Adrian Dove, President and CEO, Kingdom Day Parade announced that California U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris is the Grand Marshal for the 2018 Annual Kingdom Day Parade.
San Bernardino Shootings AP Photo The San Bernadino terrorist attack took many in Southern California as well as the nation by surprise on Dec. 2. It has been reported that three gunmen possibly wearing military-style gear opened fired at a Southern California social services center. Fourteen people were confirmed killed and 17 or more wounded in the mass shooting. Law enforcement believes the two alleged shooters to be a county employee and a woman with whom he was in a relationship. A law enforcement official identified Syed Farook as one of the suspects. The woman killed in the gun battle
In July 2015, the new Martin Luther King Jr., Community Hospital opened its doors to much fanfare and to the delight of community members who unanimously agreed that it was well worth the wait. The Los Angeles Sentinel set down with the Chief Executive Officer of MLK, Elaine Batchlor, MD, MPH, to discuss quality care at the new MLK hospital.
At the John M. Langston Bar Association’s 24th Annual Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, Robert H. McNeill, Jr., a founding partner of Ivie, McNeill & Wyatt, was recognized for his significant contributions to the legal community, the practice of law and the community at large for the past 36 years. During the ceremony, Katie Murff Trotter, Honorable H. Elizabeth Harris, William H. Hastie, Jr., and Honorable Bob Bowers, Jr., were also inducted into the Hall of Fame. Ivie, McNeill & Wyatt co-founder Rickey Ivie was a 2013 Hall of Fame inductee. Ivie, McNeill & Wyatt is the largest and most
Barlow Respiratory Hospital announces two new board members on their Group (governing) Board. Earl E. Gales, Jr. Principal-in-Charge of Jenkins/Gales & Martinez, Inc and Daniel Weinstein, Managing Partner of College Town International assumed their posts at the annual meeting of the Board of Directors in September 2015. They take on leadership responsibilities including financial oversight and management of the organization. The Group Board of Directors is made up of distinguished leaders who also serve on the Board of Directors of Barlow Respiratory Hospital, Barlow Respiratory Research Center or Barlow Foundation.
The two-day event provided expecting mothers and their significant others the opportunity to engage with physicians and nurses through discussion
In response to decreasing resources and increasing demand for non-profit agencies, 9th District Councilman Curren Price, Jr. recently hosted a “Getting the Competitive Edge to Fund Your Non-profit” training event at the Los Angeles Expo Center.
Graphic (Amen Oyiboke/LA Sentinel) On a rainy Christmas Eve in 1988, South Los Angeles native Toni Bazley was on her way home from work when she noticed a mother and two children waiting at a bus stop. “It was close to 10 o’clock and I couldn’t just drive by the family without offering a ride to them. It was Christmas Eve and no one deserved to wait in the rain,” said Bazley. She remembered asking the woman if she wanted a ride home and pulled into the closest gas station to let the small family enter her 1981 Toyota Corolla.
Dr. Wilbert Jordan, Director, Oasis Clinic Young Joey could hold his tongue no longer. After his Mom came home from her Wednesday night choir rehearsal, he peeked into her room to ask her if he could talk to her. She smiled, waiting. He wanted to collapse into her arms, but he manned up. Sitting on the foot of her bed, he opened the door to his closet. “Mom, I’m gay.” The smile faded. Her face contorted into a disdain he rarely saw. And that was the beginning of his relationship with homelessness. After a week of trying to “fix” him