Groomes Named Compton Interim City Manager
July 20, 2023
Jerry Groomes is the new interim city manager for the city of Compton. The Compton City Council voted to appoint Groomes to the temporary position on Tuesday, July 11.
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Compton City Council
Compton Leaders Add to Reward for Capture of Gunman Who Shot Deputies
September 24, 2020
Compton’s City Council is adding $10,000 to a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the man who ambushed and shot two sheriff’s deputies at a rail station in the city, officials announced today.
Memorial Set for Doris Davis, Compton’s First Black Female Mayor
March 1, 2018
Memorial Set for Doris Davis, Compton’s First Black Female Mayor
Councilwoman Zurita and supporters turn back frivolous recall
September 14, 2017
District 1 residents are “excited and elated”, they said, that their councilwoman Janna Zurita will remain in her seat despite the recall efforts against her. Had the efforts been successful, voters would have had to decide on the matter in November.
New Compton City Manager Appointed
August 4, 2016
Jerry Groomes was appointed by the Council to temporarily step in as the city’s chief administrator
$25,000 Reward Offered for Baby Killer’s Arrest
February 25, 2016
The Compton City Council has voted 5-0 to authorize a $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever was responsible for killing 1-year-old Autumn Johnson, and the total reward is expected to soon rise to $75,000. The vote by the Compton City Council came on February 16, when Compton Mayor Aja Brown announced that Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas and the FBI both plan to match the city’s reward. Autumn Johnson was asleep in her crib at home in a converted garage when a gunman got out of a car in the 300 block of North