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Residents of Imperial Courts public housing, pictured here on Nov. 8, 2024, have raised concerns for years about dilapidated conditions and poor sanitation throughout the development. The neighborhood council gives local residents a place to raise complaints, propose solutions and push for change. (Kim McGill | Watts Star)
Deadline approaching: Watts residents invited to file for council seats
Kim McGill January 11, 2025

Residents interested in filing for a candidacy run in this year’s Watts Neighborhood...

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Local school cell phone sweep teases statewide ban
Deriona Nicholson, Youth Reporter • September 1, 2024

This story was written by a youth reporter as part of the Everyday Heroes /...

Illustration by Kim McGill
Building Bonds
Angel Pasillas February 2, 2025

My father was driving me, my mother Silvia and my older brother Daniel back...

Chelsea Alvarez
My big fat online dating encounter
Amari Jones January 19, 2025

There I was, staring at my Hinge profile that I had carefully curated to appear...

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Podcast Episode 8 : Youth and Dating
Podcast Episode 8 : Youth and Dating
Saniya Harell and Mor'yon Holmes February 23, 2025

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