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Costco is Coming to South Los Angeles 
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Costco is Coming to South Los Angeles 

Brian W. Carter, Contributing Writer September 25, 2024

The mix-use development is the first in the nation and will be located on Coliseum St. in Baldwin Village.  Recently, city and community leaders gathered in the Baldwin Village community in South Los Angeles for the groundbreaking of a new Costco Wholesale on Coliseum St. The mixed-use project will feature a store at the street level with 800 units of rental housing above. This is the first mixed-use development in the nation to have Costco as the anchor retail tenant. “The status quo is over, waiting around for projects to get started and to fail and for opportunities to die,”

Fathers of the Community Celebrate 8th Global Day of Compassion on July 31
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Fathers of the Community Celebrate 8th Global Day of Compassion on July 31

Kimberly Shelby, Contributing WriterJuly 28, 2022

Fathers of the Community will celebrate their 8th Global Day of Compassion on Sunday, July 31. Cases of water and $25 gift cards will be distributed to seniors in Baldwin Hills, Pasadena and Watts. A “Movie in the Park” event for the local community will be held at Jim Gilliam Park at dusk.

Isiah Thomas Talks Cheurlin Champagne and Leveraging Online Presence
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Isiah Thomas Talks Cheurlin Champagne and Leveraging Online Presence

Khari Jones, Jr., Contributing WriterDecember 10, 2020

During these times, their company wants to stay on top of everyone’s minds, and being in sports and entertainment has helped them thrive. Cheurlin Champagne partners with 450 NBA players, and it has helped them reach an audience of over 2.5 billion people. Thomas says, “Using the social media platform that they have and ours, we were able to stay on top of minds and expand our brand reach.” He also says sports has a way of bringing people together. “Sports also has a way of helping you communicate and being a good teammate, meaning you have to have a accomplish a goal and set a vision.

Attorney: Man killed at Costco was mentally ill, off meds
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Attorney: Man killed at Costco was mentally ill, off meds

Stefanie Dazio, Associated PressJune 20, 2019

  A man fatally shot in a Southern California Costco store was mentally ill and off his medication when he pushed or slapped an off-duty police officer who opened fire and killed the man and critically wounded the man’s parents, the lawyer for the man’s family said Tuesday. Attorney Dale Galipo said he didn’t know if there was any exchange between the officer and Kenneth French before the violence at the store in Corona, east of Los Angeles. Corona police have said French “attacked” the officer “without provocation” but Galipo said that overstated what French did. “I would hardly characterize