Venice

Feb 27 2013

Emanuel Alberto Pleitez

CANOGA PARK, Calif.—Emanuel Alberto Pleitez will begin the get-out-the-vote efforts of his campaign for mayor today by starting a six-day, 100-mile running and bicycling trip across Los Angeles.

Pleitez will travel the 15.4 miles from the Canoga Park Community Center to Mestizo Restaurant in Mission Hills today in three hours.

Jan 4 2013

Two others charged as well

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—A reputed gang member accused of gunning down a Compton youth minister in Venice was scheduled to be arraigned today.

Hopeton Parsley, 23, was charged Wednesday with the June 4 killing of Oscar Duncan, 23, according to the District Attorney’s Office. Parsley was arrested Thursday, according to prosecutors.

Nov 22 2011

Jackson Limousine's 23rd annual Turkey Dinner Giveaway

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—With Thanksgiving almost here, thousands of people were expected to receive food boxes with all the turkey dinner fixings today at a series of giveaways in the Southland.

In South Los Angeles, the Jackson Limousine Service will hold its 23rd annual Turkey Dinner Giveaway. Thousands of people traditionally line the sidewalks leading to the service’s Slauson Avenue center to receive the turkey dinners.

Sep 13 2011

$1 million prize

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—“Survivor: South Pacific,” the 23rd edition of the Emmy-winning series, is scheduled to premiere Wednesday at 8 p.m. on CBS with a 90-minute episode featuring a Venice man and two Los Angeles residents among the 18 contestants.

The castaways will be divided into two tribes of nine, the Savaii Tribe and the Upolu Tribe, named after the two islands of Samoa.

Aug 4 2011

Rawesome, Healthy Family Farms

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The owner of a Venice market and two other people were arrested on charges stemming from the alleged illegal production and sale of unpasteurized goat milk, goat cheese and other products.

James Cecil Stewart, who runs the Venice market Rawesome, is set to be arraigned Thursday in downtown Los Angeles, according to the District Attorney’s Office.

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.