Artists have flocked to Inglewood for decades, drawn by low rents at warehouse and commercial spaces, but changes are afoot that might put upward pressure on rents. Continue reading
![[LA Business Journal] Inglewood Long Framed as Artist Enclave](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/inglewood-ringo.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[LA Business Journal] Inglewood Long Framed as Artist Enclave")
Category Archives: South LA
![[LA Times] Urban legend about Times reporting during Watts Riots conceals a sadder tale](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/heatwave-richardson.png?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[LA Times] Urban legend about Times reporting during Watts Riots conceals a sadder tale")
[LA Times] Urban legend about Times reporting during Watts Riots conceals a sadder tale
In August 1965, as violence flared in Los Angeles’ African American neighborhoods, Robert Richardson became a part of urban legend. Continue reading
![[LA Times] Watts ‘hackathon’ takes a step toward narrowing the digital divide](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/wattshackathon.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[LA Times] Watts ‘hackathon’ takes a step toward narrowing the digital divide")
[LA Times] Watts ‘hackathon’ takes a step toward narrowing the digital divide
Teaching kids at a Watts housing project to code websites and apps could be a step toward easing the digital divide in South LA. Continue reading
![[Intersections] LA County vows support for immigrants](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/solis-slider.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections] LA County vows support for immigrants")
[Intersections] LA County vows support for immigrants
Los Angeles County officials voted Tuesday to put resources in place to help immigrants apply for deportation relief, despite a federal judge’s ruling last week to halt an expansion of the Obama administration’s deferred action programs. Continue reading
![[Intersections] USC student attempted to flee fatal attack](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/rosetsai-usckilling-creditdainasolomon-600.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections] USC student attempted to flee fatal attack")
[Intersections] USC student attempted to flee fatal attack
Xinran Ji sprinted into the middle of the street toward his apartment near the University of Southern California last summer as three attackers dashed after, striking him one by one with a baseball bat. Continue reading
![[Intersections] Zumba boom in South LA’s concrete desert](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/zumbajump-slider-blog.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections] Zumba boom in South LA’s concrete desert")
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[Intersections] Zumba boom in South LA’s concrete desert
A new crop of Zumba studios have taken root in South LA, helping people lose weight and transform their lives. Continue reading
![[Intersections | Annenberg Radio] Call for help, call to stop human trafficking](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/mrt-trafficking.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections | Annenberg Radio] Call for help, call to stop human trafficking")
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[Intersections | Annenberg Radio] Call for help, call to stop human trafficking
Los Angeles will soon see several dozen new billboards and posters across the city featuring digits outlined in bright teal – a hotline for human trafficking victims to get help. Continue reading
![[Reuters] In Herbalife’s nutrition clubs, Ackman’s attacks fail to resonate](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/santablogslider3.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Reuters] In Herbalife’s nutrition clubs, Ackman’s attacks fail to resonate")
[Reuters] In Herbalife’s nutrition clubs, Ackman’s attacks fail to resonate
Hedge fund manager William Ackman says Herbalife is a pyramid scheme that exploits the poor. Yet the company attracts fans grateful for a chance to run their own businesses. Continue reading
![[Intersections | LA Weekly] 40 years for four shots](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/spencer-horizontal.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections | LA Weekly] 40 years for four shots")
[Intersections | LA Weekly] 40 years for four shots
Brandon Spencer has recently begun serving a prison term for opening fire at a Halloween party two years ago at the University of Southern California. He is paying a 40-year price for four shots that killed no one. Continue reading
![[Intersections | LA Weekly] An unexplained death in South LA](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/coroner3.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections | LA Weekly] An unexplained death in South LA")
[Intersections | LA Weekly] An unexplained death in South LA
Stanley Thiesfield’s cause of death will likely remain “undetermined” to the coroner and investigators. So will hundreds of other deaths each year in Los Angeles, haunting both families and officials. Continue reading
