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Gaw, Jonathan. (1992, May 2). KING CASE AFTERMATH: A CITY IN CRISIS : Relative Calm Prevails in San Diego County : Tension: Police and firefighters respond quickly to firebombings and other incidents of violence. Students stage protests. Los Angeles…

Rodney King

Chela Zabin co-author, Rodney King

On-the-ground raw footage and interviews taken in Koreatown four days after the LA Riots. Includes interviews of passerby, and Ruben Martinez, Emmy-award winning journalist. Footage documents Angelenos' feelings and perspectives about the LA Riots…

Three flags, for South Korea, the United States, and California, hang from a flagpole at Koreatown Plaza, located at 928 South Western Avenue #300.

Two women exchange joyful afternoon greetings on Olympic Boulevard, the main drag of the sprawling, 200-block Koreatown. The redevelopment of Koreatown began in the early 1970s, concentrating along Western Avenue, Olympic Boulevard, 8th Street and…

Hollywood Swap Meet building is on fire on Hollywood Blvd. and Wilcox Ave. during civil unrest on April 30, 1992.; Same building seen in images 00043429 and 00043431.

LA CityView 35 presents a new documentary on the 30th anniversary of the 1992 LA Riots, now sometimes referred to as the LA Uprising. Featuring interviews with LA Police Chief Michel Moore, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, LA City Councilmembers, and…