A beach town seized a Black couple’s land in the 1920s. Now their family could get it back

Los Angeles officials have announced an effort to return the valuable Manhattan Beach property to the descendants of Willa and Charles Bruce

On a recent morning, Duane Yellow Feather Shepard, 69, sat on a grassy hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean, steps away from one of southern California's most pristine beaches.

To visitors from around the world, it's an idyllic stretch of coastline and a prime surfing spot. To Shepard, it's the site that conceals a painful history.