The L.A. riots: 20 years later

Remembering the riots and how they reshaped Southern California.

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Families of riot victims hope for closure someday

By Richard Winton, Maloy Moore and Andrew Blankstein, Los Angeles Times

Columns

Steve Lopez: The forgotten victim from Florence and Normandie

Sandy Banks: For Koreans, damage from the L.A. riots went deep

Patt Morrison: Another city, not our own

Hector Tobar: Channeling a voice of Eastside L.A.

Sandy Banks: Riots claimed 200 liquor stores, but South L.A. still suffers

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Then and now: Scenes from the 1992 L.A. riots

Photos: 1992 Los Angeles riots

Gangsta rap foretold riots and grew after them

By Ernest Hardy and August Brown, Los Angeles Times

Liquor store owner links old and new Koreatown

By Victoria Kim, Los Angeles Times

Caught up in violence of L.A. riots, victim has lasting empathy

By Nita Lelyveld, Los Angeles Times

Fading memories at Florence and Normandie

By Esmeralda Bermudez, Los Angeles Times

Artists, actors creatively reengage with '92 L.A. riots

By Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times

Blacks in South L.A. have a bleaker jobs picture than in 1992

By Ricardo Lopez, Los Angeles Times

Adrenaline faded; sadness lingers

By Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times

Asian identity crisis fades to worries of everyday life

By Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times

Inspiration behind a culinary upheaval

By Jonathan Gold, Los Angeles Times Restaurant Critic

The past still grips Rodney King

By Kurt Streeter, Los Angeles Times

April 26 video discussion with Patt Morrison and guests

Los Angeles Times

LAPD goes from longtime oppressor to community partner

By Sandy Banks

LAPD, city have changed since the riots, panel agrees

By Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times

Rodney King discusses memoir at L.A. Times Festival of Books

By Mitchell Landsberg, Los Angeles Times

Steady hands, determination saved Reginald Denny as L.A. burned

By Martha Groves, Los Angeles Times

When time allows, 1992 riots are poignant lesson in L.A. schools

By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times

Many say L.A. is safer 20 years after 1992 riots, poll finds

By Rebecca Trounson and Joel Rubin, Los Angeles Times

Opinion

For LAPD's chief, a transformation	Forgotten flashpoint: A week after Rodney King
For L.A., progress but not yet victory	Lessons for L.A. from 1992
Seizing the post-riot moment	Rodney King, 20 years after L.A.'s riots
Newton: The night the LAPD failed	Post-'92, a weeding out of South L.A. liquor stores
In L.A. now, we do 'just get along'	Dream Street USA, South L.A.
Korean American community coalesces	Vermont Ave. '92, Vermont Ave. today: Not enough has changed
In L.A., blacks ask: Where are the jobs?

Reader Stories »

This generation only knows the folklore.”

— Sal, Los Angeles

As we turned the TV on the next morning, we saw to our dismay, our store burning down -- 20 years plus of blood sweat and tears. ”

— Ted, Westminster

The neighborhood which I grew up in was burned, stores forced to close, and places like parks and churches which at one time represented safety and joy now where areas of destruction.”

— Lasaro, Santa Barbara

I was ready to shoot the first LAPD officer that I came in contact with.”

— Bass Reem, Los Angeles

The lessons learned that year have stayed with me.”

— Courtney Arredondo, Imperial Beach

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The L.A. riots: 20 years later

Remembering the riots and how they reshaped Southern California.

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