Although Gov. Jerry Brown has just called for a Sept. 17 special election to fill the senate seat vacated by Curren Price, who is now a member of the Los Angeles City Council, Assemblymember Holly J. Mitchell in late May announced that she plans to run for the vacant slot.
Author Archives: Cynthia E. Griffin
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Leimert Park Book Fair honors the 1960s
The seventh annual Leimert Park Village Book Fair will feature a special tribute to the 1960s beginning at 10 a.m., Saturday, June 29, on the Leimert Park Vision Theatre back lot, 4318 Degnan Blvd.
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Bronzeville: Little Tokyo in Black and Tan
That simple question, combined with a snatch of a mural and the reaction of an elderly Japanese American merchant at the door of a Little Tokyo camera shop, served as the catalyst to unleash a whole torrent that for mixed-media artist and graphic designer Kathie Foley-Meyer has turned into a multifaceted entity called Project Bronzeville.
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Palmdale School District reaches agreement on cuts with two unions
Two of the three labor unions that serve the Palmdale School District (PSD) have agreed to salary concessions and furlough days that will help enable the district to meet its financial obligations for the 2013-14 and 2014-15 school years.
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California poised to take on Common Core Standards
During the 2014-15 school year, California public school students in grades three to 11 will face a new set of standardized tests aligned to a new educational standard called the Common Core State Standards.
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Midtown Bowl closing its doors after 52 years
It survived the civil unrest of 1992 that left its neighbors burned out hulks. It survived in a neighborhood where gangs are an ever-present force to be reckoned with.
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Fathers working their way back home
In 2012, Darwin Gray found himself feeling like a deer caught in the headlights. And it wasn’t a bad feeling at all. In fact, the 44-year-old father of two daughters gets a little nostalgic when he thinks about what happened.
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New blood flows into Compton city politics
The winds of political change have swept through Compton once again, and based on unofficial election results from Tuesday, Councilwoman Lillie Dobson was in danger of being toppled from office by newcomer Isaac Galvan, and neophyte Aja Brown has denied former mayor Omar Bradley an opportunity to retake the city’s top elected spot.
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Forum on Crenshaw High transformation features youth
More than 50 students, parents, teachers and community members turned out for a forum on the future of Crenshaw High, and the goal was to ensure that the concerns and voices of young people are heard and taken into consideration as the school undergoes transformation.
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Garcetti wins in L.A.
Los Angeles has spoken. In a high-spending election that pitted two longtime City Hall insiders…
