OW Staff
Jul 17 2008

Tuesday, Councilmember Bernard C. Parks (CD8) successfully gained support for a motion calling on the County Board of Supervisors to investigate the County’s failure to remove problem employees.

Recent Los Angeles Times reports revealed that some L.A. County medical workers and at least 22 Martin Luther King-Harbor Hospital employees with criminal records and other significant disciplinary problems remain employed with L.A. County.

Jul 17 2008

The African American Firefighter Museum (AAFM) celebrated the birthdays of five pioneers on June 22, 2008.

  Four of the firefighters reached their 90th birthdays; the fifth, Captain Cecil McLinn Sr, passed before his 95th birthday. The trailblazers worked during the days of segregation on Central Avenue and endured the bitter battle of integrating the Department in the mid 1950s. Honorees included Arnett Hartsfield, Roger Duncan, Nathan Neal and Gerald George and Captain Cecil Mclinn Sr..(represented by his son, Cecil McLinn Jr.).

Jul 17 2008

When the Eastside Boys get together this Saturday in Altadena, it will be as if history is walking and talking.

The 200 to 300 African American men who have been meeting periodically for the last 40 years mostly attended Jefferson High School in the 1940s and 1950s, but a sprinkling also went to Jordan, Fremont,Manual Arts, Los Angeles and Polytech.They come from as far away as Ohio and Canada, and they are also the sons, nephews and other relatives of L.A. history-makers—Attorney Loren Miller and California politician Byron Rumford.

Jul 17 2008

Jazz pianist and organist, Gerald Wiggins, was born on May 12, 1922 in New York.

 He began classical piano lessons at the age of four and toured with Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Lou Rawls, Eartha Kitt and more. In the 1940s he made Los Angeles his permanent home. He died Sunday morning at Encino-Tarzana Medical Center. Services are pending.

Jul 17 2008

4 No Name Pecan Crusted Chicken Breasts
4 cups field greens, chopped
2 cups corn, fresh or frozen
1/4 cup Gorgonzola cheese, crumbled
12 to 16 Kalamata olives
1/2 cup roasted red pepper
4 teaspoons cilantro, chopped
8 lime wedges
1/2 cup light or regular ranch dressing
Bake chicken according to package directions.

 Place chopped salad greens on plate. Lightly coat greens with 1/2 of the dressing. Arrange cooked chicken, corn, cheese, olives and peppers on top of greens. Sprinkle chopped cilantro over greens. Top with remainder of dressing. Place lime wedges on either side of the salad. Squeeze fresh lime juice over the salad as desired. Makes 4 servings./Courtesy of No Name and Family Features.

Jul 10 2008

Board to schedule public hearings for Baldwin Hills residents

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved a request by Yvonne B. Burke to review a disputed plan to build a cell tower atop a CVS pharmacy located in Baldwin Hills. 

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.