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 ...

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 ...

Sixty years after the Watts Riots (sometimes referred to as Watts Uprising or Watts Rebellion), young people like Hernandez ...

President Donald Trump has taken control of the District of Columbia's law enforcement and ordered National Guard troops to ...

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

With the 60th anniversary of the 1965 Watts Riots upon us, the annual National Night Out in Watts carried special weight.

Ten years ago, Los Angeles city officials released never-before-seen photos of the Watts uprising. On the 60th anniversary, ...

Justice Department lawyers were in federal court Monday to defend the Trump administration’s deployment of Marines and California National Guard troops during violent anti-ICE demonstrations ...

A federal judge will hold a three-day trial to determine whether Trump's deployment of troops in California violated the 1878 ...