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Sep 28 2010

Fee to increase

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles City Council agreed today to boost the amount that Los Angeles residents are billed when police officers respond to a false alarm call.

The ordinance, which still needs to be signed by the mayor, would up the city's False Alarm Fee to $149 from the current $136.

The increase was planned months ago, when the council was crafting the budget for this fiscal year and looking for ways to shrink the deficit.

Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Sep 23 2010

Three-day event provides valuable services

The city of Compton, the United States Veterans Inc. and other organizations are partnering, to provide assistance to local homeless veterans as part of their seventh annual Homeless Veterans Stand Down program.

Stand Down helps local veterans in need by providing services, support, information and assistance to enhance their quality of life. Volunteers and service providers offer clothing, sleeping supplies such as blankets and pillows, coats, food, health care, vision care, dental care, referrals to temporary and permanent housing, and other services.

Sep 21 2010

Location of gas pipelines

LOS ANGELES - In the aftermath of the devastating natural gas explosion in the Bay Area, a Southern California Gas Co. official vowed to provide customers with more information on where its pipelines are located.

The statement came a day after Pacific Gas & Electric Co., owner of the pipeline that set off a massive fireball in San Bruno on Sept. 9, released maps of major pipelines in its Northern and Central California service area.

Joseph Wright  |   OW Senior Staff Writer
Aug 12 2010

Two-hundred volunteers turn out

On an overcast day on the football field of Miguel Contreres High School, Los Angeles Councilwoman Jan Perry addressed a crowd of approximately 200 people at Relay for Life. This event, which takes place several times a year all across the United States and abroad, raises awareness and money for cancer research.

“There was a time, when we would not even say the word when I was growing up,” Perry reflected.

Brittney M. Walker  |   OW Staff Writer
Mar 26 2009

Councilwoman, Los Angeles City Controller-elect

 Los Angeles, CA -- A native of the San Fernando Valley, Councilwoman Wendy Greuel knows what it means to serve her community. Her leadership experience started when she became student body president at Kennedy High School, along with an internship in the Office of Mayor Tom Bradley. After graduating from the University of California, Los Angeles, Greuel became Mayor Bradley’s liaison to the City Council and community on public policy issues.

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.