Life without parole in USC murder case
By Ani Ucar and Celeste Alvarez video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Javier Bolden, the last defendant involved in the 2012 murder of two USC graduate students, Ming Qu and Ying...
View ArticleTimeline: South LA protests of the Ferguson decision
An hour-by-hour breakdown of the response on social media to a no-indictment decision in Ferguson Like Intersections on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and sign up for the Newsletter to stay in the loop...
View ArticleCommunity seeks environmental study for South LA oil site
A packed house turned out at City Hall to discuss plans for the Budlong drill site. | Matt Tinoco More than 150 Angelenos showed up at City Hall on Tuesday to voice concerns about oil giant Freeport...
View ArticleCecil Murray, South LA’s civic leader and spiritual guide
The respected pastor who helped put out fires of the 1992 riots now fosters religious dialogue at USC. Cecil Murray gets settled in his USC office. | Jordyn Holman Since late November, residents from...
View ArticleUSC student attempted to flee fatal attack
Rose Tsai, attorney for Xinran Ji’s family, speaks to reporters at the courthouse last summer, shortly following Ji’s death. | Daina Beth Solomon By Daina Beth Solomon and Olga Grigoryants Xinran Ji...
View ArticleXinran Ji suffered fatal blows to head
Jonathan DelCarmen and Alberto Ochoa listen to witnesses give testimony as Rose Tsai, attorney for Xinran Ji’s parents, watches from the audience. | Daina Beth Solomon By Daina Beth Solomon, Celeste...
View ArticleWorker delivers tearful plea to USC president to increase wages
Activists captured an awkward confrontation with millionaire University of Southern California President C.L. Max Nikias and a campus worker on video—right outside one of the school’s most expensive...
View ArticleVisionaries to showcase South LA innovations and activism Feb. 26
This week the University of Southern California will host a lively forum featuring social justice organizations in South Los Angeles. Panelists Ben Caldwell, of Kaos Network, Karen Mack, of LA...
View ArticleClaims of racial profiling by USC campus security fuel demand for investigations
Najee Ali speaks outside the Galen Center. | Celeste Alvarez (Neon Tommy) By Celeste Alvarez Civil rights organization National Action Network held a press conference Tuesday on the recent allegations...
View ArticleSouth L.A. Structures on Shaky Foundations
Experts say thousands of Los Angeles homes will collapse in a large earthquake.| Cameron23, Flickr Creative Commons Imagine the Los Angeles skyline in its entirety. Include the apartment and...
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