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Hundreds of Compton Residents Chosen for Guaranteed Income Program
Dianne Lugo
Compton has joined in participating in a successful program to grant some of its residents a guaranteed income, no strings attached.
800 residents of the city have been feeling some relief since January as…
Pastor Tyron Robinson Named to Succeed Bishop Paul Morton
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Last year, nationally renowned pastor and gospel singer Bishop Paul S. Morton announced he would step down as senior pastor of the Changing a Generation Full Gospel Baptist Church megachurch in Atlanta and the G…
New Fund Will Grant $10,000 to Struggling Local Business Owners
Staff
More relief for local Los Angeles small business owners is on the way.
A new fund, the LA Regional COVID Fund, for small brick-and-mortar businesses, specifically in the personal care and retail sectors, has bee…
Probe Into Prison Deaths Ends Up Uncovering $8 Billion in Untracked State Money
Aldon Thomas Stiles | California Black Media
What started out as an investigation into inmate deaths in some of California’s county jails led to an audit that uncovered severe overcrowding, a lack of mental health res…
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Prayers for Jesse Jackson
Chez Hadley
Americans around the country are sending prayers to the family of the famed Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. The 79-year old civil rights icon and his 77-year old wife of nearly 60 years, Jacqueline, remained hospi…
Biden Administration Extends Pause on Student Loan Payments
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In a move to keep the economy recovering at a steady pace, the Biden Administration—which had paused federal student loan repayments for millions of Americans to the end of September—has announced it is extendin…
Tavis Smiley’s KBLA Gives Voice to Community as L.A.’s First Black-Owned Talk Radio Station
Lisa Collins
Tavis Smiley is used to making history. He did it as the first black to have a talk show on NPR and the first African American to have a talk show on PBS. Now, he is making history as with the launch of K…
With Clemency from Former President Donald Trump, Corvain Cooper Resets His Life as Entrepreneur and Community Activist
Corvain Cooper knows what it is like to be behind prison walls and feel like the people you love the most have forgotten about you. He served seven years of a life sentence for a nonviolent marijauna conviction.
Since…
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Hundreds of Compton Residents Chosen for Guaranteed Income Program
Dianne Lugo
Compton has joined in participating in a successful program to grant some of its residents a guaranteed income, no strings attached.
800 residents of the city have been feeling some relief since January as…
Pastor Tyron Robinson Named to Succeed Bishop Paul Morton
Staff
Last year, nationally renowned pastor and gospel singer Bishop Paul S. Morton announced he would step down as senior pastor of the Changing a Generation Full Gospel Baptist Church megachurch in Atlanta and the G…
New Fund Will Grant $10,000 to Struggling Local Business Owners
Staff
More relief for local Los Angeles small business owners is on the way.
A new fund, the LA Regional COVID Fund, for small brick-and-mortar businesses, specifically in the personal care and retail sectors, has bee…
Federal Moratorium on Evictions During Pandemic Has Been Extended
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President Biden’s administration has heeded advice from housing advocates and are once again extending a federal moratorium on evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Set to expire on Wednesday, the moratorium i…
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UCLA ‘back in the groove’ of being on the road
STANFORD — They filed into Stanford Stadium as the visiting team amidst a sea of red on a hazy Saturday afternoon, wearing their white tops and gold pants. They warmed up in the end zone next to their band — which was tucked into the corner — thei…
Thompson-Robinson leads No. 24 UCLA over Stanford football in Pac-12 opener
UCLA’s Kyle Philips (2) runs back a punt-return against the Stanford during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021, in San Francisco, Calif. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
UCLA running back Zach Charbonne…
Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger: ‘At the end of the day, I have confidence in myself and believe in myself’
PHOENIX — These have been trying times for Cody Bellinger, to say the least.
If it isn’t the injuries — a fracture in his left fibula, a hamstring strain and now a rib fracture — it’s the flood of strikeouts, pop ups and fl…
Dodgers fall flat in loss to last-place Diamondbacks
Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner makes a throwing error on a ground ball hit by Arizona Diamondbacks’ Ildemaro Vargas, allowing a run to score, during the fourth inning of a baseball game Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021, in Phoe…
Angels’ Mike Trout felt ‘relieved’ after deciding to end his 2021 comeback
ANAHEIM ― Earlier this month, Mike Trout decided it was time. He was ending his quest to play baseball again in 2021. He had been out of action for too long since straining his right calf muscle in May, and there was not enough time left on the ca…
Shohei Ohtani gets plenty of help in Angels’ blowout win
Los Angeles Angels’ Shohei Ohtani, center, poses after being presented with the Angels Most Valuable Player award and the Nick Adenhart Pitcher of the Year prior to a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021, …
USC DE Nick Figueroa returns vs. Oregon State
LOS ANGELES — USC defensive end Nick Figueroa returned after missing last week’s win over Washington State with an AC sprain that kept out of the second halves of the first two games of the season. In the first quarter, he was used only in c…
Major League Baseball Commits up to $150 Million to Get More Blacks Into the Game
In what has been the largest financial commitment in its history, Major League Baseball has pledged $150 million to the Players Alliance to improve its investment in Black players and professionals across the game over a ten year period.
The mone…
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Prayers for Jesse Jackson
Chez Hadley
Americans around the country are sending prayers to the family of the famed Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. The 79-year old civil rights icon and his 77-year old wife of nearly 60 years, Jacqueline, remained hospitalized with COVID. While Jackson—who has Parkinson’s disease— had been vaccinated in January and is being treated for a breakthro…
Keeping Everything In Perspective
Last month, the nation’s rollout in vaccina- tions experienced a hiccup when the CDC -temporarily paused Johnson & Johnson’s one dose vaccine, – a move that set vaccine hesitancy back a notch or two. The decision
was made after six (eventually increasing to a total of 15) cases of thrombosis-thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS) or blood clots…
L.A. Faith & Community Leaders Respond to Chauvin Verdict
L.A. Faith & Community Leaders Respond to Chauvin Verdict
Lisa Collins
Los Angeles faith and community leaders let out a collective sigh of relief and elation as twelve jurors found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of two counts of murder and one count of manslaughter in the death of George Floyd last year.
“Today’s verdi…
Pastor Tyron Robinson Named to Succeed Bishop Paul Morton
Staff
Last year, nationally renowned pastor and gospel singer Bishop Paul S. Morton announced he would step down as senior pastor of the Changing a Generation Full Gospel Baptist Church megachurch in Atlanta and the Greater St. Stephen Full Gospel Baptist Church in July on his 70th birthday. But with the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, the awar…
COGICs Select Bishop J. Drew Sheard as New Presiding Bishop
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The Church of God in Christ has elected Bishop J. Drew Sheard as its new leader. Results of the virtual election—making Sheard the presiding prelate of the 7-million member strong, worldwide denomination headquartered in Memphis—were announced March 20.
Sheard, 62, had formerly served as prelate of the Michigan North Central Jurisdiction,
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Two Pastors Merge Churches in Hopes of Healing Racial Divides
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A white pastor and a Black pastor in North Carolina have decided to merge their congregations in an attempt to lessen racial divides and create a stronger community on Sundays regardless of racial background. The two pastors, Derrick Hawkins and Jay Stewart recently released a book titled, “Welded: Forming Racial Bonds That Last” chron…
People: “Bishop Charles Blake Says He Won’t Pursue Another Term”
For the last 13 years, he has led the nation’s largest African-American denomination and has been viewed as one of the country’s most powerful Black religious lead-ers. Last week, Bishop Charles Edward Blake, Sr. Presiding Bishop and Chief Apostle of the Church of God in Christ (COGIC) announced that he would be stepping down from the role at t…
Church News: Jawane Hilton Seeks Second Term
Lauding the development of new affordable housing, improved budget reserves, and attracting a $65 mil-lion athletic and academic facility to his city, Pastor Jawane Hilton is seeking a second term on the Carson City Council board. Hilton, a native of Carson, insist he has work that must be continued and completed on his watch. Having …