BELLFLOWER (CNS) – A fight outside a Bellflower Denny’s restaurant led to gunfire Tuesday morning and a wounded person showed up at a hospital. The shooting was reported at 2:57 a.m. in the parking lot of the Denny’s restaurant at Artesia and Lakewood boulevards, said Lt. F. Maldonado of the Lakewood Sheriff’s Station. “Multiple people were fighting in the parking lot,” Maldonado told City News Service. “Three or four shots were heard.” A victim showed up at a hospital in the Lakewood area and the victim was taken to a Long Beach hospital for treatment, he said. The age and…
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By: Samantha Michaels | Mother Jones Outside a Family Dollar store in Gulfport, Mississippi, a stream of cars enter a parking lot. It is early February, a Saturday, but no one is here to shop. Katrina Mateen, 41, stands with her back toward the store’s entrance, where a cluster of teddy bears, fake flowers, and tea candles sit in the sun. The belongings, faded from weeks of winter weather, are a makeshift memorial for her son Jaheim McMillan, who was shot in the head by police outside the store last October, when he was just 15 years old. Katrina Mateen/Family Photo…
LOS ANGELES – A cold front is expected to move into Los Angeles County this week, prompting local health officials to issue a cold weather alert Sunday for several areas. The advisory is in effect for the following locations, where overnight temperatures are expected to be near or below 32 degrees Fahrenheit: https://2urbangirls.com/2023/02/find-a-cold-weather-shelter-in-la-county/ — Santa Clarita Valley, Tuesday to Friday; — Lancaster, Monday to Friday; — Mount Wilson, Monday to Friday; — San Gabriel, Tuesday to Thursday; — Pomona, Tuesday to Thursday; — Woodland Hills, Tuesday to Thursday; — Burbank, Wednesday to Thursday; — Downtown Los Angeles, Wednesday; and –…
By: Cami Mondeaux | Washington Examiner Lawmakers on the Congressional Hispanic Caucus are reportedly considering ousting Chairwoman Nanette Barragan (D-CA) from her top position, accusing the California Democrat of leaving the caucus unable to advance its priorities due to high turnover. Caucus members are planning to hold a virtual meeting to discuss Barragan’s leadership, which could ultimately lead to her ouster as chairwoman, sources told Politico. The news of the meeting comes days after Barragan fired the group’s executive director, Jacky Usyk, just one month after her tenure began. “This is a disaster,” a Democratic staffer for one of the caucus lawmakers told the outlet. Read the…
LONG BEACH – A 44-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder for allegedly shooting another man during an argument in Long Beach, authorities said Saturday. Officers were sent to the 100 block of East 28th Street at about 10:30 p.m. Friday regarding a report of a shooting, and found a man suffering from gunshot wounds to the upper body, the Long Beach Police Department reported. The victim said he was walking in the area when he became involved in an argument with another man, who shot him several times. Paramedics rushed the shooting victim, with non-life-threatening injuries, to…
McDonald’s USA has a long history of investing in Black leaders who are taking steps now to create a brighter tomorrow. And, today, the Golden Arches and its Owner/Operators unveil the 2023 Black & Positively Golden Change Leaders – a collective of 10 young, Black movers and shakers who inspire and enact remarkable change in their communities and beyond. Each Change Leader will receive $20,000, totaling $200,000 collectively, and will have access to elevated platforms to amplify their community missions, ranging from financial literacy to equality across the education system to mental health advocacy. To further propel their leadership and underscore that…
City already rents to three other councilmembers at rates as low as $710 per month By: Jason Henry | SCNG City-owned home in Industry. (Photo: Google Maps) After freezing its controversial housing program for years, the City of Industry is now actively renting the heavily discounted residences again, but city officials have refused to disclose who was selected from a recent pool that included a current city councilmember and eight other applicants. Related: City of Industry misused subsidized housing to reward allies, force out dissenters Records show Councilmember Michael Greubel applied to rent a 1,681-square-foot, two-bedroom, two-bathroom house from the…
“The King Center Timeline” features first publicly-available artifacts chronicling The Center’s History and the Legacy of Mrs. Coretta Scott King ATLANTA – Culminating the 2023 King Holiday Observance, The Martin Luther King Center for Nonviolent Social Change (The King Center) and Microsoft announced the launch of “The King Center Timeline,” an unprecedented collection of artifacts that chronicle its history, impact and the global contributions of its founder, Mrs. Coretta Scott King. In 1968, Mrs. King established The King Center. The Timeline is accessible at https://timeline.thekingcenter.org/dear-coretta/ The Timeline includes an inaugural collection of more than 75 years of documentary material, pictures, and…
By Sawyer Kamal | California Political Review California legislators pass hundreds of laws every year. But sometimes, they free themselves from following them. On one emblematic issue, however, this may be the session when that changes: Lawmakers, who have pushed through major bills to support unions throughout California, may finally let their own staffers organize. For at least the fifth time in the last 25 years, the effort came to an anticlimactic end last year as a legislative unionization bill passed the state Senate, but failed in an Assembly committee on the last day of the session. Read the full article here.
By Gary Warth | California Political Review A $503,000 refurbishing project funded by the city and county of San Diego has created 20 additional shelter beds for youth and could end homelessness for about 60 young people each year, the head of the nonprofit running the program said Monday. The project expands the number of shelter beds at Urban Street Angels’ downtown program to 70, and youths ages 18-24 years old will begin moving in Feb. 23, said the nonprofit’s founder and CEO, Eric Lovett. The $503,000 to expand the shelter came from the $25 million County-City Behavioral Health Impact Fund created in…