McDonald’s restaurant, located at 6904 La Tijera Boulevard, was the site to be seen due in part to their back-to-school event, Braids and Buzz, which helped many parents and kids in the community by offering free barber cuts and braids to celebrate their triumphant return to hitting the books.
When Beyonce won her 32nd Grammy this February, she made history as the most Grammy Winning Artist of all time. In May, she began her Renaissance World Tour which included 10 countries, 39 cities, 56 shows.
McDonald’s hosted “Stuff a Bus” toy drives at several locations in Los Angeles in partnership with radio station KJLH for Stevie Wonder’s House Full of Toys on Friday, Dec. 15.
Inglewood Councilmember Dionne Faulk and the Crenshaw Imperial Plaza enchanted Inglewood with a “Winter Wonderland” at the Crenshaw Imperial Plaza Shopping Center on Sunday, Dec. 10.
The Los Angeles City Club was the scene of the 42nd annual gala of the Association of Black Women Physicians.
White Hall Arts Academy hosts Rock the Block Festival celebration arts education in the Crenshaw District.
L.A. Councilwoman Heather Hutt, the Tabor family and KJLH radio station hosted the first annual Spring Fest LA at the Michelle and Barack Obama Rancho Cienega Park in South Los Angeles on Saturday, April 8.
The stage was hosted by some of the station’s most electrifying on-air personalities like Tammi Mac, host of the T Room, gospel-programming Spread the Word host Aundre Russell, Adai Lamar of the Steve Harvey Morning Show, Kevin Nash of After-Dark, and KJLH icon Lon McQ.
One of our own was thrown in the deep end a few years ago but he refused to drown, and like a phoenix he is rising. His name is Tavis Smiley. Tavis was born in Mississippi, raised in Indiana, but calls Los Angeles his home.
On a perfect Friday afternoon in Los Angeles, friends, partners, sponsors, staff and passersby converge on Leimert Park Village at All Chill Hip-Hop Ice Cream to celebrate the 100th birthday of the Los Angeles Urban League on the date of the founding exactly 100 years later. June 18, 1921 is a significant day in the Los Angeles Urban League 100 years history. On this day 100 years ago, the Tuskegee Industrial Welfare League merged with the National Urban League and created the Los Angeles Urban League.
Three black-women radio stations across the country, teamed up to form an Independent Black Media Consortium and recognize local black female trailblazers during Women’s History Month with the #LevelUp campaign.
#LEVELUP is is a joint production; this exciting 3-city contest, celebrating Women’s History Month, will call on young Black women entrepreneurs to share their empowering stories and compete for a Marketing campaign valued at $10,000.00
The times, no doubt are challenging, and the challenges facing District 10 and greater Los Angeles are mounting: COVID-19 is damaging the health and the livelihoods of thousands; the crisis of homelessness and affordable housing continues; wildfires are requiring an extraordinary resources from the entire state, and even the ability to vote by mail is under attack.
In the heart of the Crenshaw District, in South L.A., a community food distribution drive through was held at the Los Angeles Sentinel on Saturday, July 18, 2020 from 9M – Noon, to provide groceries for community members experiencing economic hardship due with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bakewell Media, Los Angeles Sentinel, Mothers In Action, AFGE, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, Labor Community Services, the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, Miguel Contreras Foundation, Teamsters National Black Caucus, Councilmember Herb Wesson of CD 10 and County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas of the 2nd District collaborated to successfully distribute groceries to 2,500 families in Los Angeles and surrounding areas.
The organization presented awards acknowledging Black Music Month and the importance of remembering Black businesses right now.