A resident makes her way home this month at the Imperial Courts housing project in Watts. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) Even before the shootings last month that drew the attention of ...

Marveon Mabon, a fourth-generation resident of the Imperial Courts public housing development in Watts, leads a backpack distribution event for children at the Watts Empowerment Center on Aug. 12.

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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, joined by city officials and residents, gathered Thursday at Markham Middle School in Watts to celebrate the city receiving a $35M cap-and-trade grant from the state’s ...

Even before the shootings last month that drew the attention of politicians and police, gang interventionists and longtime residents, the Imperial Courts public housing project in Watts had seen a lot ...

As a third-grader at Grape Street Elementary School in Watts, Marveon Mabon introduced himself thus: I'm going to be president of the United States. He was a Black boy growing up poor in Imperial ...