Slauson Avenue

Apr 9 2013

Seek county's help

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Illegal sidewalk vendors in the Florence-Firestone area drew attention at a Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors meeting today.

Hundreds of vendors, selling everything from fruit cocktail to cell phones, are a health and safety hazard, residents and small business owners told the Board of Supervisors. Some community advocates said the vendors were struggling entrepreneurs, creating their own jobs to pay their rent and support their families in an era of high unemployment.

Apr 1 2013

Lead police on pursuit

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Two suspects who allegedly carjacked a pickup truck at gunpoint and led police on a short pursuit into a South Los Angeles neighborhood were in custody today, authorities said.

The truck crashed into a utility pole at Central and Slauson Avenues around 11 p.m. Sunday, and the two suspects ran away, said Officer J. Boverie of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Newton Station.

Jul 19 2012

Some groups fret over likelihood of a major disaster

Fracking. It is a non-euphonius term that rhymes with cracking and whose sound connotes all kinds of unpleasant thoughts. But to certain residents of the Los Angeles area it is much more than just a unpleasant sound; it’s an oil-company practice that many in the nation and around the world consider both highly destructive and life-threatening, so much so that the Los Angeles City Council has passed a resolution against it, Culver City has called for a statewide ban against it, and at least one Assembly bill has been proposed limiting the practice. But it continues.

Jul 10 2012

Two suspects in a white vehicle sought

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Police searched today for whoever killed a man and wounded another in a drive-by shooting in the Hyde Park area of South Los Angeles.

The shooting occurred at Slauson Avenue and Crenshaw Boulevard at 4:10 p.m. Monday, said Los Angeles police Officer Karen Rayner. Two assailants fled in a white vehicle, Rayner said.

Jun 26 2009

Cell tower approved for Baldwin Hills

Despite protests from some area residents, the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission okayed a zoning permit approving construction of a nine-antenna T-Mobile tower on the roof of a CVS Pharmacy at the corner of Slauson Avenue and Overhill Drive in Baldwin Hills.

Some 550 residents signed a petition opposing the antenna because of fear the structure would lower property values and pose potential health risks.

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.