Compton has until September 1 to decide on a course of action, when the city will run out of funds to make payroll. This comes amid claims of fraud, misuse of funds and financial waste.

The Southern California city of Compton has been home to both the famous and the infamous. Tennis greats Venus and Serena Williams grew up there. So did the rapper and actor Ice Cube.

The city of Compton, California, is facing financial trouble. It will run out of operating money September 1 and will have to choose whether to default on bonds or enter bankruptcy.

Compton’s President Obama mural is one of the more significant Black murals on the West Coast. Painted in 2010 near the town’s city hall, it seeks to inspire a city that often lacks hope.

Alex and Daisy De La Rosa were issued a cease-and-desist letter from the City of Compton because they took it upon themselves to fill in the potholes that have wreaked havoc on the streets ...

It started with a popped tire. Daisy De La Rosa, 29, was pulling into the driveway of her Compton home when her tire hit the edge of a pothole and popped. It was just the latest time she had to ...

California’s City of Compton Gets Its Own Museum “We don’t have to go to Long Beach, or Downtown, or West LA to the Getty,” said artist Anthony Lee Pittman. “We can see art right here.” ...

Southern California is an industrialized megalopolis, but its agricultural history continues in some unlikely places. One of them is the City of Compton, where a few cowboys still ride their horses — ...

COMPTON, Calif. (KABC) -- Leslie Sykes grew up in Compton, and she shared some of the places and faces that shaped her life. The best part of going back to her hometown - friends who are like family.