In the wake of the Watts riots –– and other similar events around the country –– Dr. Karenga searched for a way to bring unity to the African Americans. He founded the cultural ...

A week after the savage Watts riots last August, California’s Governor Pat Brown appointed a commission to find the reasons for the six-day uprising. The commission, headed by tough-minded John ...

The California FAIR Plan Association, already vulnerable financially, will likely need an assessment of insurers or policyholders as a rescue measure, according to experts.

Trial by fire.” It’s a cliché, but Los Angeles has a way of validating clichés — riots, earthquakes and fires are part of ...

Crisis is a reminder that, regardless of wealth or station, we all require the services of each other and our government.

The tradition is a value system for the Black community and was drafted back in 1966, during a time when the Watts Riots were happening in California. Three sisters - Brooke, Lena and Shaila ...