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Local Community Rallies to Save The Serving Spoon, Raises Over $150,000
By Dianne Lugo, Staff Writer Angela and J.C Johnson were sure they were going to be forced to close the doors of The Serving Spoon, the Inglewood restaurant that’s stood in the same shopping center since 1983. The cou…
Activists Pay LIVWRK’s CEO & Founder Asher Abehsera a Home Visit
Stephen Oduntan, Staff
A group of Crenshaw Subway Coalition protesters and activists affiliated with various organizations marched through a predominantly Jewish residential neighborhood on Sunday demanding that Asher…
And Holly Mitchell Makes the L.A Board of Supervisors “The Fab Five”
Keith DeLawder, Contributor
With a resounding victory in November’s general election, former State Senator Holly Mitchell is now representing the 2nd District on the L.A. County Board of Supervisors. Mitchell, who def…
State’s Disaster Emergency Preparedness Effort Meets and Exceeds the Goals It Set
Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media
Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) announced that the state’s emergency preparedness campaign, which was launched last…
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A Culture of Gangs & Violence Plagues L.A. County Sheriff’s Department
Stephen Oduntan
A violent gang of Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies who call themselves “The Banditos” have planted weapons on victims to try and justify shootings of unarmed suspects, a deputy alleged in a recent…
Briefly: Ice Cube Faces Backlash After Meeting with Trump Administration; Taraji P. Henson to Host and Produce Podcast Series…
Ice Cube Faces Backlash After Meeting with Trump Administration
Rapper-turned-actor Ice Cube is facing criticism after it was revealed that he met with the Trump administration to discuss their plan to addre…
NNPA President, Chavis, Launches New Public Broadcasting Show Chronicling Black Lives
Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
With a soulful sound completed by thumping bass and a picturesque view of the wind blowing the American flag over the White House, civil rights icon and …
BLM Co-Founder Signs Multi-Year Deal with Warner Bros.
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Co-founder and Executive Director of the Black Lives Matter Movement Patrisse Cullors has landed a T.V. production deal with Warner Bros. Television Group. The activist will focus on creating original progra…
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Bishop Charles Blake Says He Won’t Pursue Another Term as COGIC’s Presiding Prelate and Chief Apostle
People: “Bishop Charles Blake Says He Won’t Pursue Another Term”
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Tiger Woods Extracted from Mangled Vehicle in Los Angeles
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
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Golfing superstar Tiger Woods is reportedly in critical condition in a Los Angeles area hospital after a single-car accident on Tuesday, …
Redondo Beach Has Never Had a Black Member on the School Board. Will One of the Eight Candidates Running Change That?
Stephen Oduntan
This is where surf, sand and sun all shape its identity. This is Redondo Beach, the part of California where homebuyers looking for properties within walking distance of the ocean should expect to pay…
Life Expectancy of Black Males Drops by 2.3 Years Thanks to COVID-19 Pandemic
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A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — through their National Center for Health Statistics — has revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic caused a sharp drop in the country’s life expect…
Three Remaining Youth Prisons in California Will Close by July 2023
Dianne Lugo
Youth prisons in California are closing.
For eighty years, California has used controversial facilities to incarcerate teenagers. Only three Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) prisons remain after longtim…
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Senate leaders reach agreement on virus bill benefits
By Alan Fram | Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Senate leaders and moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin struck a deal late Friday over emergency jobless benefits, breaking a nine-hour logjam that had stalled the party’s showpiece $1.9 trillion …
Will new COVID-19 vaccine rollout bypass hardest-hit communities served by health clinics?
Long lines of people wait to get their COVID-19 vaccine at a drive-thru event at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson in February. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
This war-time mobilization can inspire awe: Giant sports stadiums tr…
Surge in anti-Asian hate crimes raises fears in Southern California
For several weeks last April, Garden Grove resident Linda Nguyen didn’t leave her home.
She worked remotely. She ordered her groceries and food online. She didn’t take walks in the neighborhood. What Nguyen says “paralyzed”…
Briefly: Dave Roberts Becomes Second Black Manager to Win the World Series; Iyanla Vanzant’s, ‘Fix My Life’ Series on OWN is Coming to an End; Netflix Set to Premiere New Gospel Series Executively Produced by Pharrell Williams…
Dave Roberts Becomes Second Black Manager to Win the World Series
Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
The Los Angeles Dodgers are the champions of baseball in large part because of a masterful managerial job by Dave …
Michael Jordan Forms NASCAR Team, Secures Bubba Wallace as Driver
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Basketball legend Michael Jordan is the newest
NASCAR team owner. The 57-year-old will oversee a NASCAR Cup Series team with
the only Black, NASCAR top racer, Bubba Walla…
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When First Lady Khalilah Tulloss met Reverend K.W. Tulloss of the Historical Weller Street Baptist Church as a child, she never thought they’d end up married. But after reconnecting after a few years, the rest was history.
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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 …
Bishop Charles Blake Says He Won’t Pursue Another Term as COGIC’s Presiding Prelate and Chief Apostle
Staff
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 leaders. Last week, Bishop Charles Edward Blake, Sr. Presiding Bishop and Chief Apostle of the Church of God in Christ (COGIC) announced that he w…
Briefly: Jay-Z Starts His Own Cannabis Brand; Pope Francis Appoints First African American Cardinal…
Jay-Z Starts His Own Cannabis Brand
Rapper Jay-Z is expanding his entrepreneurial catalogue with a new line of cannabis products. The fresh brand, Monogram, comes after he was named chief strategist for cannabis company Caliva in 2019 as a new partnership with the California-based company.
“We think this is a sea (of) change in terms of t…
Leading Pastor Says Black Lives Matter Should Dialogue with the Black Church
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Bishop
Clarence McClendon of the Inglewood-based Place of Grace says that while he is
grateful that the Black Lives Matter movement has thrust the mantra of black
lives into the national conversation, he believes there needs to be dialogue
between the black church and Black Lives Matter and he is hoping t…