be set depending on the judge’s discretion. ... read more »

If it’s truly time to focus on the systems that allow sexual violence to flourish then we have to be willing to talk about all of it and that includes our continued support and glorification of rape culture and sexual violence in rap music. ... read more »

Civil rights attorney and legal consultant  Nana Gyamfi accused the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department of “dragging their feet” in their investigation into the death of Gemmel Moore, a 26-year-old Black gay man who was found dead on July 27 in the apartment of prominent Democratic Donor Ed Buck.  ... read more »

KFI needs to do the right thing about Handel’s egregious choice of words and their ongoing problem with how their hosts refer to Black women. ... read more »

Family of Gemmel Moore and activists launch Color of Change petition  ... read more »