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Oct 9 2012

States he's his uncle

LAWNDALE, Calif.—A 21-year-old man who allegedly stole a pickup truck in Lawndale with a 2-year-old boy inside was behind bars today, and the toddler was safely back with his family.

The boy's 42-year-old father had just strapped the child into the truck when he returned to his apartment near 173rd Street and Grevillea Avenue at 2:48 p.m. Monday to get a diaper bag he had left behind, said Sgt. Paul Schuerger of the Los Angeles County sheriff's South Los Angeles Station.

Oct 5 2012

Drunk driver slammed into a police cruiser

 A suspected drunk driver slammed his car into a police cruiser in Inglewood today, slightly injuring an officer, and was taken into custody, police said.
Police were sent to the intersection of Prairie and Florence avenues at 1:16 a.m. to investigate a crash in which a pickup truck went through a fence and overturned on railroad tracks, said Inglewood police Sgt. Tyran Bailous, adding no one was hurt in that accident.

Oct 4 2012

He was treated and release

Inglewood police were searching for whoever shot an officer in the leg during a traffic stop.
Paramedics were called to Crenshaw Boulevard and 113th Street about 10:25 p.m. Sunday on a report of a wounded officer, county fire dispatch supervisor Bernard Peters said. Officer Benjamin Sanza, 26, was taken to a trauma center, where he was treated and released.

Sanza and his partner, Andrew Tachias, 26, had conducted a traffic stop on a silver 2008 Chevrolet Impala, said Inglewood police Lt. James Madia.

Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Sep 27 2012

New State administrator not yet named

Upon the recent enactment of SB 533, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tom Torlakson, assumed all the rights, duties, and powers of the Inglewood Unified School District governing board and, in consultation with the Los Angeles County Superintendent of Schools, will appoint a state administrator to act on his behalf. That person has not yet been named, and current Superintendent Gary McHenry will remain in that role until someone is selected.

Sep 17 2012

Science Center agrees to plant more trees than those removed

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The president of the California Science Center said today the organization has agreed to increase the number of trees it will plant to replace ones being removed to make way for the space shuttle Endeavour’s journey from Los Angeles International Airport to Exposition Park.

But some residents continued to decry the tree-removals, insisting there must be a less-destructive option.

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.”