Rep. Steve Knight (CA-25) urges that NASA’s budget be fully funded and made stronger, when the House and Senate meet to work out differences between their respective agency authorization bills.
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Search for missing woman
Sheriff’s detectives asked for the public’s help this week to find a 61-year-old woman suffering from dementia and bipolar disorder who went missing in Palmdale.
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Investing in bioscience
Acting on a motion by Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved investing $3 million to help build a bioscience incubator on the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center campus.
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Assemblymember Ridley-Thomas provides Zika town hall follow-up
Assemblymember Sebastian-Ridley Thomas recently conducted a telephonic town hall to engage members of the community in a discussion on the Zika virus and how to prevent the spread of Zika within the Los Angeles community. Below is an overview of information regarding the Zika virus.
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‘Red shoes’ murder trial points to ‘gang pride’ motive
A 19-year-old mentally disabled man wearing a red T- shirt and red shoes was gunned down near a South Los Angeles car wash over nothing more than “gang pride,” a prosecutor told jurors this week.
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Gloria Naylor, prolific author, dies from heart attack at 66
Gloria Naylor, the award-winning novelist whose debut work “The Women of Brewster Place” would be adapted into a 1989 TV miniseries starring Cicely Tyson and Oprah Winfrey, has died. She was 66.
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Black ‘Future Achievers’ part of scholarship program
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California (RMHC) announced this week that applications are being accepted for its scholarship program, with $233,000 to be doled out to deserving high school seniors in the region.
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Sen. Isadore Hall celebrates endorsements for Congressional run
State Sen. Isadore Hall said he first went into politics to right wrongs in his community. He has a track record of proposing legislation to effect positive change, such as proposing laws that led to the first “green” football stadium, building a new senior center in Compton and sponsoring legislation that would ensure equal pay for people of color and women.
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Synthia Saint James creates Kwanzaa Forever stamp
The U.S. Postal Service continued its tradition of celebrating Kwanzaa by dedicating a new Kwanzaa Forever stamp. The First-Day-of-Issue dedication ceremony took place in Marion Square in Charleston, N.C. at the MOJA Art Festival celebrating African-American and Caribbean arts.
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Nanette Barragan feels she can better represent the people of the 44th district
Nanette Barragan never planned on a career in politics. It was something she fell into when she was at USC Law School. As the child of immigrants, her parents taught her to go to school to study a career that would net a good salary, and so she chose law.
