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Watts Job Training Aims For Increased Employment, Decreased Crime

Watts Job Training Aims For Increased Employment, Decreased Crime
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This April 17, 2012 photo shows street signs at the intersection of Florence and Normandie Avenues in South-Central Los Angeles. The intersection was the location of much of the early violence in the Los Angeles riots that began on April 29, 1992, beginning with the beating of truck driver Reginald Denny. The acquittal of four police officers in the videotaped beating of Rodney King sparked rioting that spread across the city and into neighboring suburbs. Cars were demolished and homes and businesses were burned. Before order was restored, 55 people were dead, 2,300 injured and more than 1,500 buildings were damaged or destroyed. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
This April 17, 2012 photo shows street signs at the intersection of Florence and Normandie Avenues in South-Central Los Angeles. The intersection was the location of much of the early violence in the Los Angeles riots that began on April 29, 1992, beginning with the beating of truck driver Reginald Denny. The acquittal of four police officers in the videotaped beating of Rodney King sparked rioting that spread across the city and into neighboring suburbs. Cars were demolished and homes and businesses were burned. Before order was restored, 55 people were dead, 2,300 injured and more than 1,500 buildings were damaged or destroyed. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

WATTS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Local activist "Sweet Alice" Harris is helping keep young people on the job and off the street with a unique training program. Wednesday was graduation day in Watts.

It's a class you'd expect to see in a community college setting. But the Advanced Fire Extinguisher Company's class is tucked away in a room behind the house of youth outreach group Parents of Watts. And while the campus may be less than traditional, the jobs being created are very traditional and much desired.

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