*Two community non-profit organizations have made it their mission to improve high tech acumen for underserved youth by fervently exposing them to technology skills and career options in order to ...

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An investigation is underway after a customer shot and killed a man inside a Compton store who was reportedly threatening customers after groping a female victim, officials announced. The Oct. 19 ...

*Oakland, CA. — 2015 was the year of Compton but 2016 we’re Straight Outta Oakland. Grammy Award Winner (Hammer), Super Bowl Winner (Lynch), NBA Hall Of Famer (Payton), MLB Hall Of Famer (Morgan) and ...

The Compton Unified School District is winning recognition for its success with students, who are showing significant, long-term academic improvement that is outpacing growth in California and the ...

OAKLAND, Calif. — When officers burst into Rickey McCullough’s two-story home in Oakland a decade ago they noted a “strong fresh odor of marijuana.” McCullough had been growing large amounts of ...

July 22, 1944 ~ Feb. 16, 2018 Formerly of Oakland, Ca Lt. Colonel Compton James Gault Jr., 73, passed away Feb. 16, 2018; Born July 22, 1944 he was a graduate of Oakland High; His military Background ...