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Watts: 60 years after riots, challenges persist, but this South LA community marches on
What started as a routine traffic stop quickly escalated into violence and six days of civil unrest known as the Watts Riots ...
Watts Riots: Things to know on the 60th anniversary, Aug. 11, 1965
The Watts Riots began on Aug. 11, 1965 and ended on Aug. 16, 1965 — and that day Gov. Edmund G. “Pat” Brown declared the ...
Newsom calls Trump's $1 billion UCLA settlement offer extortion, says California won't bow
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Saturday that a $1 billion settlement offer by President Donald Trump's ...
UCLA says Trump administration froze $584 million of its federal funding
President Donald Trump's administration has frozen $584 million in federal funding for the University of California, Los ...
Researchers, nonprofits working in Watts, South Central reflect on the region 60 years after riots
Leaders and researchers look back at Watts since the 1965 riots and answer the question: Is it better now than back then?
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Trump can retain control of California National Guard, court rules
An appeals court let Donald Trump retain control over California's National Guard while the state's governor proceeds with a lawsuit challenging the president.