May 3 2013

Despite threats from gun rights groups

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — The Los Angeles City Council voted today to ban the possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines within the city, despite threats from gun rights groups that they would sue.

Councilman Mitchell Englander said before the 11-0 vote that the action will not take guns away from their owners. “This is taking away high-capacity magazines,” he said.

May 2 2013

Garcetti campaign denies involvement

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — The publisher of a southeast Los Angeles weekly newspaper filed two complaints today accusing City Controller and mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel of misusing city resources for campaign purposes.

Brian Hews of Los Cerritos Community Newspaper submitted letters to the District Attorney’s Office and the city Ethics Commission, requesting investigations into Greuel’s city emails that he claims have been used to further her mayoral campaign.

May 2 2013

Stage 4 cancer of the ureter

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Los Angeles Councilman Bill Rosendahl announced today his cancer is in remission, crediting marijuana as a major factor in his recovery.

Rosendahl revealed last July he was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer of the ureter, located between his kidney and bladder. He later announced he wouldn’t be running for a third term.

“Frankly I was given a death sentence,” he said, with doctors telling him he would not be alive for last November’s election.

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
May 2 2013

Trutanich, Feuer faceoff in runoff

As Los Angeles city voters prepare to go to the polls for the May 21 general election and runoff, incumbent and first-term City Attorney Carmen Trutanich seems to be facing a formidable challenger in the person of former Councilman Mike Feuer.

When the two men met in the March 5 primary, despite the fact that a total of four candidates were vying for the city attorney job, Feuer walked away with 44.10 percent of the ballots cast versus 29.70 percent for incumbent Trutanich.

Honor Roll

Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
May 9 2013

Working to get others involved in educating young Black men

The Motivated Men of Dorsey High School is a nonprofit organization committed to community collaboration and social responsibility through its efforts to prepare the young men at Dorsey High School to be effective communicators, critical thinkers and life-long learners. As a collaborative of alumni, parents, faculty, staff and community members, the organization’s objective is to foster positive relationships with the young men in an effort to close the achievement gap, increase test scores, and lead them to a successful high school experience.

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