Lindsey Hernandez grew up in Imperial Courts, one of Watts’ largest public housing complexes. Some nights, the 17-year-old woke up to the sound of gunfire, sometimes to news that someone had died. But ...

Watts has never fully recovered from fires that leveled hundreds of buildings or the violence that killed 34 people — two-thirds of whom were shot by police or National Guard troops. Those who lived ...

Sixty years ago, a young Black man from South Los Angeles was pulled over by a white California Highway Patrol officer after another motorist reported the man driving recklessly. What started as a ...

As Angelenos begin the long process of rebuilding after recent devastating wildfires, a program created in the aftermath of the Watts Riots in the 1960s may prove critical to California homeowners. In ...

The Watts riot broke out Aug. 11, 1965 and raged for most of a week. When the smoke cleared, 34 people were dead, more than a 1,000 were injured and some 600 buildings were damaged.