Rappers Snoop Dogg and The Game led a peaceful demonstration today outside a Los Angeles Police Department recruit graduation in what they called an effort to promote unity in the aftermath of the deadly shootings of police officers in Dallas.
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Discuss ‘Kill ‘Em and Leave’
The African American Book Club at the Palmdale Library will discuss on July 19 “Kill ‘Em and Leave,” James McBride’s new book about legendary entertainer James Brown. The group will meet at 7 p.m.
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Budget funds more homeless services
The Board of Supervisors has approved a $28.7 billion budget to fund 2016-17 services ranging from housing the homeless and protecting vulnerable children to building new jails and enforcing a new minimum wage ordinance.
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Stuntman hurt in Agua Dulce
A stuntman was seriously injured this week when he was pinned beneath a vehicle on the set of a television shoot at Agua Dulce Airport.
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New Demos report outlines why some students graduate debt-free
This week, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton announced major new additions to her plan to provide debt-free public college and reduce the burden of student debt for those struggling to repay.
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Memorial to local disaster
A bill by Rep. Steve Knight (CA-25) that would create a St. Francis National Memorial and Monument in Los Angeles County has passed the House with bipartisan support.ow
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Palmdale toddler drowns
Authorities this week identified a 3-year-old boy who drowned in Palmdale.
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Lifeguards get top rating
They don’t work in Manhattan Beach or Huntington Beach. They work in the High Desert, which is why the “world class” status earned last month by Palmdale’s lifeguard team is so remarkable.
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Famed aviator, educator Roscoe Brown Jr. dies
Roscoe Brown Jr., one of the Tuskegee Airmen who flew over Europe during World War II, died July 2 in the Bronx, NY at age 94. His granddaughter, Lisa Bodine, said Brown had broken his hip after a recent fall.
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Young Compton pilot flies across country
A Compton teenager took off on a planned cross-country flight this week day as the first step in what he hopes will be a record-setting around-the-world adventure.
