Watts: 60 years after riots, challenges persist, but this South LA community marches on

Los Angeles Daily News 8/8 9:21A Linh Tat

Sixty years ago, a young Black man from South Los Angeles was pulled over by a white California Highway Patrol officer after another motorist reported the man driving recklessly. What started as a...

Santa Monica to Enter Mediation Over Ebony Beach Club Land Seizure

Santa Monica Mirror 8/5 7:46P Staff Writer

The decision follows a year-long investigation into White’s efforts to open the Ebony Beach Club—a nonprofit intended to provide a beachside gathering place for Black residents at a time when racial segregation limited their access to public...

‘On the Side of Angels:’ New LA exhibit highlights Latina and lesbian activism

Los Angeles Daily News 8/2 4:25A Victoria Ivie

A new exhibition in Monterey Park centers the stories of Latina lesbian leaders in Los Angeles history. The free exhibit, “ On the Side of Angels: Latina Lesbian Activism, ” opened late June at the...

Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, July 31-Aug. 7

Los Angeles Daily News 7/31 3:00A Holly Andres

Los Angeles Police Department Deputy Chief Ruby Flores gives badge stickers to Natalie Villatoro, sister Nancy and brother Julian during the Los Angeles Police Department Mission Community Police...

Council to Weigh Next Steps in Justice Case on Land Seized from Black Entrepreneur

Santa Monica Mirror 7/27 7:49P Staff Writer

The Ebony Beach Club case has become a focal point of Santa Monica’s growing reparative justice efforts The Santa Monica City Council on Tuesday will consider how to move forward with claims from the family of the late Silas White, a Black...

Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, July 24-31

Los Angeles Daily News 7/24 3:00A Holly Andres

You never know what you will find at the Topanga Vintage Market. Vintage globes on display at the Topanga Vintage Market on the first weekend of summer at the vintage market located at Pierce College,...

It’s time to nominate the Valley’s top volunteers for the 2025 Fernando Award

Los Angeles Daily News 7/19 4:00A Holly Andres

The Fernando Award Foundation is accepting nominations for its Fernando Award that goes to an individual who has a lifetime of civic leadership, philanthropy and volunteer work that has changed the...

Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, July 17-24

Los Angeles Daily News 7/17 3:00A Holly Andres

With their mother Natalie Gamez, Olivia, 6, Mateo, 5, and Xochitl, 2, of El Monte, watch Blue Morpho and 24 other species of butterflies and moths zoom around in the Natural History Museum’s Butterfly...

LA festival unites LGBTQ+ Latinx community

Los Angeles Daily News 7/14 6:45A Alexandra Crosnoe

A pride-filled event on Sunday in downtown L.A. brought together Latinx and LGBTQ+ community members to celebrate joy, resilience, and creativity, organizers said. “Jotería!,” an annual cultural...

Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, July 10-17

Los Angeles Daily News 7/10 3:00A Holly Andres

Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum presents A Midsummer Night s Dream by William Shakespeare, with Aubrey Saverino as Titania and Max Lawrence as Oberon, 3:30 p.m. July 12, and other dates through Sept....

Anti-Drunk Driving Resolution Introduced as City Council Honors Late Palisades Teen Killed in Crash

Santa Monica Mirror 7/7 11:09P Staff Writer

Levi, who was set to attend the University of Virginia this fall, was killed by a drunk driver on May 4, just weeks before his graduation The Los Angeles City Council paid tribute Monday to Braun Levi, an 18-year-old Palisades resident and Loyola...

Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, July 3-11

Los Angeles Daily News 7/3 3:00A Holly Andres

People enjoyed the dazzling fireworks display during Los Angeles City Councilmember Bob Blumenfield s July 4th Extravaganza on Thursday, July 4, 2024, in Woodland Hills CA. (Photo by Gene Blevins,...

What’s closed for the July 4th holiday on Friday, July 4

Los Angeles Daily News 6/29 12:09P Holly Andres

Mason Silva, 9 from Phoenix, Arizona waves an American flag as he watches the Independence Day Parade in downtown Ontario on Thursday, July 4, 2024. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily...

Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, June 26-July 4

Los Angeles Daily News 6/26 3:00A Holly Andres

Los Angeles City Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez s annual Independence Day Drone Show takes place on Sunday, June 29, 2025, at Hansen Dam Aquatic Center in Lake View Terrace, CA. In the file photo: One...

Pacoima walk, Manhattan Beach ceremony and more. See Juneteenth events in Southern California

NBCLosAngeles.com (Local) 6/19 1:43A Steven Herbert and Jonathan Lloy

A walk in Pacoima, a celebration in Altadena and a concert in Manhattan Beach are some of the events planned for Juneteenth in Southern California. There will also be events in Palmdale, Santa Monica and other communities in Los Angeles and...