Los Angeles

Man shot dead by LA police with Taser gun

February 16, 2009

February 16 (Xinhua) A man died on Saturday after being shot by police with a Taser gun, becoming the latest victim of Taser guns, authorities said on Sunday.

CAFTA = pollution, hunger, job loss

July 22, 2005 By Bruce Bostick And Rosalío Muñoz

With a vote on the Central American Free Trade Agreement expected in the House of Representative before the end of July, 10 activists in the Los Angeles Coalition Against CAFTA held a four-day hunger strike July...

Demanding justice for Deandre Brunston

July 15, 2005 By Joseph Hancock And Martha Hancock

COMPTON, Calif. — It was a bittersweet Sunday afternoon in Compton, a small city on the south side of Los Angeles. Keishia Brunston, a young African American woman, called together friends and neighbors for a backyard...