Paving company presents solution to South LA potholes + South LA artist receives ‘National Medal of Arts’

Potholes in South L.A. have been a persistent problem.

South L.A. pothole solution: Paving company Dr. Pave presented a greener, safer and cheaper way to fix South L.A.’s pothole problem. (NBC)

South L.A. native wins ‘National Medal of Arts’: Out Los Angeles artist Mark Bradford will receive the State Department’s 2015 Medal of Arts, the highest honor awarded by the U.S. government for artistic achievement. (Frontiers Media)

New Mexican restaurant opens: Chefs Jaime Martin del Campo and Ramiro Arvizu opened Flautas, the first of two restaurants in Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza. The second restaurant Mexicano opens Jan. 26. (L.A. Times)

Volunteers sought for homeless count: The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority is seeking 6,000 volunteers on Jan. 27-29 for the annual homeless count. (My News L.A.)

Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations to begin: Citywide celebrations, including the 31st Annual Kingdom Day parade Monday in South L.A., will begin on Friday. (Daily Breeze)

Doughnut shop worker stabbed and killed: A doughnut shop worker 29-year-old Andrew Ung was stabbed and killed in an attempted robbery Wednesday. (NBC)