Eastside High School

Nov 16 2012

Tagging

LANCASTER, Calif.—A month-long investigation resulted in the arrest of four juveniles charged with tagging, authorities said today.

The arrests by the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station “CORE Team” arrested the four 14-year-old boys believed to be responsible for more than 400 taggings in Lancaster, according to a news release from the station.

Jun 28 2011

$10,000

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The Board of Supervisors approved a $10,000 reward today for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a hit-and-run driver who struck an 18-year-old Lancaster woman, leaving her hospitalized on life support.

The collision happened about 8:45 p.m. on June 20 in the 300 block of East Avenue J in Lancaster.

Brittney M. Walker  |   OW Staff Writer
May 19 2011

Training on an open field

LANCASTER, Calif.—Eastside High School is home to the Lions, including CIF high school senior track finalists Le’Gia Pendergraph and Traviell Hill. The two have been among the league underdogs in track and field, but still their achievements have put smiles on their faces.

This past season was challenge for Pendergraph because she had doubts about herself. As a long-distance runner, she had an opponent who is like her arch-nemesis, but Pendergraph was finally victorious and won first place.

Brittney M. Walker  |   OW Staff Writer
Feb 3 2011

Leaving no child behind

LANCASTER, Calif. — Parents, teachers and students swarmed to Eastside High School for the 4th Annual Parent Symposium sponsored by High Desert Alliance of Black School Educators.
Kicking off the event with a panel on Saturday, graduate students discussed their challenges and victories while paving their path to success.

May 13 2010

A gang related fight invokes a pursuit

Lancaster, Calif – A sheriff’s special weapons team arrested a man in his 30s for making a terrorist threat while flashing a weapon during a gang-related fight in a parking lot of Eastside High School in Lancaster recently.

Members of the school’s security team broke up the fight that occurred around 1:40 p.m., but a man who was not directly involved in the fight displayed a handgun in his waistband and made a verbal threat.

Capt. Mike Parker of the Sheriff’s Headquarters Bureau said the man was pursued.

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.