Using a Department of Veterans Affairs loan, they became the first Black family in the subdivision ... The city stated that, since the California Building Code exempts walls that do not exceed 6 feet, ...

According to the audit, which focused on violations issued to single- and two-family homes ... homeowners in Black and Hispanic neighborhoods faced high fines for building violations.

(KXAN Photos/Jala Washington). Dr. White, one of the few Black dentists of his time, died in 2002, according to his wife’s godson, Lamont Alexander. Helen would go on to be laid to rest 13 years ...