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South Los Angeles
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Friday, August 29, 2008
Police on the hunt for serial killer
California | Local |
August 29, 2008
An elusive serial killer, linked to 10 slayings in South Los Angeles and Inglewood over nearly two decades, resurfaced early last year to kill again, Los Angeles police officials said. Read more
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Explosive substance prompts evacuation of South Los Angeles neighborhood
California | Local |
August 23, 2008
Police evacuated a two-square-block area of South Los Angeles for four hours Friday after two 55-gallon drums of an explosive substance were found near a home. Read more
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
LAPD joins fight against trash dumping in South Los Angeles
California | Local |
August 5, 2008
A Los Angeles Police Department deputy chief vowed Monday to crack down on those who illegally dump refuse on public streets and alleys in South Los Angeles. Read more
Monday, July 7, 2008
Community struggles in anonymity
California | Local |
July 7, 2008
Vivian Bowers works in a neighborhood that has gone undercover. Read more
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Big Mike has the gangs in his sights
California | Local |
June 28, 2008
Big Mike hitches up in front of Jordan High School in Watts like a bull snuffling for trouble. Read more
Saturday, June 21, 2008
California | Local |
June 21, 2008
In Starkeisha Brown’s small circle of South Los Angeles, it was no secret that her 5-year-old son was the victim of abuse. Read more
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Changing demographics come home to roost in South L.A.
California | Local |
May 25, 2008
When her neighbor’s roosters and chickens persisted in running through her yard, G. Stone took matters into her own hands. Read more
Saturday, May 3, 2008
New job for an old gang
California | Local |
May 3, 2008
Their name, the Businessmen, was derived from the slang term “taking care of business.” Read more
Saturday, April 26, 2008
In poorest schools, fear, despair rule
California | Local |
April 26, 2008
A survey of 6,008 South Los Angeles high school students shows that many are frightened by violence in school, deeply dissatisfied with their choices of college preparatory classes, and – perhaps most striking – exhibit symptoms of clinical depression. Read more
Thursday, April 24, 2008
L.A. City Council plants seeds of urban wetlands
California | Local |
April 24, 2008
The City Council this week unanimously approved construction of an unusual urban wetland park on an old Metropolitan Transportation Authority maintenance yard in South Los Angeles. Read more
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Carroll is a life force at street level
Sports |
April 20, 2008
It could have been a USC football game, the narrow sidelines at the Coliseum. Read more
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Drew to get nursing, research facility
California | Local |
April 19, 2008
At Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, the announcement Friday that construction would soon begin on a $43-million research and nursing school building did more than lift spirits around the campus. Read more
Monday, April 7, 2008
Hospital plan draws criticism
California | Local |
April 7, 2008
Some health experts and community leaders have criticized news that a small private hospital is the prime – and perhaps only – candidate for the contract to reopen Martin Luther King-Harbor Hospital, signaling possible continuing hurdles to reestablishing a hospital for the county’s most underserved communities. Read more
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Small hospital thinks big
California | Local |
March 29, 2008
A small private hospital in Long Beach has emerged as the leading candidate to take on one of the biggest healthcare challenges in Southern California: reopening Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital, some key Los Angeles County officials said. Read more
Friday, March 28, 2008
Living with staggering violence
California | Local |
March 28, 2008
The sun splashed onto the roof of a church, filling the faces of two golden statues of angels who opened their arms to the sky. Read more
Thursday, March 27, 2008
13 L.A. street gang members indicted in sale of PCP
California | Local |
March 27, 2008
Federal prosecutors Wednesday announced two grand jury indictments against 13 members of the Grape Street Crips, a street gang suspected of manufacturing and distributing large quantities of the drug PCP throughout Southern California. Read more
Friday, February 29, 2008
Attack fuels community fears
California | Local |
February 29, 2008
On the way home from school Thursday, 13-year-old Magda Gomez and his friends walked past the South Los Angeles intersection where five youths and three adults were shot the day before. Read more
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
California in Brief | LOS ANGELES COUNTY - 2 found dead in fire at residence
California | Local |
December 26, 2007
A man and a woman died Tuesday evening in a house fire in an
unincorporated area of south Los Angeles County, authorities said. Read more
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Senator taps unions, firms to aid charity
California | Local |
December 22, 2007
As he vies for a seat on the Los Angeles County Board of
Supervisors, state Sen. Read more
Monday, December 10, 2007
Life has its own story line
California | Local |
December 10, 2007
In an old classroom trailer on the grounds of Camp David Gonzalez
detention center, Alex Munoz teaches a handful of youthful offenders
the art of making films. Read more
