Hallelujah! Leimert Park Will Have a Crenshaw Line Station
Written by KENNETH MILLER Assistant Managing Editor 24 May 2013
Mayor Villaraigosa, Sup. Ridley Thomas and Council Pres. Wesson stand together in celebration of African American Culture that Resonates in Leimert Park Village As the evangelical icon The Rev. Cecil ... read more >>
Written by KENNETH MILLER Assistant Managing Editor 24 May 2013
Mayor Villaraigosa, Sup. Ridley Thomas and Council Pres. Wesson stand together in celebration of African American Culture that Resonates in Leimert Park Village As the evangelical icon The Rev. Cecil ... read more >>
Mayor Villaraigosa, Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas to Celebrate Funding For Leimert Park Village Station on Crenshaw/LAX Line
Written by Nicole Williams 23 May 2013
MAYOR ANTONIO R. VILLARAIGOSACity of Los Angeles FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLYMay 23, 2013MAYOR’S OFFICE MEDIA CONTACT:Barb Solish This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript ... read more >>
Written by Nicole Williams 23 May 2013
MAYOR ANTONIO R. VILLARAIGOSACity of Los Angeles FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLYMay 23, 2013MAYOR’S OFFICE MEDIA CONTACT:Barb Solish This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript ... read more >>
Adding Shakur to Most Wanted List Baffles Activists
Written by Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent 23 May 2013
This is an undated file photo provided by the New Jersey State Police showing Assata Shakur (AP Photo/New Jersey State Police, File) A poster with photographs of Joanne Chesimard, a fugitive for ... read more >>
Written by Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent 23 May 2013
This is an undated file photo provided by the New Jersey State Police showing Assata Shakur (AP Photo/New Jersey State Police, File) A poster with photographs of Joanne Chesimard, a fugitive for ... read more >>
Retired Postman Wins Lottery
Written by Special to the NNPA from The Michigan Chronicle 23 May 2013
For The Fourth Time Retired postal worker Melvyn Wilson is probably one of the luckiest men on earth, because on Wednesday, he picked up his fourth winning lottery check, and this time, it was for ... read more >>
Written by Special to the NNPA from The Michigan Chronicle 23 May 2013
For The Fourth Time Retired postal worker Melvyn Wilson is probably one of the luckiest men on earth, because on Wednesday, he picked up his fourth winning lottery check, and this time, it was for ... read more >>
New Directions to Host ‘Walk for Warriors’ Memorial Day Event
Written by Sentinel Wire Service 23 May 2013
Christine Devine New Directions for Veterans, along with the West Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, will host their 3rd Annual Walk For Warriors 5K this Memorial Day, May 27. The run and walk will ... read more >>
Written by Sentinel Wire Service 23 May 2013
Christine Devine New Directions for Veterans, along with the West Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, will host their 3rd Annual Walk For Warriors 5K this Memorial Day, May 27. The run and walk will ... read more >>
Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre Give $70 Million to Create Academy at USC
Written by Sentinel News Service generalinfo@lasentinel.net 23 May 2013
Music Industry Icons and Entrepreneurs Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre give $70 million to create the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation Entrepreneurs ... read more >>
Written by Sentinel News Service generalinfo@lasentinel.net 23 May 2013
Music Industry Icons and Entrepreneurs Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre give $70 million to create the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation Entrepreneurs ... read more >>
State Rep. Tyrone Brooks, Sr. Indicted
Written by Special to the NNPA from the Atlanta Daily World 23 May 2013
Georgia State Rep. Tyrone Brooks, Sr., of Atlanta, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that he misappropriated almost $1 million in charitable funds from Universal Humanities, a charity ... read more >>
Written by Special to the NNPA from the Atlanta Daily World 23 May 2013
Georgia State Rep. Tyrone Brooks, Sr., of Atlanta, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that he misappropriated almost $1 million in charitable funds from Universal Humanities, a charity ... read more >>
3 charged in LA-area bank robbery
Written by Associated Press 23 May 2013
Huntington Park Police Chief Jorge Cisneros, right, with FBI Los Angeles Tim Delaney, left, speaks during a news conference into the investigation of a Sept 2012 bank robbery in in Huntington Park, ... read more >>
Written by Associated Press 23 May 2013
Huntington Park Police Chief Jorge Cisneros, right, with FBI Los Angeles Tim Delaney, left, speaks during a news conference into the investigation of a Sept 2012 bank robbery in in Huntington Park, ... read more >>
County Agrees to Consider Treatment Center for Mentally Ill Inmates
Written by Elizabeth Marcellino City News Service 23 May 2013
The Board of Supervisors agreed recently to consider building a treatment center to house mentally ill inmates as one of several alternatives to a proposed $933 million rebuild of downtown Men's Central ... read more >>
Written by Elizabeth Marcellino City News Service 23 May 2013
The Board of Supervisors agreed recently to consider building a treatment center to house mentally ill inmates as one of several alternatives to a proposed $933 million rebuild of downtown Men's Central ... read more >>
California ranks #1 for dog bites
Written by Sentinel Wire Service 23 May 2013
AVMA Offers Tips and Resources during National Dog Bite Prevention Week, May 19-25 “Ranking first in dog bites is a title that no community strives to attain,” according to representatives of ... read more >>
Written by Sentinel Wire Service 23 May 2013
AVMA Offers Tips and Resources during National Dog Bite Prevention Week, May 19-25 “Ranking first in dog bites is a title that no community strives to attain,” according to representatives of ... read more >>
Study: Five Percent of Consumers Had Errors on Their Credit Reports, Results in Less Favorable Terms for Loans
Written by William Garth Special to the NNPA from The Chicago Citizen 23 May 2013
A Federal Trade Commission study of the U.S. credit reporting industry found that five percent of consumers had errors on one of their three major credit reports that could lead to them paying more ... read more >>
Written by William Garth Special to the NNPA from The Chicago Citizen 23 May 2013
A Federal Trade Commission study of the U.S. credit reporting industry found that five percent of consumers had errors on one of their three major credit reports that could lead to them paying more ... read more >>
WESSON HONORS MINORITY BUSINESS AWARDEES
Written by Sentinel News Service generalinfo@lasentinel.net 23 May 2013
Council President Herb Wesson honors recipients of 18th Annual Minority Business Awards at City Hall Celebrating success in the local economy was the order of the day at City Hall when Council President ... read more >>
Written by Sentinel News Service generalinfo@lasentinel.net 23 May 2013
Council President Herb Wesson honors recipients of 18th Annual Minority Business Awards at City Hall Celebrating success in the local economy was the order of the day at City Hall when Council President ... read more >>
Curren Price, Our 9th District Councilman
Written by Brian W. Carter Sentinel Staff Writer brian@lasentinel.net 23 May 2013
The community has spoken in favor of Curren Price by electing him 9th District councilman. Price led over his opponent, Ana Cubas, by 53.55 percent of the vote. For over five decades, the 9th District ... read more >>
Written by Brian W. Carter Sentinel Staff Writer brian@lasentinel.net 23 May 2013
The community has spoken in favor of Curren Price by electing him 9th District councilman. Price led over his opponent, Ana Cubas, by 53.55 percent of the vote. For over five decades, the 9th District ... read more >>
Obama pledges urgent aid to Oklahoma town
Written by Associated Press 23 May 2013
Devastating Jimmy Hodges helps Chad Heltcel and his wife Cassidi salvage the wreckage of Heltcel's family home which was destroyed when a tornado swept through Moore, Oklahoma May 21 2013. President ... read more >>
Written by Associated Press 23 May 2013
Devastating Jimmy Hodges helps Chad Heltcel and his wife Cassidi salvage the wreckage of Heltcel's family home which was destroyed when a tornado swept through Moore, Oklahoma May 21 2013. President ... read more >>
Garcetti Denies Greuel’s Quest for History
Written by KENNETH MILLER Assistant Managing Editor 23 May 2013
Los Angeles Mayor Elect Eric Garcetti Garcetti won President Obama's support during his mayoral campaign City Councilman is L.A.’s New Mayor Los Angeles City Councilman Eric Garcetti’s ... read more >>
Written by KENNETH MILLER Assistant Managing Editor 23 May 2013
Los Angeles Mayor Elect Eric Garcetti Garcetti won President Obama's support during his mayoral campaign City Councilman is L.A.’s New Mayor Los Angeles City Councilman Eric Garcetti’s ... read more >>
Eric Garcetti is L.A. Mayor Elect
Written by Kenneth Miller Asst. Managing Editor 23 May 2013
Los Angeles City Councilman Eric Garcetti’s two-year campaign to become the next mayor became reality Tuesday when he defeated Controller Wendy Greuel in the most expensive race in city history. ... read more >>
Written by Kenneth Miller Asst. Managing Editor 23 May 2013
Los Angeles City Councilman Eric Garcetti’s two-year campaign to become the next mayor became reality Tuesday when he defeated Controller Wendy Greuel in the most expensive race in city history. ... read more >>
FBI ID's Benghazi suspects but no arrests yet
Written by KIMBERLY DOZIER | Associated Press 21 May 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and has enough evidence to justify seizing ... read more >>
Written by KIMBERLY DOZIER | Associated Press 21 May 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and has enough evidence to justify seizing ... read more >>
Crews race to find survivors of Oklahoma twister
Written by NOMAAN MERCHANT and SEAN MURPHY | Associated Press 21 May 2013
Residents pass a destroyed car as they walk through a tornado-ravaged neighborhood Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Moore, Okla. A huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening ... read more >>
Written by NOMAAN MERCHANT and SEAN MURPHY | Associated Press 21 May 2013
Residents pass a destroyed car as they walk through a tornado-ravaged neighborhood Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Moore, Okla. A huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening ... read more >>
Philly abortion doctor guilty in 3 babies' deaths
Written by MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press 17 May 2013
In this March 8, 2010 file photo, Dr. Kermit Gosnell is seen during an interview with the Philadelphia Daily News at his attorney's office in Philadelphia. Gosnell was found guilty Monday, May 13, ... read more >>
Written by MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press 17 May 2013
In this March 8, 2010 file photo, Dr. Kermit Gosnell is seen during an interview with the Philadelphia Daily News at his attorney's office in Philadelphia. Gosnell was found guilty Monday, May 13, ... read more >>
Sentinel Student of the Week
Written by Sentinel Wire Service generalinfo@lasentinel.net 17 May 2013
Justice McKinney School: Paul Revere Middle School 6th Grade, GPA: 3.89 Justice has a great love for animals, her favorite being Panda's, Sea Otters, dogs and cats. read more >>
Written by Sentinel Wire Service generalinfo@lasentinel.net 17 May 2013
Justice McKinney School: Paul Revere Middle School 6th Grade, GPA: 3.89 Justice has a great love for animals, her favorite being Panda's, Sea Otters, dogs and cats. read more >>
Mayoral Covenant Revealed to Public
Written by Sentinel News Service generalinfo@lasentinel.net 17 May 2013
Co Chairs Maulana Karenga and Larry Aubry along with President and Chairman Reverend Eric P. Lee (center) and members of the Black Clergy Community Labor Alliance unveil the Community Mayoral Covenant, ... read more >>
Written by Sentinel News Service generalinfo@lasentinel.net 17 May 2013
Co Chairs Maulana Karenga and Larry Aubry along with President and Chairman Reverend Eric P. Lee (center) and members of the Black Clergy Community Labor Alliance unveil the Community Mayoral Covenant, ... read more >>
Black Males, Athletes, and Academic Achievement
Written by Isiah Thomas & Na’liah Suad Nasir Special to the Sentinel 17 May 2013
Isiah Thomas and Na'liah Suad Nasir I entered Indiana University in 1979 as a freshman on scholarship from the inner city of the West Side of Chicago. Our team at Indiana University went on to win ... read more >>
Written by Isiah Thomas & Na’liah Suad Nasir Special to the Sentinel 17 May 2013
Isiah Thomas and Na'liah Suad Nasir I entered Indiana University in 1979 as a freshman on scholarship from the inner city of the West Side of Chicago. Our team at Indiana University went on to win ... read more >>
Board of Equalization Chairman to Receive Award for Excellence
Written by Sentinel News Service generalinfo@lasentinel.net 17 May 2013
California State Board of Equalization (BOE) Chairman Jerome E. Horton is honored to announce he is the recipient of the “2013 Award for Excellence by a Government Official.” The Los Angeles ... read more >>
Written by Sentinel News Service generalinfo@lasentinel.net 17 May 2013
California State Board of Equalization (BOE) Chairman Jerome E. Horton is honored to announce he is the recipient of the “2013 Award for Excellence by a Government Official.” The Los Angeles ... read more >>
Congresswoman Hahn hosts Export Business Roundtable
Written by Larry Buford Sentinel Contributing Writer generalinfo@lasentinel.net 17 May 2013
Left to right: Victor Parker, District Director U.S. Small Business Administration, Congresswoman Hahn, and Dario J. Gomez Associate Administrator for International Trade U.S. Small Business Administration (Courtesy ... read more >>
Written by Larry Buford Sentinel Contributing Writer generalinfo@lasentinel.net 17 May 2013
Left to right: Victor Parker, District Director U.S. Small Business Administration, Congresswoman Hahn, and Dario J. Gomez Associate Administrator for International Trade U.S. Small Business Administration (Courtesy ... read more >>
Wesson Marks Progress at “Jefferson Square”
Written by Sentinel News Service generalinfo@lasentinel.net 17 May 2013
Construction is well underway at the “Jefferson Square” affordable housing project. Completion is expected in the fall of this year. Council President Herb Wesson says that he is pleased with ... read more >>
Written by Sentinel News Service generalinfo@lasentinel.net 17 May 2013
Construction is well underway at the “Jefferson Square” affordable housing project. Completion is expected in the fall of this year. Council President Herb Wesson says that he is pleased with ... read more >>