Category: Los Angeles

African Americans
Stefi Mar

Rams Rookies Lend a Hand in Watts Ahead of Juneteenth

The Los Angeles Rams continued their longstanding commitment to Southern California communities as members of the team’s 2026 rookie class spent part of the offseason giving back in Watts.

Bakersfield
Stefi Mar

Musk and the $1 Trillion SpaceX Promise

Musk, founder of SpaceX and the world’s wealthiest individual, made a sweeping prediction over the weekend, suggesting his rocket company could surpass $1 trillion in annual revenue within the next several years. The forecast arrived just days after SpaceX made its public market debut, an event that valued the company at more than $2 trillion and instantly ranked it among the six largest American firms by market capitalization.

Bakersfield
James Luckey

Don’t Juneteenth Our Community

Juneteenth is more than a commemoration of delayed freedom. It is a warning about what happens when people are denied timely access to truth, power,

Entertainment
Kathleen Untalan

FIFA Fan Festival 2026 held at the Historic Los Angeles Coliseum

 Los Angeles — It’s a wrap, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. The first weekend of the FIFA World Cup 2026 is one for the records/history books. Hundreds of thousands of soccer fans, foodies, and cultural connoisseurs descended on the iconic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum at Exposition Park for the FIFA World Cup Fan Festival, June 11-14, 2026.

Bakersfield
Kathleen Untalan

“This Roadside Worker Appreciation Week, Make the Move to Save a Life”

Roadside workers put their lives on the line every day to help people traveling on California’s roads. Their work allows us to arrive at our destinations and return home safely. Many of these people are tow truck drivers, Freeway Service Patrol teams, and Caltrans crews who stop to assist drivers. To mark their valuable service, every third week in June is Roadside Assistance Worker Appreciation Week, dedicated to honoring roadside workers and the critical work they accomplish. This year, we also want to urge drivers to uphold California’s Slow Down, Move Over law.

General Sports
Kathleen Untalan

Coliseum Set for Four-Day International Football Festival

LOS ANGELES — Football fans from across Southern California will have the opportunity to experience a unique international celebration of sport, culture and community when the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum hosts a four-day football festival from June 11-14.

General Sports
Stefi Mar

The City of Hawthorne Welcomes FIFA World Cup 2026

There’s no denying that there has been excitement in the air for well over a month. Visual signage is in place throughout the city, from artwork on electrical/utility boxes to high-flying banners and other markings on the sidewalks and bus stops.

African Americans
Stefi Mar

Black Babies Used for Medical Trials by Feds, Lawsuit Filed

A federal lawsuit filed by prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump alleges that two Black infants were used as subjects in a government-sponsored experimental vaccine study without their parents’ knowledge or consent, resulting in tragic consequences that continue to reverberate decades later.