Ten-year-old Evan Johnson, the eldest son of Pastors Elton and Charlè Johnson of the Metropolitan Baptist Church in Los Angeles, is a walking miracle.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass held a press conference on Jan.12, to announce the retirement of LAPD Chief Michel Moore, who will officially step down at the end of February.
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.
Speaking before a group of pastors at a luncheon at Harold and Belle’s last week, health activist (and Sentinel columnist) Tony Wafford described the driving force behind his work in typically blunt fashion: “I don’t want to see Black people die,” he said.
About 200 protesters gathered on Nov. 24 at wholesale cash and carry food service supplier Restaurant Depot/Jetro to demand justice for Passion Schoolfield, a single Black mother who was fired for expressing an opinion about Ye, the rapper also known as Kanye West.
About 200 protesters gathered on Nov. 24 at wholesale cash and carry food service supplier Restaurant Depot/Jetro to demand justice for Passion Schoolfield, a single Black mother who was fired for expressing an opinion about Ye, the rapper also known as Kanye West.
Health disparities and unequal access to health care afflicted marginalized and vulnerable Los Angeles communities long before the onset of COVID-19.
U.S. Representative and L.A. mayoral candidate Karen Bass met with the President Joseph B. Hardwick, left and the members of the Western State Baptist Convention on January 21.
Prop 22 protects the flexibility people need to be able to earn income to pay bills when it works out best for them.
The comments were delivered at the latest public hearing that the commission hosted as part of the redistricting process, which requires that the boundaries of council districts be redrawn following each census and that each district be approximately equal in size.
With California set to do away with most of the state’s COVID-19 restrictions and prepare to fully reopen on June 15, some Black leaders and medical professionals are taking stock of the pandemic’s impact on Black communities.
To make matters worse, what happens if our elected officials choose to ban menthol cigarettes in a city where investigative stops are still legal?
The Rev. K.W. Tulloss, president of the Baptist Ministers Conference of Southern California, assembled a protest on June 2, to honor the life of George Floyd, an African American man who was murdered on May 25, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Clergy from throughout the Los Angeles community participated to demonstrate solidarity and demand justice for George Floyd. “It is not enough to remain silent. It is the responsibility of the church to shine light on dark situations. Now is the time for leaders of faith to voice our concerns in the spirit of our beliefs,” Tulloss stated. L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti
Several ministries and individuals headlined the news in the faith community during 2019. The following highlights some of the most popular stories in the L.A. Sentinel Religion section. Tulloss Heads Baptist Ministers Conference – The Baptist Ministers Conference (BMC) of Los Angeles and Southern California elected the Rev. K.W. Tulloss as president on Jan. 14. The pastor of Weller Street Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles, Tulloss most recently served as a vice president of the 100-year-old organization. “The conference will continue to serve as a preparation institute that will focus on building the capacity of pastors and ministers. We
