Harbor Gateway

Aug 29 2012

Racially motivated slaying

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The California Supreme Court declined today to review the case against one of four men convicted in the murder of a man mistakenly suspected of being an informant in the racially motivated slaying of a 14-year-old Black girl in the Harbor Gateway area.

Daniel Aguilar was convicted of first-degree murder and is serving a life prison term without the possibility of parole for the Dec. 28, 2006, stabbing death of Christopher Ash.

May 4 2012

Sentencing set for June 20

A man accused of being the lookout in a 2006 race-motivated gang shooting in the Harbor Gateway area that left a teenage girl dead was convicted today, May 4, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.

Following a day and a half of deliberations, jurors convicted Ernesto Alcarez, 25, of Torrance of one count of second-degree murder and seven counts of attempted murder. Hate crimes in concert, gang and principal discharge of a firearm allegations also were found to be true.

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
Apr 19 2012

L.A. City, county and Huntington Park partner to create Harbor Gateway enterprise zone

The state of California has approved a new enterprise zone that consists of a partnership between the county and city of Los Angeles and the city of Huntington Park that will bring a number of benefits to the communities of Florence-Firestone, the eastern section of Watts, Willowbrook, Wilmington, Walnut Park, Rancho Dominguez, West Rancho Dominquez, West Carson, San Pedro, Harbor City, and Harbor Gateway.

The benefits are available beginning May 1 and continue in force for the next 15 years.

May 26 2011

To face Craig Heuy

Janice Hahn, 15th district council member, is heading into a runoff election in July for the 36th congressional district, and should she be elected to fill the seat, the Los Angles City Council can either appoint someone to fill her vacant spot or call for a special election.

Hahn is set to face Republican Craig Heuy, who scraped past by Secretary of State Debra Bowen by a mere 709 votes. The election is July 12, and the winner will serve until January 2013 in a seat vacated by longtime legislator Jane Harmon, who resigned.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.

California
San Diego college students and volunteers will carry out their sixth home restoration project on Wednesday, July 10 through Sunday, July 14. as part of the “Healing our Heroes’ Homes” (H3) program created by the nonprofit Embrace. The five-day effort will take place at the home of medically retired Marine Corps Capt. Sarah Bettencourt. Bettencourt served with many different units across the country during the Global War on Terrorism and developed a rare neurological disorder in 2008. With a focus to restore the homes of disabled veteran homeowners, H3 falls in line with Embrace’s mission to mobilize college-student volunteers and community members to serve less fortunate members of civilian and veteran communities. The project for the Bettencourts’ home includes kitchen and bathroom remodeling, building ADA-compliant disability ramps, widening their driveway to ADA standards, widening doorways and landscaping.
 
District of Columbia
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will showcase its five-year community research project on African American identity with the program “The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity.” This multicity collaboration examines the history and culture of the aesthetics of African Americans. The festival will be held June 26-30 and July 3-7, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets. “Whether we realize it or not, we are all dress artists. The way we compose our look is a creative expression of our ideas about who we are and who we aspire to be,” said Diana N’Diaye, program curator. “This program explores the diversity of African American traditions of style, but also teaches young people the importance of documenting their own culture and saving that information for themselves and future generations.”