Category: Government

If Black Republicans ever want to be taken seriously by the Black community, they have to stop accepting the silly ultimatum being offered by the Republican Party. Some in the party think Blacks have to choose between their community and the GOP. The proper thing to do is to be both Black and Republican. This isn’t an ‘either-or’ scenario; Black Republicans must represent their community and the GOP at the same time.

If passed in November, Proposition 52 would enhance an existing law that imposes fees on hospitals and directs those fees and federal matching funds to hospital-provided Medi-Cal healthcare services.

People who want to vote in the Nov. 8, general election must register by Oct. 24.

Next month, the Santa Clarita Public Library will partner with the Santa Clarita Valley Food Pantry to launch the first-ever Food for Fines program which allows patros to donate one food item to waive up to $20 of overdue library fines or replacement card fees.

A Santa Clarita man suspected of breaking into a series of residences and assaulting a woman has been charged with seven felony counts.

The city of Lancaster, in collaboration with CalRecycle, tomorrow will host its latest free used oil and electronic waste recycling event from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the City Maintenance Yard, 615 W. Avenue H.

The insurance carrier of the now-defunct Marinello Schools of Beauty, which operated a location in Palmdale, has paid $8.6 million to resolve civil allegations that the school—which operated in about a dozen Southland locations—obtained federal student loan funds for ineligible students, it was announced this week.