Bernard Parks, councilman for District 8 | Stephanie Monte
South L.A. tenants allege slum conditions: Ninety tenants claim their landlord at 2108 Maple Avenue in South L.A. ignored their complaints of rat and cockroach infestations. (Courthouse News)
Bernard Parks speaks out on SoLA nickname: Bernard Parks defends his decision to introduce SoLA as a possible nickname for South L.A. that would not replace its former name but would be recognized as an official nickname. (City Watch L.A.)
St. Francis Medical Center: A South L.A. hospital faces financial troubles, threatening to decrease the quality of medical care in an area with a disproportionate number of victims of traumatic injury and violence. (L.A. Times)
LAPD officer charged: Officer Richard Garcia was charged with one count of felony for using unlawful force when he arrested Clinton Alford Jr. in South L.A. (L.A. Times)
Six arrested during protests: Six were arrested in protests against police brutality Monday, the same day riots broke out in Baltimore. (L.A. Times)
Street racing crackdown: Forty-four people were arrested April 20 at 12:30 a.m. in a crackdown against street racing, a problem authorities say has been increasing in L.A. (ABC)
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