Compton Creek

Vote Yes On Measure W – It’s Good For Business and for the Black Community

At its core, we support Measure W because of its impact on empowering African-Americans and other communities of color in Los Angeles County – making business pay their fair share for the clean water that Black and brown residents are most likely, otherwise, to be deprived of. Measure W is a progressive tax that spreads the compliance burden equally with no groups paying more than their fair share.

Authorities Ask for Help in Finding Mother of Newborn Girl Found Buried Alive

Authorities asked for the public’s help this week in finding the mother of a newborn girl who was found buried alive the day after Thanksgiving near Compton Creek, with one of the sheriff’s deputies who rescued her calling her discovery “a miracle.” “I knew what I was hearing as I (was) digging in the hole. I still didn’t believe it. It was more of a disbelief,” Los Angeles County sheriff’s Deputy Adam Colette said of his initial thoughts at the scene where the baby was found. “When I’m holding the baby, looking down on it, I’m going, `The baby’s fine,