South Park, one of the oldest parks in Historic South Central, has brought multi-generational Angelenos together for centuries.
Last month, L.A. Care Health Plan, announced its seventh cohort of Elevating the Safety Net medical school scholarship awardees at a special “white coat” ceremony.
Last year’s performance of “Black Butterfly,” which followed five teen girls and their urban stories growing up in East L.A. (Photo by Maggie …
A Place Called Home is a South Central youth development center in South LA. The center organized a four-day theater festival, “El Centro Del Sur: Tu Hogar,” which runs Sept. 14-17 in honor of Latinx Heritage Month.
Friends, family and other community members pour into the auditorium at APCH to support their loved ones at last year’s performance. (Photo by…
Families check in at the theater’s entrance before last year’s show. (Photo by Ashley Romero / Las Fotos Project)
Performers stand together on the set of last year’s “Lolo,” a story of a young Latina who faces a career crossroads after her father’s death. …
Many of the houses on 27th Street remain without doors or windows. Photo by Brenda Verano.
June 30 marked the two-year anniversary of the South Los Angeles firework explosion. The explosion was the result of a catastrophically failed operation to detonate approximately 32,000 illegal fireworks, which were anonymously reported to be located in a resident’s backyard on East 27th Street. Two years later, residents of 27th Street, an area that is home to a large Latino population, continue to seek justice for what they call a “mistake and wrongdoing” by the LAPD.”
