Brennon Dixson

LOS ANGELES — As a third-grader at Grape Street Elementary School in Watts, Marveon Mabon introduced himself thus: I'm going to be president of the United States.

LOS ANGELES — As a third-grader at Grape Street Elementary School in Watts, Marveon Mabon introduced himself thus: I'm going to be president of the United States.

During World War I, Black soldiers like David Brewer's grandfather were not allowed in combat. Instead, they lugged cargo, dug trenches and buried the dead for the U.S. Army.

A 23-year-old male bystander was shot and killed Friday evening during a South Los Angeles street takeover , police said.

Beginning next year, California's public school students will be required to take media literacy courses that will help them identify fake news

Roosevelt High School 12th grade government teacher Aldo Parral uses the News Literacy Project's materials to teach his students about how to read the news and sniff out what's true and what's not in Los Angeles on Sept. 15, 2022. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

A new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in October will require media-literacy content to be included in English language arts, mathematics, science, history and social science curriculums.

CHP officials said they responded to the freeway about 3:15 p.m. Sunday after receiving multiple calls about a man walking through traffic near the Wilmington Avenue exit.

Eric Darnell Wright Jr. remembers his father driving down Muriel Avenue in Compton for Thanksgiving dinner.

Ventura County sheriff’s detectives this week made eight arrests and seized cocaine, firearms and money during a bust that followed a five-month investigation into a drug trafficking operation.