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

The following story was written by a Watts Community Youth Journalist as a part...

A mother and her two children walk past an unhoused individual as the enter Alma Reaves Woods Watts Branch Library on Tuesday, Aug. 27. (Delfino Camacho | Watts Star)
Despite State Funding Reductions, Local Librarians Fight to Keep Services
Delfino Camacho, Staff Writer • September 1, 2024

As summer ends and school begins, libraries in Watts and Compton continue to...

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Creating a picture-esque future
Stephen Harrell, Community Youth Journalist • September 1, 2024

I've been fascinated with photography ever since I was just seven years old.  I...

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Living in Watts
Tiona Barron, Community Youth Journalist • September 1, 2024

The following story was written by a Watts Community Youth Journalist as a part...

Large murals decorate the outside walls of the Del Amo Swap Meet in Rancho Dominguez on the east side of Compton, pictured here on Oct. 29, 2023, including a tribute to Compton rapper and co-founder of both Ruthless Records and N.W.A., Eazy-E (Eric Wright). Photo By Kim McGill
Hip Hop just turned 50
Kim McGill, Reporter • November 17, 2024

Happy Birthday, Hip Hop. You’re #1. By 2017, 31% of U.S. radio listeners preferred Hip Hop according to Nielsen Ratings’ tracking of TV and radio use. In 2020, 23.3% of...

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