Watts Re:Imagined

Thank you, L.A. This Week for spreading the word about our re-imagined Great Street in Watts!

We honor all of those in Watts and throughout the US who have served our country.

California stands to lose about $2.2 billion in funding for affordable housing construction each year if the proposed tax plan passes.

Watts has a new soccer field!

"Nationwide, communities with 75 percent black residents had median nighttime noise levels 4 decibels louder than communities with no black residents."

Throwback to last week at the Wilmington Pop-up when Watts Re:Imagined's Chris Jordan talked over plans to make Wilmington one of LA's Great Streets!

Jordan High, which opened in 1923, has never had lights at its football field--until now.

You're invited! Come by the Wilmington pop-up tomorrow at 2pm to learn about the next steps for this Great Street!

Roughly 72,000 DACA beneficiaries live in LA.

Yikes. A frightening look at what a mega-earthquake could do to LA. Do you have an earthquake preparedness kit, Watts?

Metro is revamping the Blue Line. Here's to shiny new cars and faster travel times!

Writer Luis J. Rodríguez refashioned a paragraph from "Always Running," his memoir of growing up in Watts, into a stunning poem.

Before World War II, Watts was integrated with about equal numbers of whites, blacks and Latinos.