South Los Angeles

Gregg Reese  |   OW Staff Writer
Feb 3 2011

Killings likely continued during 14-year ‘break’

During an OurWeekly interview back in November of last year, “800” Task Force member Det. Bill Fallon suggested that more victims of suspected “Grim Sleeper” mass murderer Lonnie David Franklin, Jr. might materialize, adding to the 10 already ascribed to one of the most prolific serial killings in Los Angeles crime history.

Jan 25 2011

Excludes Glendale, Pasadena and Long Beach

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—A three-day count of the homeless population in much of Los Angeles County will begin tonight in the San Gabriel Valley and East Los Angeles.

What is billed as the nation's largest count of the homeless is conducted every two years and is headed by the Los Angeles Homeless Service Authority.

Jan 20 2011

Martin Luther King Day Parade

Westchester High School was among the many schools, community bands and drill teams that participated in the annual Los Angeles Martin Luther King Day Parade held Monday. Following the parade, organizers featured a festival in Leimert Park.

Jan 18 2011

"Working together, we can make the dream come true."

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Thousands of people lined the streets of South Los Angeles for the 26th annual Kingdom Day Parade, themed "Working together, we can make the dream come true.''

More than 3,000 participants, including marching bands, drill teams, dance groups and equestrian units, took part in Southern California's largest King Day observance.

Jan 4 2011

Kashmier James, Taburi Watson and Jesus Vasquez

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Three separate rewards of $50,000 each were offered today for information leading to the perpetrators of recent murders in South Los Angeles, including the Christmas Day slaying of a woman in front of her child and the shooting of a teenage bicyclist.

The Los Angeles City Council agreed to hand out the cash to tipsters willing to help authorities identify, arrest and convict those responsible for the deaths of Kashmier James, 14-year-old Taburi Watson and Jesus Vasquez.

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.