South Los Angeles

Stanley O. Williford  |   OW Editor
Apr 7 2011

About 250 in attendance

About 250 persons showed up recently at an event that is a rarity in the community—the grand opening celebration of a major medical facility in South Los Angeles.

There were political leaders—Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, 8th District Councilman Bernard Parks, 9th District Councilwoman Jan Perry and representatives for Congresswoman Maxine Waters and Assemblymember Hollis J. Michell, among others. There were physicians, nurses, staff people and community people.

Apr 5 2011

Lonnie David Franklin Jr.

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Eight more women may have been killed by the 'Grim Sleeper,' an alleged serial killer charged with killing 10 women in South Los Angeles as far back as the mid 1980s.

Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck plans to discuss the case and release images of possible victims at a 4 p.m. news conference.

Mar 24 2011

Lonnie David Franklin Jr.

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—A grand jury indictment was unsealed today against the suspected "Grim Sleeper'' serial killer, who is accused of murdering 10 women and trying to kill an 11th victim in a crime spree that stretched over more than two decades.

The indictment, returned Wednesday and unsealed this afternoon by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Patricia M. Schnegg, contains the same charges filed last summer against Lonnie David Franklin Jr.

Mar 16 2011

Jeff Bridges, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Oscar-winning actor Jeff Bridges and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa helped kick off the government-backed No Hungry Kid campaign at a South Los Angeles school today.

Congresswoman Karen Bass  |   OW Guest Contributor
Mar 10 2011

As Congress proposes cuts in aid

Twenty-one years ago, I was active in the movement to end apartheid and free Nelson Mandela.

While the apartheid regime was crumbling, the crack epidemic was beginning in South Los Angeles and inner city communities around the nation. I made a conscious decision to turn my activism away from Southern Africa and dedicate my time to addressing the devastation taking place at home. The Community Coalition, which plays such a vital role in our neighborhoods today, was born out of that crisis.

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.