carson

Nov 29 2012

Couple continues to fight to save their dreams

For 28 years Ronald and Valerie Jackson lived on Harlan Avenue in Carson. They raised their three children there, had started on the grandkids and had accumulated years of happy memories.

Valerie worked as a civilian employee for the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, and Ronald worked for the city of Los Angeles, before becoming a real estate investor.

Then the real estate market crashed, and “so did I,” said Ronald of his 2008 economic slump.

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 15 2012

Open to any licensed driver 18 and over

A throng of sports car enthusiasts cheered loudly at a recent Carson City Council meeting after the unanimous approval of construction of the Porsche Experience Driving Center at Carson’s (inactive) organic refuse landfill. Upon completion in late 2013, the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. projects the facility to generate more than $45.5 million into the county general fund.

Nov 1 2012

Triathlon built for all fitness levels

The third annual TRI-CARSON presented by Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center is set to run, bike, swim on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills, on Sunday Nov. 4.

Organized by CSU Dominguez Hills, the city of Carson, and LBTri, TRI-CARSON is a reverse sprint triathlon, but the day includes a number of activities that promise to keep everyone in the community on their feet. The triathlon gets under way at 8 a.m.

Oct 25 2012

May 12 would honor the late congressman

One of the highlights of the Oct. 16 City Council meeting in Carson was the passage of a motion to establish May 12 as Mervyn Dymally Day in the city. Introduced by City Manager David Biggs, the resolution honors the late 37th-District congressman for his “career and contributions to the public sector, and the communities he represented.”

Across Black America

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

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.