Lindsey Hernandez grew up in Imperial Courts, one of Watts’ largest public housing complexes. Some nights, the 17-year-old woke up to the sound of gunfire, sometimes to news that someone had died. But ...

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Watts rebellion (Aug. 11-17, 1965), the California Endowment’s Sons and Brothers Campaign, in partnership with the Community Coalition of South Los Angeles, ...

Rena Price, a South Los Angeles woman whose arrest with her son, Marquette Frye, ignited the Watts Riots, has died. She was 97, according the Los Angeles Times. On August 11, 1965, Price went to check ...

Children with painted faces darted between booths. Bass from the stage thumped down West 108th Street, where neighbors stopped to chat, collect flyers or sway to the music in the warm summer air.

Watts: 60 years after riots, challenges persist, but this South LA community marches on Some progress, like access to health care, have occurred, but community needs more public investments, Watts ...

Sixty years ago, a young Black man from South Los Angeles was pulled over by a white California Highway Patrol officer after another motorist reported the man driving recklessly. What started as a ...

In this Aug. 13, 1965 file photo, men carry items from a looted store during the rioting that enveloped the Watts district of Los Angeles. It began with a routine traffic stop 50 years ago this month, ...