LAPD

Nov 22 2011

Police looking for second suspect

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—A 17-year-old boy was fatally shot in southwest Los Angeles today, and police arrested one of two suspects believed involved in the crime.

Paramedics sent to Manchester and Western avenues shortly before 8 a.m. picked up the wounded teen but could not save him, authorities said. He was declared dead a hospital, said Los Angeles police Sgt. Tim O'Gorman of the 77th Street Station.

Nov 22 2011

“Find My Phone” application

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Police investigating an armed robbery in the Fairfax Village area quickly found a woman’s stolen Apple iPhone by using the “Find My Phone” application, and they arrested two people in the crime, authorities said today.

Officers were sent to Sierra Bonita Avenue at Rosewood Avenue about 9:30 p.m. Nov. 17 on an armed robbery call, said Officer Norma Eisenman of the Los Angeles Police Department.

Nov 15 2011

No arrests made

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—When news of the New York City police raid on the Wall Street protesters hit the Occupy L.A. encampment early this morning, about 100 noisy protesters marched from City Hall to the Nokia Theatre and back with Los Angeles police shadowing their movements and issuing a temporary tactical alert.

The demonstration began shortly after midnight with protestors beating drums and waving Occupy L.A. signs as they began marching in front of City Hall, according to a City News Service reporter at the scene.

Nov 14 2011

Victim stabbed in arm, chest and back

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—A man was hospitalized this morning with multiple stab wounds and a Los Angeles Police Department SWAT team arrested the stabbing suspect after making a forced entry into a South Los Angeles house where he was barricaded, a police sergeant said.

The unidentified victim, in his 20s, was stabbed around 2 a.m. on the northeast corner of Cimarron Street and Manchester Avenue, said Sgt. Dave Craig a watch commander at the LAPD’s 77th Street Station.

Nov 14 2011

Gunman at large

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—A woman was shot in the leg today during an attempted robbery in the Windsor Square area, and police were searching for the gunman.

The shooting occurred about 6:45 a.m. in the 4500 block of West Fourth Street, said Officer Cleon Joseph of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Media Relations office.

Paramedics took the woman to a hospital, where she was listed in stable condition, said LAPD Sgt. Ed Clark of the Olympic Station.

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.”