VoiceWaves interviews residents and Long Beach police who lived through the 1992 uprising, civil unrest or better known as the L.A. Riots. From fires and looting to 12-hour patrols, they reflect on the changes since then and the tensions that still linger.
Crystal was raised in South Los Angeles and is the first college graduate in her family. She is a class of 2016 CSULB graduate who has served as an editor for her campus newspaper and freelanced for the Long Beach Post and Random Length News. Crystal is now a Report for America corps member, covering the Westside for the Long Beach Post. Follow her work @crystalniebla on Twitter and @crystalniebla_media on Instagram.
