The Watts Riots began on Aug. 11, 1965 and ended on Aug. 16, 1965 — and that day Gov. Edmund G. “Pat” Brown declared the ...

What started as a routine traffic stop quickly escalated into violence and six days of civil unrest known as the Watts Riots ...

Nearby, uniformed Los Angeles Police Department officers mingled with residents, answered questions and chatted with young ...

Leaders and researchers look back at Watts since the 1965 riots and answer the question: Is it better now than back then?

Charles Parks, a retired commander for the Long Beach Police Department, has plenty of stories to tell about his 33-year ...

In some ways, what I see there now is worse than before 1965. Back then, nearly all residents had shelter. Today, as in other ...

The 60th anniversary of a shocking uprising in Los Angeles, which foretold similar unrest in cities throughout the 1960s and ...

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Watts rebellion (Aug. 11-17, 1965), the California Endowment’s Sons and Brothers Campaign, in partnership with ...

That’s the same year as the “Watts Rebellion” or “Watts Riots.” (The differing titles are a testament to the ongoing culture-war battle over the use of language.) ...