California Department of Justice

Gregg Reese  |   OW Staff Writer
Sep 27 2012

Often working behind the scenes, he put out fires and saved lives.

The narrative of Mervyn Malcolm Dymally’s journey from rural Trinidad to the United States political arena is a unique coming-of-age story set to be chronicled in an upcoming autobiography.

Aug 18 2011

Thousands of homeowners victimized

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—California Department of Justice officials raided a Calabasas law firm as part of an investigation into alleged legal fraud that may have touched thousands of victims, the state attorney general said today.

Nineteen DOJ agents and other state authorities seized computers, client files and 16 bank accounts Wednesday from the law firm of Kramer & Kaslow.

Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Mar 31 2011

Workers use street theater to oppose Prime Healthcare practices

Following months of escalating concern over Prime Healthcare Services’ business practices, hundreds of residents and healthcare workers staged a protest with a street theater in front of Centinela Hospital Medical Center in Inglewood last Saturday to underscore their demands that the hospital’s owner stop profiting at the expense of patients, caregivers, and the community.

Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Feb 3 2011

New resolution aims to get hospital in shape

In response to mounting concern from area residents, the Inglewood City Council unanimously passed a resolution last Tuesday demanding accountability to the community from Prime Healthcare Services, which owns Centinela Hospital Medical Center.

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.”