Black News

Nov 16 2012

Suspect arrested

HAWTHORNE, Calif.—A Hawthorne man who allegedly met his victim through an online dating service and was wanted on suspicion of rape has been arrested, police said today.

Police took Aaron Robinson, 32, into custody Wednesday night at his Hawthorne apartment, where the assault took place on Nov. 4, Lt. Scott Swain of the Hawthorne Police Department said.

A search of his apartment turned up evidence, Swaim said.

Nov 16 2012

Tagging

LANCASTER, Calif.—A month-long investigation resulted in the arrest of four juveniles charged with tagging, authorities said today.

The arrests by the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station “CORE Team” arrested the four 14-year-old boys believed to be responsible for more than 400 taggings in Lancaster, according to a news release from the station.

Nov 16 2012

Suspicious death

CARSON, Calif.—Sheriff's homicide detectives today were investigating the suspicious death of a woman whose body was found in Carson after a call for a welfare check.

The woman was found around 4 p.m. Thursday in the 1100 block of Poppy Drive and pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

Homicide detectives were sent to the address to investigate what is being called a suspicious death, sheriff's officials said.

Nov 16 2012

Victim not a gang member

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—A 50-year-old man was wounded in both arms today in a gang-related drive-by shooting in South Los Angeles, police said.

The victim was standing near the corner of Cimarron Street and Manchester Avenue around 2:10 a.m. when three females in a passing black Chevrolet Equinox yelled an expletive denigrating an area Crips gang clique before someone inside the SUV opened fire, said Lt. Manny Santoyo of the Los Angeles Police Department’s 77th Street Station.

Nov 16 2012

Armed robberies, murder

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Authorities sought the public’s help today in their search for the “Western Bandit,” who is suspected of killing one person and committing a number of armed robberies over the past year.

The crimes have occurred in convenience stores and other businesses, generally between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m., along an eight-mile section of Western Avenue from Hollywood to South Los Angeles, Los Angeles police officials said.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.

California
San Diego college students and volunteers will carry out their sixth home restoration project on Wednesday, July 10 through Sunday, July 14. as part of the “Healing our Heroes’ Homes” (H3) program created by the nonprofit Embrace. The five-day effort will take place at the home of medically retired Marine Corps Capt. Sarah Bettencourt. Bettencourt served with many different units across the country during the Global War on Terrorism and developed a rare neurological disorder in 2008. With a focus to restore the homes of disabled veteran homeowners, H3 falls in line with Embrace’s mission to mobilize college-student volunteers and community members to serve less fortunate members of civilian and veteran communities. The project for the Bettencourts’ home includes kitchen and bathroom remodeling, building ADA-compliant disability ramps, widening their driveway to ADA standards, widening doorways and landscaping.
 
District of Columbia
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will showcase its five-year community research project on African American identity with the program “The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity.” This multicity collaboration examines the history and culture of the aesthetics of African Americans. The festival will be held June 26-30 and July 3-7, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets. “Whether we realize it or not, we are all dress artists. The way we compose our look is a creative expression of our ideas about who we are and who we aspire to be,” said Diana N’Diaye, program curator. “This program explores the diversity of African American traditions of style, but also teaches young people the importance of documenting their own culture and saving that information for themselves and future generations.”