Part of a street in Watts was named Monday for longtime activist “Sweet” Alice Harris in honor of her decades of community work.
The 90-year-old Harris was joined by Los Angeles City Councilman Tim McOsker during a ceremony on Lou Dillon Avenue, near the eight homes she owns on the street where the social services organization she founded in 1967, Parents of Watts Working with Youths and Adults, is operated. Lou Dillon Boulevard, from 107th Street to Santa Ana Boulevard, will be known as Sweet Alice Row.
Lou Dillon was a famed harness racing horse in the early 1900s who was born in Santa Ynez.
Harris is the executive director of the organization that encourages children to stay in school and always avoid drugs. It provides emergency food and shelter for homeless people, prepares teenagers for trade school, college and the job market, and also offers drug counseling, health seminars …