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Arturo Ybarra, known as the founder of the Watts Century Latino Organization and for being tortured by the Mexican government for his college activism before the 1968 Olympics, died last month. He was ...

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Pro skate stars and adaptive athletes performed side-by-side on February 22 at the grand opening of the highly anticipated Watts Skate Park in south Los Angeles. Over fifteen years in the making, the ...

In the South Los Angeles community of Watts, waitress Latrice Ridgway bounces in and out of the kitchen juggling plates of soul food for mid-morning arrivals while the restaurant's phone rings nonstop ...