As protesters were planning a rally at the Ralphs market on the corner of Martin Luther King Boulevard and Western Avenue on Thursday, June 13, the grocery company was putting the final touches on the “grand re-opening” of another supermarket in Baldwin Hills at 5080 Rodeo Road.
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Juneteenth celebrations throughout the Southland
Juneteenth is a worldwide African American celebration commemorating the date (June 19) in 1865 when many slaves in Texas learned they had been freed by the Emancipation Proclamation (Jan. 1, 1863), two and a half years after President Lincoln issued the document.
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A more perfect Union serves the unbanked and underbanked
Union Bank of California has a successful history of fostering economic sustainability in the regions its serves, particularly providing financial services to so-called “underbanked” and even “unbanked” communities, including portions of south and east Los Angeles.
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Notices sent to late taxpayers
Notices of delinquency are being sent out to taxpayers who are already late paying taxes for the 2012-2013 tax year, and will be in default on July 2, 2013.
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Two gang members convicted in Carson man’s slaying
Two gang members were convicted Wednesday of the January 2009 murder of a 19-year-old Carson man who was shot in the back as he was walking home from school.
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Incumbents out in Inglewood elections
According to unofficial results, incumbents in the Inglewood City Council elections have been swept out of office, including longtime representative Judy Dunlap in District 2.
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Larenz Tate to keynote 6th annual Fatherhood Solution Conference
Larenz Tate, whose acting credits include the television show “Rescue Me” and films such as “Ray,” “Love Jones,” “Crash,” and “Menace II Society,” will keynote the 6th Annual Fatherhood Solution Conference hosted by the Children’s Institute Inc.
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Promoter’s e-mail: Arnold Klein, Michael Jackson doctor, ‘scares us to death’
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — AEG Live’s CEO wrote two days before Michael Jackson died that a doctor Jackson was seeing “scares us to death because he is shooting him up with something,” court testimony shows.
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Children’s Hospital Los Angeles ranked fifth by U.S. News & World Report
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Children’s Hospital Los Angeles was ranked fifth in a list of the nation’s best children’s hospitals released by U.S. News & World Report, the second consecutive year it was ranked fifth.
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‘CelebrateLA’ to double as farewell bash for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — “CelebrateLA,” a finale to a year of heritage month celebrations, will be held tonight and double as a farewell bash for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, with appearances by former President Bill Clinton and surprise guests.
