The Getty Trust has promised $30 million to digitize more than 4 million prints and negatives from the iconic publications Ebony and Jet documenting Black life in 20th Century America. […]
Author Archives: City News Service
Posted inGovernment, Local
Biden, Harris and Hillary Clinton endorse Karen Bass for mayor
Rep. Karen Bass (CA-37) locked up some big-name endorsements recently in her bid for Los Angeles mayor, earning the backing of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, along […]
Posted inEntertainment, Local - AV
Actor Tony Dow dies at 77
Actor, director and artist Tony Dow, forever remembered for his role as Wally Cleaver–older brother to Jerry Mathers’ Beaver–in the iconic family sitcom “Leave it to Beaver,” died this week […]
Posted inLocal - AV
County Summer Learning Initiative receives student program grant
The California Community Foundation (CFF) will provide more than $7.8 million in funding to 108 student programs as part of the Los Angeles County Summer Learning Initiative. The funds will […]
Posted inHealth, Local - AV
Board makes push for more monkeypox aid
In the face of limited supplies of vaccine and growing public concern, the Board of Supervisors this week agreed to lobby federal health officials to bolster local supplies of monkeypox […]
Posted inBusiness, Local - AV
LA County property values jump by 6.9%
The value of all assessed properties in Los Angeles County jumped by a record 6.95% this year, reaching a combined value of $1.89 trillion, the county Assessor’s Office announced this […]
Posted inLocal - AV
Strong criticism after Villanueva refuses to testify before panel
Members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission blasted Sheriff Alex Villanueva this week after he declined to testify before the panel unless it meets certain conditions, namely […]
Posted inUncategorized
Paul Sorvino of ‘Goodfellas’ fame dies at age 83
Paul Sorvino, a longtime character actor perhaps best known for his role as mob boss Paul Cicero in Martin Scorsese’s “Goodfellas” and as a New York police sergeant on “Law […]
Posted inEducation, Local - AV
Newsom demands answers after UCLA move to Big Ten
Gov. Gavin Newsom lashed out again at UCLA over the university’s decision to move its athletic program out of the Pac-12 Conference and into the Big Ten starting in 2024, […]
Posted inCOVID-19, Local - AV
Research concludes that virus originated in Chinese marketplace
An international research team that included a UCLA professor of biostatistics concluded in research published this week that the COVID-19 pandemic originated at a wholesale market in Wuhan, China, where […]
