Top 10 Local News Stories of 2024
January 1, 2025
A list of the Top 10 Local News Stories of 2024.
Breaking News
- LASAN Celebrates Earth Day 2025 With Free Community Event in Baldwin Hills
- Basketball Classic at John Muir High School Empowers Youth to Go to College
- Community Build Assembles Nonprofits to Secure Homes for Wildfire Survivors
- Black Babies Are Still Dying — And America Let It Happen
- Dodgers Drop Series to Cubs in 4-2 Loss
- Leslie Odom Jr. to reprise his Tony-winning role in ‘Hamilton’ this fall
- Reclaiming Mental Health in Communities of Color
- Systemic Inequities in Reading Achievement Require Systemic Solutions
Cynthia Mitchell Heard
L.A. Urban League, NBC4, and Telemundo 52 Present State of Black Los Angeles
October 2, 2024
The Los Angeles Urban League (LAUL) will partner with NBC4/KNBC and Telemundo 52/KVEA to present the second annual State of Black Los Angeles.
Entertainment And Sports Celebrities Tee Off at LAUL’s Annual Celebrity Golf Classic
August 7, 2024
The Los Angeles Urban League held its annual Celebrity Golf Tournament, on Monday, July 29th at the prestigious and scenic Calabasas Country Club.
L.A. Urban League Holds Successful Whitney M. Young Jr. Awards Gala
June 21, 2024
The Los Angeles Urban League recently hosted the 49th Annual Whitney M. Young Jr. Awards Gala at the Fairmont Hotel in Century City.
Community Leaders Honored at 10th District WSC 46h Scholarship Luncheon
June 5, 2024
L.A. Urban League President/CEO Cynthia Mitchell-Heard will headline the honorees at the 46th Annual Scholarship Awards and Fundraiser Luncheon sponsored by the 10th Council District Women’s Steering Committee.
LAUL President/CEO Cynthia Mitchell-Heard Urges Black Women to ‘Shoot for the Moon’
May 29, 2024
“So many pivotal moments in my life have informed my practice and my commitment to the community. But it was my parents who first instilled two major lessons: a strong belief in oneself and an even stronger sense of responsibility to my community. ‘Shoot for the moon and grab the stars while you ‘re up amongst them,’ said Cynthia Mitchell-Heard, president and CEO of the Los Angeles Urban League (LAUL)
Riding the Waves of Inflation: Supporting Black-Owned Restaurants in Tough Times
March 13, 2024
At the end of last year, a far too common trend was the closure of Los Angeles restaurants. Well known, celebrated casual, and fine-dining restaurants in our city’s world renowned culinary scene closed their doors. Some restaurant owners pointed to higher labor costs, inflation, the on-going strike in Hollywood, and the downstream effect of the pandemic.
Los Angeles Urban League Appoints David P. Anderson as COO
January 25, 2024
David P. Anderson, MSSE, is the new chief operating officer of the Los Angeles Urban League, (LAUL), announced Cynthia Mitchell Heard, LAUL president/CEO of the and the LAUL Board of Directors.
National Urban League CEO Celebrates New LAUL President
January 18, 2024
National Urban League President/CEO Marc H. Morial is on a high note, but isn’t he always. Coming fresh off the success of his new critically-acclaimed HBO documentary, “Gumbo Coalition,” aptly named for his energetic leadership style and the title for the most recent version of his book, “The Gumbo Coalition: 10 Leadership Lessons That Help You Inspire, Unite, and Achieve,” the former New Orleans mayor who also served as president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors made a landmark visit to Los Angeles to celebrate the Los Angeles Urban League’s newly installed President & CEO Cynthia Mitchell-Heard.
Los Angeles Urban League Guild Spreads Holiday Cheer
December 28, 2023
The Los Angeles Urban League Guild and the Los Angeles Urban League gathered in a joyous celebration of the holiday season.
Cynthia Mitchell Heard Named President and CEO of the Los Angeles Urban League
December 7, 2023
The Los Angeles Urban League (LAUL) proudly announces the appointment of Cynthia Mitchell Heard as its new President and CEO effective January 1, 2023. Heard will become the first woman to assume this leadership role since Katherine Barr, the LAUL’s President in the late 1920s until 1931, and she is charged to advance the work and legacy of the civil rights and service organization improving the lives of its members and Los Angeles overall for more than a century.
Black & Brown Community Leaders Show Up for Barbara Lee for U.S. Senate Campaign
November 30, 2023
Fifty were invited, but nearly 100 showed up on Nov. 27, to support Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s campaign to represent California in the U.S. Senate.
L.A. Urban League Appoints Cynthia M. Heard as Chief Operating Officer
January 19, 2023
Cynthia Mitchell Heard, a highly respected leader in nonprofit, has joined the Los Angeles Urban League (LAUL) as its Chief Operating Officer (COO).