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Celebrate The Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. At The CAAM in a Two-Day Event
‘One Dream, A National Influence, A World of People’ Followed by ‘Cake For King’ Los Angeles, CA- Join extraordinary actress, Chandra Wilson of the television series “Grey’s Anatomy” and actor Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter at the California African American Museum (CAAM) to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Sunday, January 15, 2012. CAAM’s Target [...]
University of Laverne & Cush Foundation’s Master’s Academy at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church
Pomona, CA– The University of LaVerne and the CUSH Foundation once again partners for their annual Master’s Academy (a six-week college preparatory program), which will be starting January 21, 2012 at 9 A.M. and continuing every Saturday. The Academy is offered to students in grades 8th through 11th with some special pre-arranged openings for graduating [...]
Engineers Without Borders-Howard University Heads to Sudan
WASHINGTON – Four smart and socially conscious engineering students are in Khartoum, Sudan to present at the Knowledge Management Capacity Conference on their grounding-breaking work to bring clean water to a village in Kenya through their work with Engineers Without Borders. Shorma Bianca Bailey, a senior Chemical Engineering major, and the 2011 White House Champion [...]
2012: A More Prosperous New Year
By Cheryl Brown for State Assembly 2012 San Bernardino, CA– Looking back in the Inland Empire over 2011 has been a year of highs and lows, and unfortunately more lows than highs with the unemployment rate hovering around 13% and higher in some areas. We witnessed local redevelopment agencies lose the tax increment money to [...]
The Lakers Are On The Move
By G. George, IVN Sports Writer Los Angeles, CA– The Los Angeles Lakers are on the move as the 66-game season is progressing along at a rapid pace. With a record of 6-4, Coach Mike Brown is steadily making improvements with the teams’ performance. He has a deep coaching staff consisting of: John Kuester, Darvin [...]
The Sports Beat…
By Brad Pye Jr. Notes, quotes And things picked up on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond. A whole lot of undergrads from several of the bowl teams will be 2012 Heisman Trophy candidates. Three from the Rose bowl champion Oregon Ducks, QB Darron Thomas, tailback LaMichael James and [...]
Americans buy more new cars despite higher price tag
National- Americans are paying more for new cars but still buying more of them. The average new car price tag in December was $30,686 according to data from auto information site TrueCar.com. That is a 5.8% increase from a year earlier, even as overall car and truck sales in 2011 rose by 8.7% to about [...]
Sickle Cell Sidelines a Pittsburgh Steeler
National- Ryan Clark thought that Saturday might be different. Even though he sat out the Pittsburgh Steelers’ last two games at Denver, after suffering a severe medical condition when he played there in 2007. Clark thought he might have a shot this week because it’s a playoff game. But Steelers coach Mike Tomlin has decided [...]
California environmental organizations, Public Utilities Commission, and Verizon agree: Stop automatic delivery of printed residential White Pages in California
The California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) voted to due away with automatic delivery of printed Verizon residential white pages listings to customers in the state. The company intends to provide customers with an online, electronic version of white pages residential listings as the primary means to access such directory information. Beginning in January 2012, customers [...]
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Launches New Website to Connect Californians in the Fight Against Human Trafficking
San Francisco, CA–Attorney General Kamala D. Harris issued the following statement marking January as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Attorney General Harris also announced the launch of the Human Trafficking in California website, a hub for information and resources designed to connect Californians in the fight against human trafficking. The website can be [...]
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