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Boys & Girls Watts/Willowbrook Clubhouse members enjoying the sun. Photo by Dennis J. Freeman/News4usonline
Los Angeles Chargers defensive tackle Justin Jones having some fun with students at the Boys & Girls Watts/Willowbrook Clubhouse on April 24, 2019. Photo by Dennis J. Freeman/News4usonline
Singer Windy Barnes Farrell has been a coveted performer during successful music career. Photo by Dennis J. Freeman/News4usonline
Alvin Ailey Arts in Education & Community Programs instructor Theara Ward goes through a routine for students at Davis Middle School in Compton in March. Photo by Dennis J. Freeman
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw makes his 2019 regular season debut against the Cincinnati Reds at Dodger Stadium on April 15, 2019. The Dodgers defeated the Reds, 4-3. Photo by Dennis J. Freeman/News4usonline
The Los Angeles Chargers took part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Boys & Girls Club Watts/Willowbrook Clubhouse to open a new athletic field and teen center that will benefit the Boys & Girls Cllub Metro Los Angeles. Pictured are left to right: Chargers defensive tackle Justin Jones, Boys & Girls Club Metro Los Angeles CEO Calvin Lyons, Chargers owner and Chairman of the Board Dean Spanos, and wide receiver Travis Benjamin. Photo by Dennis J. Freeman/News4usonline
USC sprinter Twanisha Terry flashes across the tape in the 100 meters in a time of 10.9 seconds during a Pac-12 Conference track and field meet against UCLA. Photo by Dennis J. Freeman/News4usonline
Stephen Curry dribbling the ball during NBA playoff action between the Los Angeles Clippers and Golden State Warriors on Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019. Photo by Mark Hammond/News4usonline
Men make up 67 percent of the homeless population in Los Angeles County, according to a report released by the Los Angeles Housing Services Authority. Photo by Dennis J. Freeman/News4usonline

NBA

Warriors close out Clippers behind Kevin Durant’s 50

April 27 0

LOS ANGELES, CA-In a pregame press conference before his Golden State Warriors team hit the floor in Game 6 of their first-round playoff series against the No. 8 seed Los Angeles Clippers, Steve Kerr said [...]
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Warriors bring their Kevin Durant juice in Game 3 against Clippers

April 19 0

LOS ANGELES, CA-The Golden State Warriors kept their feet on the gas pedal against the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 3 of their Western Conference first-round hookup at Staples Center. The end result turned out [...]
NBA

Knicks look to overcome the past and present for the future

March 4 0

LOS ANGELES, CA-The New York Knicks don’t have Carmelo Anthony to bail them out anymore. As a matter of fact, the Knicks don’t have much of anything these days, thanks to some questionable decisions by [...]

Rams

Super Bowl means super promo opportunities for Rams

April 18 0

The Los Angeles Rams released their 2019 regular season schedule today. For the second consecutive season, the Rams are slated to appear in a team-high five primetime games beginning with a Sunday Night Football matchup with the [...]
NFL

Rams Super Bowl invite becomes a Super no-show

February 4 0

Can we now pump the brakes a little bit on this whole Boy Genius tagline for Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay? McVay and his offense just got their rear ends handed to them [...]
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Rams and Sean McVay preparing for their Super challenge

January 22 0

It only took Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay two years to get his team into the Super Bowl. The Rams, after defeating the New Orleans Saints in a stunning road win, will now [...]

Black, homelessness, and living in Los Angeles County

by Dennis J. Freeman in Featured 0

LOS ANGELES, CA-Black people face three key issues that the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) found to be excoriating their paths to homelessness. Those issues, structural racism, discrimination, and bias have served as an [...]

Jerald Vincent talks ‘Aladdin’ and theatre’s diversity growth

March 6 0

Multiculturalism is something we have seen grace across heralded Broadway productions in recent years. It used to be that people of color would be considered to be an abbreviation to the distinguished theatrical world if […]

Director Gregg T. Daniel explores Dr. King in ‘The Mountaintop’

February 20 0

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. brought hope with him when he became the face and the public mouthpiece of the freedom movement across the country better known as the American Civil Rights Movement. King inspired […]

Bernadette Peters is still giving audiences fever

February 5 0

COSTA MESA, CA-Bernadette Peters can still dazzle an audience. Performing at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in late January, Peters wowed the crowd at the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall with an array […]

‘Avengers: Endgame’ is a remarkable finish to a great run

April 25 0

Thank you, Stan Lee. Take a victory lap, Jack Kirby. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is in good hands. Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame is everything we wanted in the climatic finish to a decade-plus relationship that we’ve […]

‘Dumbo’ reminds us that family and courage matter

March 31 0

Disney’s Dumbo is fun. This is a film not just for the kiddies. Dumbo brings out the inner child in all of us. The 2019 version of Dumbo is a remake of the 1941 version […]

Aretha Franklin reaches a higher calling in ‘Amazing Grace’

February 11 0

HOLLYWOOD, CA-Sometimes simplicity is best. For the late great Aretha Franklin, all she had to do was walk up to a microphone, tilt her head back and sing. Aretha didn’t need too much help. And […]