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网页Sylvia F September 27, 2024 0 8 mins. President and founder of Operation HOPE John Hope Bryant speaks at a celebration of HOPE Inside, a financial literacy program in partnership with the U.S. Bank location on Crenshaw Boulevard. Over three decades, Operation HOPE has deployed over $4.5 billion of capital to serve communities of color.
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网页Sylvia F September 16, 2024 0 11 mins. Tourism industry workers staged a sit-in outside downtown City Hall Sept. 10 calling for an increase in the minimum wage and health care benefits as Los Angeles gears up to host global events. The workers’ action comes on the heels of a report released by the chief legislative analyst that supported such ...
Governor signs bill apologizing for slavery
网页18 小时之前 · SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several bills included in a priority reparations package introduced by the California Legislative Black Caucus this year, including Assembly Bill 3089, which formally apologizes to Black Californians for the harms caused by slavery, discrimination and other historical injustices.
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网页2024年8月13日 · L.A. Digest. Sylvia F July 26, 2024 0 10 mins. Black cowboys on horseback enter the Industry Hills Expo Center July 20 for the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo. The rodeo, featuring Black cowboys and cowgirls, is in its 40th year. Read More.
Ex-assistant sheriff to lead college police force
网页18 小时之前 · Rogers, who was elected to the Lakewood City Council in 2001, is currently serving as the city’s mayor. His hiring as the campus police chief was approved at the college board’s Aug. 14 meeting, and he will be officially sworn in at the board’s Oct. 9 meeting. A 32-year veteran of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Rogers ...
JOHN AMOS: 1939-2024 Actor portrayed television’s first Black …
网页18 小时之前 · Sylvia F October 3, 2024 0 7 mins. Wave Staff and Wire Reports. LOS ANGELES — John Amos — the athlete-turned-actor who played the strong father figure on the early seasons of the TV sitcom “Good Times” in the mid-1970s, and later the adult version of Kunta Kinte on the groundbreaking 1977 miniseries “Roots” — has died at …
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Waters introduces legislative package targeting housing
网页2024年2月15日 · WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters has introduced a legislative package in Congress designed to increase housing supply, improve affordability, end homelessness and revive the dream of homeownership across the country. The legislative package includes the Housing Crisis Response Act, which represents the housing investments that were ...
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网页2024年9月6日 · Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass meets with residents of Westside neighborhoods Aug. 26 after announcing the expansion of the Crisis and Incident Response through Community-led Engagement program (CIRCLE) into several Westside communities. The program sends non-violent mental health service calls to mental health workers.
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网页2024年8月9日 · Compton College highlights successes in five-year report. Former Compton College student Anthony Onwuegbuzia is featrued in the five-year report to the community recently issued by the college. After graduating from Compton College, Onwuegbuzia earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Cal State …