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Could Ferguson happen here? Some would say it already did — nearly five decades ago. Days of sometimes violent demonstrations in Ferguson, Mo., erupted after Michael Brown, an unarmed black teen, was shot dead by a police officer Aug. 9, allegedly in self-defense. At the height of the civil rights movement, the Watts riots were triggered after a young black motorist was pulled over and arrested by a white California Highway Patrolman on Aug. 11, 1965, on suspicion of drunk driving. The struggle to arrest him sparked six days of rioting that claimed the lives of 34 people, injured more...

SOUTH CENTRAL TEA PARTY!! 2ND AMENDMENT AND FREEDOM RALLY!! WHO: South Central LA Tea Party (SCLA TP) WHAT: Second Amendment & Freedom Rally WHEN: Saturday, March 2nd from 12 Noon - 2 p.m. WHEN: Outside the Glendale Gun Show, 1401 North Verdugo Rd. Glendale CA 91208 (In Front of Glendale Civic Auditorium)

For residents of gang-ravaged area, debate on founder of Crips centers on transformation. Los Angeles -- In the heart of South Central Los Angeles, a place so immersed in the gang lifestyle that even the schools are affiliated with either the Crips or the Bloods, Shiloh Badili paints. The 52-year-old muralist, like many others in this impoverished flatland, knows what it is like to mourn a relative killed by what he calls "the meanness." He also knows, as everybody here knows, that Stanley Tookie Williams, the man scheduled to be executed Tuesday morning at San Quentin State Prison, played a...