Los Angeles

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
May 24 2012

Financially strapped schools look for budget solutions

According to a financial watch list released earlier this month by the California Superintendent of Public Instruction, school districts in the Antelope Valley, Los Angeles, Compton, Hawthorne, Inglewood, and Lynwood face the possibility of not being able to meet their obligations in the next three school years.

Stanley O. Williford  |   OW Editor
May 10 2012

He points to responsibilities as husband, father

The mayoral candidate that Los Angeles magazine aptly termed “the unpolitician,” has folded his tent and withdrawn from the race. It’s a pity, because Austin Beutner brought a rare freshness to the Los Angeles political scene, though for big-city politics he brought very little name recognition.

Mar 22 2012

Mismanaged funds may have played a part

 Two former Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum top executives whowere accused last year of mismanaging public funds were arrested Thursday,along with the owner of a music promotion company.

Mar 1 2012

Marshall Hunter Sr.

Marshall Hunter Sr., 85, last seen boarding a bus near Century Boulevard and Prairie Avenue in Inglewood, has been missing since the morning of Monday, Feb. 27. Hunter, an African American, stands about 6 feet, 3 inches, with dark brown eyes and complexion. Hunter has a trachea tube, and was wearing pajama bottoms, white tennis shoes and a navy blue hooded sweat jacket. He also wears a Gardena Convalescent Hospital bracelet. Anyone having information or knowing his whereabouts is asked to call the Inglewood Police Department at (310) 412-8771 or his son Marshall Hunter Jr.

Oct 20 2011

Program to raise parents’ awareness of learning challenges facing children

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The Tavis Smiley Foundation announced today it will host a series of parent education seminars nationwide to give parents tools and information on how they can ensure their child’s success in learning.

The Too Important to Fail Parent Education Summits will kick off in Los Angeles on Saturday, Oct. 29 with six other cities scheduled throughout spring 2012. These include: Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Houston, and Montgomery, Alabama.

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.