The city of Carson is paying tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,—on the 50th..
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Health Net Teams Up With Congressional Leaders
Health Net teamed up with Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Health Braintrust, Congressional Representatives Karen Bass (D-California) and Robin Kelly (D-Illinois) and Ward African Methodist Episcopal Church to host a free Church Community Health Fair on Sunday.
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Avoiding financial aid scams
As students prepare to enroll in college this year and take out loans to pay for higher education, Attorney General Kamala D. Harris issued the following tips, encouraging Californians to know all the facts—and avoid potentially harmful scams—before taking on or paying off substantial student loans.
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LAPD adds mounted units to crime fighting arsenal
In response to a reported increase in crime in South Los Angeles, the LAPD is using a technique that has people staring, oohing and ahhing including some of the criminals
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Pillar of the community laid to rest
“It’s one thing to fight for one’s country. It’s another to have to fight for the RIGHT to fight,” said Sgt. Maj. Delwin Ellington, the youngest sergeant major in the United States Marine Corps. Ellington praised the efforts of Marion Meredith Beal—a true American hero, pillar of the South Los Angeles community and Congressional Gold Medal recipient, who was recently laid to rest with full military honors at Inglewood Park Cemetery.
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Emergency Management Department announces ‘5-Steps’ exercise
The City of Los Angeles Emergency Management Department (EMD) and the United Neighborhoods Neighborhood Council are conducting a neighborhood disaster exercise as part of America’s PrepareAthon on Saturday, April 30, in the Historical West Adams District of South Los Angeles.
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Housing questions can be answered at center
Tenants and landlords throughout Los Angeles County have a way to report any and all grievances they may have in regard to housing.
The Housing Rights Center (HRC) has three locations which will field and try to answer questions about possible housing discrimination, rent increases, repairs, security deposits, renters’ rights in foreclosure, and many other issues.
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Children to study moon objects
Some lucky students from Eastside Union School District will get to study actual objects from the moon.
Teachers Terra Pennsy of Columbia Elementary and Amanda Sullivan of Tierra Bonita Elementary schools took part in NASA’s Lunar and Meteorite workshop for K-12 educators, and the space agency certified them to have actual parts of the moon in their classrooms for student science labs.
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Color Vibe returns to Palmdale
The city of Palmdale has announced the return of the popular Color Vibe 5K run set for Jan. 23, 2016. The event will kickoff at 9 a.m. at the Palmdale Amphitheater, 2723 Rancho Vista Blvd.
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Obama visits Trade Tech today
President Barack Obama will visit Los Angeles Trade Technical College today in the only non-fundraising event of his two-day visit to the southland. He is expected to speak on the “importance of job-driven skills training, particularly for fast-growing sectors such as health care,” according to a White House statement.
