Ventura

Jul 7 2011

Must show I.D.

SANTA MONICA, Calif.—San Fernando Valley residents who somehow manage to travel to Santa Monica during the July 15-18 closure of the San Diego (405) Freeway will be rewarded with free carnival rides.

Pacific Park, the amusement park on the Santa Monica Pier, announced it will offer free unlimited-ride passes to guests with a San Fernando Valley ZIP code during the freeway closure.

Guests from other areas can also get a reward that weekend if they purchase an unlimited-ride pass—a free construction-cone orange cotton candy.

May 19 2011

Plus business revitalization seminar

SANTA CLARITA, Calif—The Wade Institute is offering of two boot camps—Small Business Summer Boot Camp and Executive Boot Camp—on Thursday, June 2, from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at IHOP, 24737 Pico Canyon Road in Stevenson Ranch. The boot camps are designed to help local entrepreneurs and small businesses accelerate during this time of economic recovery.

The institute is challenging local business owners to take back control of their businesses by investing in training, human capital and program development.

Apr 21 2011

Education does pay

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Millions of dollars would flow back into the economy of the Greater Los Angeles area if just half of the high school students who dropped out last year completed their education, according to a study released today.

The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana metropolitan statistical area was among 16 MSAs in the state analyzed by the nonprofit Alliance for Excellent Education, which studied the economic returns lost as a result of young people leaving school early.

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
May 8 2009

Chance encounter with old-fashioned art leads to new business

Once upon a time, setting the family table was a very exacting exercise with cutlery, dishes and napkins arranged just so. Today that preciseness is basically a relic except at county fairs around the state.

And it was in just such a setting that Marian “Fifi” Locke began a hobby that is slowly blossoming into a business.

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
Mar 27 2009

IRS open Saturday to give rebate help

Internal Revenue offices in four Southern California counties will be open March 29 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to help people file a tax return in order to receive their Economic Stimulus payment (tax rebate.)

Offices will be open in Kern, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties and will be staffed by IRS personnel who can answer questions, and help file tax returns.

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.