Ferguson protesters reach the site where Ezell Ford was killed last August. | Daina Beth Solomon
Ezell Ford lawsuit: The parents of Ezell Ford, an unarmed and mentally ill 25-year-old man who was shot and killed by LAPD in August, filed a lawsuit in state court seeking damages for wrongful death, civil rights violations and negligence by the department. They previously filed a federal civil rights suit. (NBC)
False alarm on bomb threat: A South L.A. courthouse was evacuated Monday morning when someone called in a bomb threat after noticing a device with protruding wires. Authorities identified the object as a non-threatening piece from an electrical transformer. (L.A. Times)
Blk Grrrl Book Fair: The event in South L.A. last Saturday celebrated artists and writers with a focus on intersectionality, a word used to describe the overlap of sexism, racism and classism. (L.A. Weekly)
Mother, two children rescued from fire: Firefighters rescued a mother and her two children from a burning building near 80th and Figueroa streets on Monday night. (CBS)
One killed in shooting: One person was killed in a shooting Monday afternoon near E. 105th and San Pedro streets in South L.A. (NBC)
Photography documents L.A. dispensaries: For three years, Angelino Rick Bolton has photographed dispensaries from South Central to Venice Beach. (Washington Post)
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