Crenshaw line now shutting down Century Boulevard for bridge demo + The smells of Los Angeles, South LA included



 

Century Bridge to be demod for Crenshaw Line

DailyBreeze: Construction of the Crenshaw light rail line will now entail shutting down Century Blvd for two days to demolish a bridge.

Vocativ: An exhibit at the Santa Monica Museum of art will attempt to recreate the smells of Los Angeles. Spoiler alert! The artist’s South L.A. smell is “metallic heat and hydraulic fluid.”

Modesto Bee: The upcoming distribution of driver’s licenses to immigrants who arrived in the country illegally stirs debate on issuance rules.

CBS: A teenager with autism goes missing from his home in South L.A.

LA Times: Foster parents and group home staff can now undergo training to aid them in identifying and helping children who might be victims of sex trafficking.

New Traffic Light Installed Months After Fatal South LA Collision + Death Row Inmate Convicted of More Murders



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NBC: Nine months after a fatal accident at the 42nd Place and Normandie Avenue intersection, Councilman Curren Price joined community members in celebrating the installation of a traffic light.

ABC:  A death row inmate convicted of the murders of 10 women in the South L.A. area was convicted of four more murders.

FOX: Anchor Phil Shuman explores the use of the Megan’s Law website and the prevalence of sexual offenders.

LA Times: A Los Angeles man died a week after being severely beaten on a South LA Metro platform by two women.

 

 

New UCLA Study Maps Toxic Factory Locations, Including South LA + LAPD Detective Removed from Duty After Racially Charged Remarks



 

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KCET: A team of UCLA researchers tracked the over 8 million pounds of toxic spew in LA county; check out the map for yourself here.

LA Times: Police officials are investigating a veteran detective’s alleged comments about shooting black men during a training lecture.

InsightNews:  South LA native Ice Cube talks to InsightNews about his upcoming movie “22 Jump Street” and his work with NWA.

LA Times: GOP gubernatorial hopeful Neel Kashkari brings his message to Living Gospel Church to talk about unemployment, education, and poverty.

NBC: Crenshaw businesses are feeling the squeeze as construction of the LAX light rail extension will continue for another six weeks.

Sergio Urida and Bombassmuzik, the last of the South LA record stores



Sergio Urida at his store, Bombassmuzik, in South LA | Andy Vasoyan

Sergio Urida at his store, Bombassmuzik, in South LA | Andy Vasoyan

At the corner of Vernon Avenue and Main Street less than a mile from the 110 freeway, the terrain is a mix of small housing and smaller shops, blending slowly from residential to commercial districts. On the very edge of that border, sandwiched between a now-defunct flooring store and a combination barbershop-taco stand, is Bombassmuzik, one of the last record stores in South Los Angeles.

Bombass is owned by Sergio Urida, a native of the Figueroa Corridor neighborhood who lives within biking distance of the shop that he’s kept alive for 16 years.

Urida works behind a counter on which he’s taped pictures of him posing with Ice Cube and other rap notables, as well as an anime-style drawing of himself that he says a customer gave him. [Read more…]

October 22nd Coalition protests police brutality in South LA



Oct22CoalitionAt the corner of Crenshaw and Slauson on Tuesday, protesters wearing hoodies in commemoration of Trayvon Martin drew honks from passing cars as they waved signs and chanted. Their message? That police brutality needs to end.

The October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation has organized this “National Day of Protest” every Oct. 22 for the past 18 years. (It takes its name from the date of the first protest in 1996.)

The coalition aims to “give ground to the families, people who have lost loved ones by the hands of police,” said one protester.

Listen to an audio story from Annenberg Radio News to learn more: