N.W.A.’s seminal album “Straight outta Compton” painted the Los Angeles area city as a hotbed for gang banging and drug dealing. But long after its 1988 debut, its residents have been working to change that image: Compton is not what…

By Joshua Barajas

With back-to-school-day less than a week to go, KPPC reports that a new school board policy in Compton, California will allow campus police officers to carry military-grade firearms next month.

By Ariel Min