South Los Angeles

Oct 2 2012

Three gang members facing life sentence

LOS ANGELES, CALIF,. - Three members of a street gang that used violence and intimidation to control housing projects in South Los Angeles are facing potential life sentences for federal racketeering crimes. Kevin "L'' Eleby, 48, Jason "Lil' G-Red'' Davis, 26, and Rashaad" Big Time'' Laws, 35, were convicted Monday for their roles in a wide-ranging racketeering conspiracy that included drug and firearms trafficking, murder, witness intimidation and armed robbery in connection with the Pueblo Bishops Bloods.

Oct 1 2012

man fatally shot in South Los Angeles.

Authorities today identified a man who was fatally shot in South Los Angeles.
Ever Marroquin, 21, of Los Angeles died at a hospital a short time after the shooting, which occurred about 6:20 p.m. Sunday near 75th and Main streets, said coroner's Assistant Chief Ed Winter. No arrests were reported, and no suspect description was available,
police said.
 

Sep 27 2012

Jan Perry is termed out of office and running for mayor

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Sen. Curren Price Jr. will seek the Los Angeles City Council seat currently held by Jan Perry, who is termed out of office and running for mayor, his campaign announced today.

Price, D-Los Angeles, represents a South L.A. district that overlaps with the 9th City Council District. He is prevented by term limits from running for his Senate seat again.

In a campaign statement, Price said the district stands to benefit if the city green-lights a project to build an NFL football stadium downtown.

Sep 27 2012

Shooter believed to be gang member

Detectives are searching for the shooter who brutally gunned down a 19-year-old special needs teenager sitting on a park bench in South Los Angeles.

The gunman, who ran up, opened fire with a handgun and then fled in a compact car, is believed to be a gang member, a police detective said.

The shooting was reported at 3:15 p.m. at 1535 W. 62nd St., said Los Angeles police Officer Rosario Herrera of the Media Relations section.

Sep 21 2012

No injuries reported

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—A fire burned today in a church in South Los Angeles, a city fire official said.

The fire was reported at 4:18 p.m. at Galilee Baptist Church located at 3220 W 48th St., near Crenshaw High School, said Erik Scott of the Los Angeles Fire Department.

Rescuers arriving at the location reported the two-story building was engulfed in flames, Scott said.

"(Firefighters) quickly surrounded the building and are getting a good handle on (the) church fire,'' Scott said.

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.