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Compton presents key to the city to journalist Leslie Sykes
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The City of Compton onstage honored Leslie Sykes, a retired television news anchor, with a key to the city; officials and family praised her decades-long career and Compton roots during a ceremony that included community reflections and a keynote from Compton College leadership.
The City of Compton presented retired television news anchor Leslie Sykes with a key to the city during a public ceremony that brought together elected officials, family members and community leaders.
Mayor Emma Sharif praised Sykes’s decades in broadcast journalism and said the city was honoring “a legendary news anchor and journalist who proudly hails from the city of Compton.” Councilmember Deidra Dewhart said the Compton City Council had unanimously voted on 01/13/2026 to…
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