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A Tenuous Future For USC Students Of Color
Comments (2) | african-american, black students, college party, diversity, Fight On, lapd, minorities, Opinion, opinion, parties, people of color, racial profiling, riot gear, safety, shooting, South Central, The Row, Trojan, university of southern california, USC, usc dps, USC Shooting Halloween
amen oyiboke, neon tommy
Voters Question District 9 Candidate On Community Awareness
Comments (0) | 2013 los angeles city elections, California, District 9, Los Angeles, Los Angeles and Region, Politics, Sen. Curren Price Jr. Election, South Central
Price faces opposition due to weak community ties.
Read more...Ninth District: Cubas, Hara See Biotech In South L.A.'s Future
Comments (0) | 9th district, amgen, ana cubas, biogen, biotech, cd 9, city district 9, gilead, Jan Perry, l.a. election, la election, Los Angeles, ninth district, South Central, South Los Angeles, Terry Hara, UCLA, usc keck
USC's Health Sciences Campus would be ideal for a nearby biotech plant, if not for Central Juvenile Hall at its gates. (Creative
But are biotech jobs even a possibility for South Central?
Read more...South L.A. High School Gives Dropouts Another Chance
Comments (1) | conflict resolution, continuation schools, dropout rate, Free L.A. High, gang issues, graduation rate, LAUSD, Los Angeles, positive behavior, push-out, social justice, South Central, South Los Angeles, Youth Justice Coalition
One high school gives dropouts and delinquents another chance at a diploma.
Read more...PHOTOS: Endeavour Nears Science Center
Comments (0) | california science center, Endeavour, Los Angeles, Los Angeles and Region, South Central, space shuttle
Space shuttle Endeavor is in town. (Photo by Shako Liu)
Thousands line up on Crenshaw and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd to watch the space shuttle arrive.
Read more...L.A. Riots: LAPD Commander, 'That Day, It Felt Like Everybody Hated Us'
Comments (0) | 1992, 20 Years, florence and normandie, Investigative Reports, Investigative Reports, L.A. Riots, L.A. riots anniversary, LA riots, lapd, patrick gannon, riots, Rodney King, south bureau, South Central, special series, Unrest
Commander Andrew Smith looking through photographs from the LA riots (photo by Agnus Dei Farrant).
Twenty years later, Smith said the department is more diverse and less aggressive.
Read more...L.A. Riots: Tim Goldman Revisits His Footage Of The Destruction
Comments (1) | 1992, 20 Years, camera, Fidel Lopez, florence and normandie, Florida, George Zimmerman, Gregory Sandoval, Investigative Reports, L.A. Riots, L.A. riots anniversary, lapd, Oprah Winfrey, Reginald Denny, riots, Rodney King, Sanford, South Central, special series, Super Eight, Tim Goldman, Trayvon Martin, Unrest
Over the course of his life, Goldman has seen history repeat itself. (Neon Tommy)
The amateur videographer hasn't talked to press in 19 years.
Read more...L.A. Riots: Deputy Chief Aims To Not Repeat LAPD's Mistakes
Comments (0) | 1992, 20 Years, 77th street station, abdul arian, florence and normandie, Investigative Reports, L.A. Riots, L.A. riots anniversary, LA riots, lapd, patrick gannon, riots, Rodney King, south bureau, South Central, special series, Unrest
South Bureau Deputy Chief Patrick Gannon (Photo by Agnus Dei Farrant).
Gannon talks about efforts—his own and the LAPD's—to prevent another riot.
Read more...Community Album Celebrates Central Avenue's Legacy
Comments (0) | California, historic central avenue: a community album, Los Angeles, photos, South Central
Residents are interested in preserving Central Avenue's unique history. (Historic Central Avenue: A Community Album)
Organizers looking to "daylight" unique and rare photos.
Read more...LA South Bureau Continues to Fight Violence, Homicides Down City-Wide
Comments (0) | Andre Birotte, Andre Birotte Jr, compton high school, deputy chief gannon, deputy chief patrick gannon, gang talk, la pd, la police, LA riots, lapd, law enforcement, lionel whiteside, Los Angeles, los angeles police, patrick gannon, PCNM, project cry no more, sister lita herron, south bureau, South Central, South LA, South Los Angeles, US Attorney Birotte, vicky d. lindsey, vicky lindsey
LAPD's South Bureau divisions (map by OpenStreetMap).
Each year, South LA accounts for nearly 40 percent of murders in the city.
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