Mar 27 2009

54th Street ES student wins Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza championship

Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza (BHCP) officials proudly announce that fifth grader Jessica Robinson of the 54th Street Elementary School is the 2008 BHCP Kids’ Spelling Bee champ.

Robinson beat second-place finisher Winston Ludlow of St. Bernadette Elementary School by spelling the word “usurp” in the bonus round of the champion finals that were held March 22, 2003in BHCP’s Sears Court. Chauntel Browden of Tom Bradley Elementary School finished third.

Mar 26 2009

by Walter Mosley

 The buzzword for today is “networking.”

Networking is easy; you’ve probably been doing it all your life and barely realized it. You tell friends about a good hairdresser, a decent mechanic, a trustworthy housecleaner. They, in turn, give you names of a good accountant, a decent tutor, a trustworthy babysitter. You make connections. You put people in touch with others.

Mar 26 2009

A cultural and entertaining experience

Hollywood, CA -- Get ready for the most unique and entertaining series to hit television; HBO’s “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” starring Grammy award winning singer Jill Scott (“Why Did I Get Married?”) and Anika Noni Rose (“Dreamgirls”). It’s not enough that it is a one hour series that stars a Black woman; as a matter of fact a lot of Black women and men, but it takes place in Africa, Botswana to be exact, and it quickly becomes a feast for your eyes.

Mar 26 2009

An unstoppable force

 Los Angeles, CA -- When Dr. Mombi Thairu makes up her mind to go after something, she doesn’t stop until she masters it, and then she’s on to the next level. When you first encounter this petite, beautiful woman you think, “That’s Dr. Mombi?” You speedily read her credentials again, and chastise yourself for thinking like a man.

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