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The Community News Site of Everyday Heroes / Watts All-Stars

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The Community News Site of Everyday Heroes / Watts All-Stars

Watts Star

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...

Photo Illustration by Watts Star with Canva
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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Use social media to increase readership
Use social media to increase readership
Sample Staff Member, Staff Writer • April 4, 2024

Social media platforms are the best way to drive traffic to your new site. So,...

Customize the look and feel of your site
Customize the look and feel of your site
Sample Student April 4, 2024

The look and feel of this site is created by a combination of style and layout...

Completing the custom fields
Completing the custom fields
Sample Student, Staff Writer • April 4, 2024

Each story has custom fields available for you to fill in as needed. Not all...

Prepare your photos for online presentation
Prepare your photos for online presentation
Sample Staff Member, Staff Writer • April 4, 2024

Your site automatically generates a series of scaled down images for each photo...

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