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EMOTIONS & DREAMS

Angeleo Newsom February 9, 2025

EMOTIONS & DREAMS (reads like a poem)   Waking up after a long day of work, laying here on a steel bunk, in boxer and T-shirt, as silence surrounds me..my body full of elation, as my mind...

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 home in his Toyota pick-up after attending my maternal grandmother’s funeral in Texas. During our trip back, our truck hit...

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 as attractive as possible. This was my attempt at finding a partner because I was too shy, insecure and reserved to do it...

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 Council elections must file before the Monday, Jan. 13 deadline. While the 2025 Los Angeles Neighborhood Council...

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