Curren Price

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
May 21 2009

Trutanich, Price top competitors

Carmen “Nuch” Trutanich, a political neophyte who said during the campaign that he would serve two terms and then retire, has defeated veteran City Councilman Jack Weiss 55.74% to 44.26% according to semi-official results released Wednesday. He will now take on the job of City Attorney beginning July 1.

Trutanich bested Weiss in a hard fought campaign that included numerous traded accusations and high powered supporters lining up on both sides.

May 14 2009

After careful consideration, Our Weekly makes the following endorsements in the
May 19 special election:

26th State Senate District (Run off)

4 Curren Price (Democrat)
 
Los Angeles City Attorney (Run off)

4 Carmen “Nuch” Trutanich
 
Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees

Seat No. 2 (Run off)

4 Angela J. Reddock
 
Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees

Seat No. 6 (Run off)

4 Nancy Pearlman

David L. Horne, Ph.D.  |   OW Contributing Columnist
Apr 2 2009

Making sense of the regular political maze

Recently, we elected the Honorable Curren Price to be the next California State Senator, District 26. We also elected or re-elected city councilpersons and mayoral candidates, among other political aspirants. Hooray for us and for them. But here’s a question. Do we really know what we elected them to do? We just hire and re-hired public servants. There is and was a specific job description that we did not pay particular attention to, and instead went mainly by who looked good, sounded good, got good endorsements and did great advertisements.

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
Mar 26 2009

Price pushes past Davis to win run-off slot

 Los Angeles, CA -- As was widely speculated, there will be a run-off in the 26th Senate District race that will pit Democratic Assemblyman Curren Price against Republican Nachum Shifren and Peace and Freedom candidate Cindy V. Henderson.

No candidate in the contest was able to pull the necessary 50% plus one vote needed to win the seat outright in Tuesday’s balloting, so they now must go into a run-off for a chance to complete the unfinished term of newly elected Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas, which ends in November 2010.

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
Mar 26 2009

Economic downturn reshaping state

 Los Angeles, CA -- The recession that currently has the nation in a chokehold is different from past economic downturns because its root cause is an inside job.

According to Jed Kolko, an associate director and research fellow with the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), the cause of the current economic malaise is the imploding housing market, which in turn tugged the banking and financial systems down the drain.

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.”