It's just the second time in 56 Super Bowls that the host city will have a team competing in their home venue.

Congratulations to L.A. Rams on an incredible season so far with just one more win to go.

This is an exciting moment for the city of Inglewood.

A week when we invite the world to see all the things that make our community special.

This weekend, L.A. is going to be a scene.

Super Bowl 56 is coming to Inglewood, California, right next to L.A. at a fancy stadium with the

hometown team, the Rams, into Super Bowl. Now, I'm not a Rams fan, but I respect. So all the

spotlights are going to be on Englewood.

But for the people who live, work, and spend their everyday lives here, this worldwide event underlies a huge shift in one of LA's last black enclaves.

I'm Gustavariano. You're listening to The Times, Daily News from the LA Times.

It's Friday, February 11, 2022.

Angel, describe Englewood in one sentence.

We're going to have a little fun here, Gustavo.

How about it's always up to no good?

No.

No, really, as a city, it's more like a grittier little brother to hip Los Angeles that is coming into its own.

That's L.A. Times Assistant Managing Editor Angel Jennings, who did many great stories from Englewood when she was a reporter. And Angel, for you, what makes this area one of the most

unique cities in the United States? I would say the resiliency of the city and the people.

You know, over the decades, really, you know, just the city has fallen on some really hard times.

It's on the rebound again, but through it all, there was like this pride that exuded from the natives and from residents when people said they were from Englewood. They knew the world looked at them in one way as a place with gangs and violence, you know, what was on pop culture and in television, but they knew the real Englewood with tree-line streets and a place where black people could get a piece of the American pie.

And so they took pride in that black ownership and having the city be their own.

And Englewood, if it's known nationally, it's for its cultural impact, sports, to the very idea of a black suburb, but also especially music.

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