SoCalGas tawarded $525,000 in grants to 162 independently owned restaurants across Central and Southern California, including 62 in the Los Angeles region on June 9.
In 2006, while Cambero was a fugitive, three fellow members of the Avenues gang were sentenced to life in federal prison as part of the six-year conspiracy that also saw another black man gunned down at a bus stop in December 2000. A fourth man was convicted as a lookout in that 2000 slaying of 28-year-old Christopher Bowser.
The Los Angeles City Council approved a $20,000 donation last week to a nonprofit organization that operates a 36-bed homeless shelter at a Highland Park church and was earlier denied funding. The money will go to Recycled Resources, which is working with All Saints Episcopal Church to turn pews into beds. The group has been relying on crowd-funding efforts and financial help from the Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council and the Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council. Monica Alcaraz, a volunteer with the group, said the funds will help the group reimburse the church for heating, lighting and other costs. The church