ORANGE, Calif. – A movie theater was evacuated after a fight broke out which lead to an active shooter scare, according to authorities. An AMC theater in the city of Orange was evacuated around 11 p.m. during a showing of the latest installment of the Scream franchise. Officers responded to multiple 911 calls for assistance at The Outlets at Orange for a possible shooting after guests began running out of the theater and into the parking lot. Witnesses state the fight occurred after a person described as carrying a large bag and pacing the theater with a flashlight, was acting…
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At a reception held at the San Jose Capitol Club, Voler Strategic Advisors’ Chief Strategy Officer, Rolando Bonilla, was awarded the Mil Gracias Award by Prosperity Lab, a San Jose based nonprofit that works to empower and support small businesses. “I would like to thank Mimi Hernandez and Prosperity Lab for being a critical partner in the creation of the East San Jose COVID Relief,” said Rolando Bonilla, Chief Strategy Officer, Voler Strategic Advisors. “Through our work, we were able to create an economic lifeline that helped keep the lights on and people employed during a time where East San Jose businesses were left to fend…
After six (6) years, VSEDC President and CEO, Joe Rouzan III, is retiring and making way for new leadership. Under Joe’s tenure, VSEDC has grown exponentially, evolving and expanding to meet the ever-changing needs for economic and small business development solutions in South Los Angeles while increasing funding to these organizations significantly. Joe has created long-term partnerships with Federal, State, County and City Government agencies and major corporations, such as Best Buy, Annenberg, Weingart and 23 Banking Institutions. Prior to joining VSEDC, Joe held the position of Director for the City of Los Angeles Business Source Program, overseeing 9 Business Source Centers throughout Los…
The Hidden History Museum held a gathering to celebrate its opening to the public The museum was created by Tariq Nasheed, an American film producer, best known for his Hidden Colors film series. Nasheed came up with the idea to highlight current and past historical Black figures from Freedom Fighters, to inventors, master teachers, to founding pioneers in Black California, as well as Hip Hop culture on the West Coast. “I decided to start this museum after I was driving down Crenshaw Boulevard and saw that people were using the site where Nipsey Hussle got shot and killed as a…
John McKinney currently serves as Deputy District Attorney for Los Angeles County. A native of Passaic, New Jersey, a high-crime, working-class city, John was raised by his older sister, who had three children of her own. As a teenager, John lived through the crack cocaine epidemic of the 1980’s and saw his friends die from drug use or go to jail for selling. Deciding to pursue a different path, John graduated from Rutgers University and ultimately from UCLA Law School which landed him in Los Angeles. In 1998, John was hired by the LA County DA’s Office by former Los…
DJ Cassidy will take his highly lauded primetime television series “Pass The Mic” on tour in 2023 in partnership with Black Promoters Collective. “DJ Cassidy’s Pass the Mic Live!” Tour kicks off on Friday, May 12th at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, with an epic lineup including Ashanti, Fabolous, Ja Rule, Lil Kim, Ma$e, Ne-Yo, Robin Thicke, 112, and a slew of exciting surprise guests. The debut “Pass The Mic Live!” show, a takeover of the annual “Mother’s Day Good Music Festival,” will be the first in a series of one-night-only events taking place throughout the year, each with its own unique roster of superstar performers. Before offering to the general public, “DJ Cassidy Pass the Mic Live!” tickets will…
Four Black Americans are missing after they were shot and dragged into a pickup truck by members of a Mexican cartel. So far, nothing is known about the fate of the Americans who were kidnapped just after crossing over the border into Mexico on Friday, March 3. The FBI confirms the Americans crossed into Matamoros, Mexico in a vehicle with North Carolina license plates. Chilling cellphone video shows heavily armed gunmen firing upon passengers in a vehicle near the border. The four Americans, including a woman, are then dragged from the vehicle and into the bed of a white pickup truck. A…
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LOS ANGELES – Three women were arrested this week on a federal grand jury indictment alleging they ran a federal student aid fraud scheme that used the identities of California prison inmates and other victims to fraudulently enroll in an Orange County-based community college and obtain federal student loans totaling nearly $1 million, the Justice Department announced today. The six-count indictment charges the following defendants with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud affecting a financial institution and bank fraud: Nyisha Ramsey, 43, of Lancaster; Dionne Ramsey, 36, of Las Vegas, who is Nyisha Ramsey’s sister; and Sharyn Barney, 62,…