Chain gangs developed as a popular solution to that problem. Chain gangs were groups of convicts forced to labor at tasks such as road construction, ditch digging, or farming while chained together.

A man who violently extorted Koreatown's karaoke bar owners for money and controlled the neighborhood's for-hire women who entertain guests was sentenced to over 22 years in prison, the U.S ...

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A portion of a street in Watts was named on Monday, Sept. 16, for longtime activist “Sweet” Alice Harris, celebrating her decades seeking to improve the lives of the community’s residents ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Grape Street Park, once a place of dark memories for Kathleen Riggs-Ruopp, was filled with dogs and families on a sunny day as the city renamed it in ...

And she did. On Saturday, the 40th anniversary of the tragic shooting, the city of San Diego officially renamed Grape Street Park the Officer Tonahill and Officer Ruopp Memorial Park. The name ...

Naomi Watts is a British actress. Her breakout role came in 2001's Mulholland Drive. Watts' other famous films include The Ring (2002), King Kong (2005), and The Desperate Hour (2021). Watts has ...

near the eight homes she owns on the street where the social services organization she founded in 1967, Parents of Watts Working with Youths and Adults, is operated.