The scale of the violence at Watts bears no relation ... that the federal government had warned California to expect trouble from the Negros in the Los Angeles suburbs. Just about the safest ...

In 1966, Dr. Maulana Karenga, professor and chairman of Black Studies at California State ... August 1965 fueled a six-long riot in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. The Watts Rebellion ...

Grammy-award winning rapper Jay Rock was arrested in Watts on Thursday by Los Angeles Police Department officers.

He also was awarded three first- place California Associated Press ... government animal killing and the 1992 L.A. riots. Prior to KCAL, Watts was Los Angeles correspondent for the nationally ...

A long-sought victory for residents in Watts as the owners of a metal salvage and recycling yard face felony charges of knowingly disposing hazardous waste at a site next to a school with no permit.

Highway 105 in Watts, a dozen miles south of downtown Los Angeles ... The altercation escalated into a riot. For the next six days the LAPD, the California Highway Patrol, and the National ...

The Watts riots in 1965 damaged or destroyed more than ... executive director of the Los Angeles consumer group. Lara's spokesperson, Michael Soller, said he could not comment on whether the ...