carson

Jul 26 2012

Education is the key to saving lives, spokesperson says

Kevin’s Cause, a Carson-area nonprofit suicide prevention organization in collaboration with Carson City Councilman Mike Gipson, will host “Let’s Talk—Break the Silence Suicide Prevention Symposium,” a panel and audience discussion featuring professionals representing the fields of mental health, suicide prevention, grief counseling, and drug and alcohol counseling.

The symposium will take place from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, July 28, in the Victoria Community Regional Park Community Room, 419 E. 192nd St., in Carson.

Apr 12 2012

Willie Hagan to become interim president at Dominguez Hills

Willie Hagan, the current interim president of California State University, Fullerton, is moving on to another position as interim president, this time at California State University, Dominguez Hills, in Carson. The new position becomes effective on June 11.

On that date, Mildred Garcia, the current president at the Dominguez Hills campus, becomes president at the Fullerton campus. Milton A. Gordon, the former president at Fullerton, retired at the beginning of the school year.

Mar 29 2012

Acting erratically

Elgin Olu Stafford, 23, who was last seen leaving his residence in the 20000 block of Campaign Drive in Carson at 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 20, remains missing, according to authorities. Stafford has no known medical or psychiatric issues, but had recently been exhibiting erratic behavior. He is African American, 5 feet 10 inches tall and 145 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. He has a tattoo of a bonsai tree on his right shoulder, and a birthmark near his left thumb. He was wearing a dark jacket, multi-colored pants and a black shirt.

Nov 21 2011

First MLS Cup win for David Beckham

CARSON, Calif.—The Los Angeles Galaxy won the 2011 MLS Cup Sunday night, defeating the Houston Dynamo, 1-0, on a 72nd-minute goal by Landon Donovan off assists by David Beckham and Robbie Keane.

Beckham began the scoring sequence by heading the ball to Keane, who passed to Donovan, who put a right-footed shot from about nine yards out diagonally past goalkeeper Tally Hall just inside the right goalpost.

The 36-year-old Beckham played all 90 minutes, despite a previously undisclosed torn hamstring, sustained in practice Tuesday.

Nov 3 2011

CVS pharmacies

Carson residents can now get prescription discount cards that will allow them to save up to 23 percent off the retail price of their prescription medications.

The cards are available at Carson City Hall at 701 E. Carson Street, and at the city’s Senior Social Services office in the Congresswoman Juanita Millender-McDonald Community Center at Carson at 801 E. Carson Street.

The cards may also be printed online at www.caremark.com/nlc.

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.