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Richard Riordan, former Los Angeles mayor, has died at 92
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRichard Riordan, a wealthy Republican businessman who served two terms as Los Angeles mayor and...
Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan dies at 92
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFormer L.A. Mayor Richard Riordan samples wine at one of his restaurants in 2014. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times) Richard J. Riordan, the take-charge...
Richard Riordan, Former Mayor of Los Angeles, Dies at 92
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRichard Riordan, the two-term Los Angeles mayor who helped rebuild the city in the wake of the...
Los Angeles Riots Fast Facts
CNN via Yahoo News· 10 months agoHere’s a look at the 1992 riots in Los Angeles. The riots stemmed from the acquittal of four white Los Angeles Police Department officers in the beating of black motorist Rodney King in 1991 ...
Cecil L. 'Chip' Murray, influential pastor and civil rights leader in Los Angeles, dies
Associated Press via AOL· 1 month agoThe Rev. Dr. Cecil L. “Chip” Murray, an influential pastor and civil rights leader who used his...
After '92 riots, L.A. bought land in Watts and promised jobs. Now, it's weeds and shanties
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe city of Los Angeles bought a 10-acre property to bring jobs to Watts after the 1992 riots....
Cecil 'Chip' Murray, L.A. civil rights icon and spiritual leader, dead at 94
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 month agoCecil L. Murray, a civil rights leader who made the First African Methodist Episcopal Church the...
Photos: Former L.A. Mayor Richard Riordan dies at 92
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLos Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, center, flanked by California Gov. Gray Davis, left, and L.A. developer Eli Broad, celebrates the announcement that...
Rosemary Kaul, groundbreaking L.A. Times photojournalist, dies
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLos Angeles Times staff photographer Rosemary Kaul walks in front of police officers guarding Parker...
Opinion: The mayor who 'could see around corners' made L.A. a better city
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe cantankerous, effective, difficult and generous Mayor Richard Riordan. (Frank Wiese / Los...