No one can laugh at life like Thomas Jerome Hawkins, partly because the former Lakers…
Author Archives: Stanley O. Williford
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The unkindest cuts?
The relationship between the Los Angeles City Council’s three African American members–Bernard C. Parks and…
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State panel tries to chart a new course for young men of color
Perhaps Manual Arts student Joshua Ham said it best when he attempted to walk the…
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Contractors seek to trouble waters under Long Beach bridge
A local organization–the Young Black Contractors Association Inc.–is threatening to “occupy” the Gerald Desmond Bridge…
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No rejoicing in the religious community over Prop. 8 ruling
While such politicians as Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Sen. Barbara Boxer and Attorney General…
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City Council divide widens between Wesson, Perry and Parks
The rift between Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson on the one side and…
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John Levy, 99, took Jazz management to another level
John Levy broke the mold of White management among African American Jazz musicians, and in…
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Singer Etta James to be laid to rest on Saturday after private service
Mourners, fans and curiosity-seekers will get a final opportunity to say farewell to Jamesetta Hawkins,…
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Etta James: rebel with a cause
Etta James, the big-voiced singer with the rowdy persona, has died after a long battle…
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Building is in Jan Perrys bloodline, but so are mayors
Jan Perry’s passion for building comes naturally. In the Cleveland, Ohio, area where she was…