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Jun 30 2011

Junior lifeguard training offered

Kaiser Permanente, the LA84 Foundation, the city of Los Angeles, as well municipal officials in other areas have teamed up to offer two weeks of free swim lessons to 6,000 youth and adults this summer.

Signups began at Los Angeles city pools on June 26, and students will have the opportunity to take 10 lessons.

City pools will also train an additional 780 junior lifeguards this summer. Those interested in a junior lifeguard scholarship must have some background in swimming and will be trained this year to work in pools next year.

Jun 22 2011

Pinned by a piece of equipment

CARSON, Calif.—A BP worker died in an accident at the company’s Carson refinery today.

The man, a longtime employee whose name was being withheld, was working in an area where railcars are loaded with light refinery products when he was pinned by a piece of equipment just before 8 a.m., BP spokesman Walter Neil said.

Los Angeles County sheriff’ deputies and Cal/OSHA investigators will handle the accident investigation. The body will be turned over to coroner’s investigators for an autopsy, once the on-site investigation is done.

Brittney M. Walker  |   OW Staff Writer
Apr 28 2011

Section 8, arrests, expungements, other issues

LANCASTER, Calif.—The Community Action League (TCAL) will host the Community Justice Forum on Saturday, May 14, at the Palmdale Moose Lodge from 12-4 p.m.

The forum and civil rights seminar will educate citizens about their Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment rights, as well as address police harassment and criminal records.

V. Jesse Smith, co-founder of the organization, says the AV is in need of this workshop, especially due to the high volume of complaints and issues individuals have shared with TCAL.

Mar 28 2011

Bank of America

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The FBI hopes security-camera images released today will lead them to a bank robber dubbed the "All Ears Bandit'' because of his prominent ears.

The robber is Latino, 25 to 33 years old and weighing 150 to 160 pounds.

The images were taken this month during holdups at three Bank of America branches in the Southland.

On March 12, the robber was at the branch at 7105 Eastern Ave. in Bell Gardens. Two days later, he robbed a branch at 8764 Firestone Blvd. in Carson.

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
Mar 24 2011

Benefited A Place Called Home

Hundreds of women turned out last Saturday at Westfield Culver City Mall for a day of primping and relaxation courtesy of SoftSheen-Carson’s “Picture of Strength” event. The charity program, which benefited A Place Called Home and was a community celebration of our roots, featured family portraits, mini makeovers and celebrity appearances by host VHI’s Chlli, as well as actresses Shondrella Avery and Daphnee Duplaix.

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.”