LOS ANGELES — A statue of explorer Christopher Columbus that has stood for 45 years in downtown’s Grand Park was ceremoniously removed Nov. 10. “The statue of Christopher Columbus rewrites a stained chapter of history that romanticizes expansions of European empires and exploitations of natural resources and of human beings,” said County Supervisor Hilda Solis,…
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LOS ANGELES — City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell held two celebrations Oct. 9 to recognize the recent vote by the City Council to replace Columbus Day with a holiday honoring Native Americans. The council voted in August to make the switch and celebrate the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples Day, but it has until…
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LOS ANGELES — The City Council voted Aug. 30 to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day as an official Los Angeles holiday, siding with critics who said the explorer’s connection to brutality and slavery makes him unworthy of celebration. In approving the switch, the council also rejected a late push by Councilman Joe Buscaino…
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