Compton, CA–Recently I had the opportunity to interview Compton’s current Mayor Aja Brown, who has been the Mayor of Compton the last eight years.…
Tina Sampay for L.A Focus Newspaper California residents gathered over 1,400,000 signatures to hold a special election September 4, where voters will get to…
LEIMERT PARK — As the world continues to shift and adapt to the coronavirus pandemic, events like the Leimert Park Jazz Festival provide much…
Written by: Tina Sampay (Slauson Girl) for wavepublication.com Los Angeles, CA–Fatima Dodson, owner of Runway Boutique, wanted to curate an event where Black women…
Crenshaw District, Los Angeles–The A.F.I.B.A. (African Fire Fighters Benevolent Association) Center has operated in a city-owned property on Crenshaw for more than 20 years,…
Downtown, Los Angeles—On the four-year anniversary of Gemmel Moore’s death, a Los Angeles jury unanimously voted to convict Edward Buck as being responsible for…
Los Angeles, CA–Corvain Cooper is no longer serving a life sentence for a non-violent marijuana conviction under the three strikes law. Corvain received clemency…
Written by Tina Sampay for L.A Focus Newspaper South Central, Los Angeles–South Central residents are still dealing with the consequences of the Los Angeles…
Los Angeles, CA–Executive Director of the Crenshaw YMCA Veda Ramsay-Stamps says these types of programs and services are the vehicles that will take local…