LA County Fentanyl-related overdose deaths decline
While drug overdose deaths significantly dropped in Los Angeles County from 2023 to 2024, race and income disparities…
The Plant Chica: Sprouting wishlist — rare and unique — finds for homes | Business
To say Sandra Mejia and her husband Bantalem have green thumbs is an understatement. The owners and founders…
USC Leslie and William McMorrow Neighborhood Academic Initiative
Students from Foshay Learning Center, Dorsey High School, Crenshaw High School, Audubon Middle School, and Barack Obama Global…
Los Angeles Bicycle Academy – Los Angeles Standard Newspaper
The youth earn-a-bike program teaches youth how to repair and refurbish bicycles, and prepares them for careers in…
Check out the March 2026 digital version of The Los Angeles Standard Newspaper
Read about Black male doctors, income tax returns, youth bicycle program, Planet Fitness, and Leimert Park Village Inc.’s…
Planet Fitness opens on Crenshaw Blvd. and Slauson Ave.
The new fitness center in the Crenshaw Plaza offers weight training, cardio, yoga, and other forms of exercise…
Woman injured in Leimert Park shooting | 2 Urban Girls
LOS ANGELES – Police are investigating a shooting in Leimert Park, where a woman was hospitalized. Los Angeles…
Too many of the city’s worst intersections are in South L.A.
Feb. 27, 2026 6 AM PT To the editor: I am genuinely surprised that the intersection of Fairfax…
Man climbs into Los Angeles apartment while family is asleep inside
A family remains shaken after a man broke into their apartment in Los Angeles while they were sleeping…
South L.A. just became a Black cultural district. Where should the monument go?
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> For more than a century, South Los Angeles has been an anchor for Black art, activism…
Police disperse large crowd in Leimert Park
LOS ANGELES – Chaos erupted following an MLK Day celebration at Leimert Park. Reports of violence forced the…
Stabbing reported near MLK Jr. parade route in Leimert Park – NBC Los Angeles
An investigation was underway following a stabbing Monday in Leimert Park toward the end of the Martin Luther…