West Basin Director Gloria D. Gray to be Recognized for Excellence in Water Leadership
Written by Sentinel News Service 11 October 2012
  On Thursday, October 25, 2012, the Honorable Gloria D. Gray, Board Member of the West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin), Director on the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California ... read more >>
World Teacher’s Day Celebrated at Crenshaw High School
Written by Jason Lewis (Sports Editor) 11 October 2012
(L to R): Former NBA Player Marques Johnson, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Crenshaw High Teacher Maynard Brown. Photo by Erik Orbach      In honor of World Teacher’s Day on October 5, Junior Achievement ... read more >>
Platinum producer fires striking S. African miners
Written by RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press 11 October 2012
A fireman sprays fuel off the road after a truck was set alight by striking truck workers on a slipway off a main highway leading out of the city, near the international airport in Cape Town, South Africa, ... read more >>
Assemblyman Davis Presented Rail Transportation Hearing
Written by Sentinel News Service 11 October 2012
Assemblyman Mike Davis, Chair of the Select Committee on Rail Transportation and Guillermo Acosta, 48th District Field Representative moderate “A Review of Rail Transportation in Southern California” ... read more >>
Jack Davenport Sr. of Jack’s Family Restaurant Passes Away
Written by Ashley Nash, Sentinel Intern 11 October 2012
    Owner of Jack’s Family Restaurant, Jack Davenport Sr. leaves behind his loving family, friends and staff.    Born February 11, 1935 in Oklahoma, Jack Davenport Sr. was the third of seven ... read more >>
Endeavour’s final Mission
Written by Sentinel News Service 11 October 2012
Space Shuttle Endeavour   Mission 26- The Big Endeavour goes to its resting place   Los Angeles:  On Friday, October 12, around 2 a.m., Space Shuttle Endeavour will embark on one last mission, ... read more >>
Wynne school board expels 2 after investigation
Written by Associated Press 11 October 2012
  The Wynne School Board has expelled two junior varsity football players who were accused of placing a noose around the neck of a black student.   The board met in executive session Wednesday October ... read more >>
YWCA Greater Los Angeles Hosts Celebration for New Campus
Written by Sentinel News Service 11 October 2012
YWCA Building    “This event marks the pinnacle achievement of more than 10 years of dreaming, planning, funding, designing and building for our Job Corps students,” states Faye Washington, YWCA ... read more >>
StarQuest Singing Competition Talent Search
Written by Staff Report 11 October 2012
Los Angeles, California- On October 20th, at the 7th Annual Taste of Soul Family Festival, The Los Angeles Sentinel and Bakewell Media, Creator of Taste of Soul, will launch StarQuest, a new entertainment ... read more >>
OBAMA VS ROMNEY – the first debate
Written by Yussuf J. Simmonds, Sentinel Managing Editor 05 October 2012
                                                                  Photo by Michael Reynolds, AP The occasion: the first presidential debate of 2012; the place: University ... read more >>
“Some who fought for the ‘Right to Vote’- a weekly series counting down to the election”
Written by Yussuf J. Simmonds (Managing Editor) 03 October 2012
 Frederick Douglass     Fannie Lou Hamer, Pleading for the right to vote     For those who think that your vote doesn't count, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “NOTHING IN THE WORLD IS ... read more >>
Reggie Jones-Sawyer Bringing Experience and Leadership to Sacramento
Written by Danny J. Bakewell, Jr Sentinel Contributing Writer 03 October 2012
  “For the residents of the 59th I intend to work very hard to create jobs for my constituents,” declared Reggie Jones Sawyer, the leading candidate to become the first member of the newly formed ... read more >>
Community Mourns Passing of Pastor Frank Wilson
Written by Sentinel News Service 03 October 2012
  The Los Angeles church community is mourning the loss of the Rev. Frank E. Wilson, founder and senior pastor of New Dawn Christian Village in Los Angeles.  An author, speaker, former award-winning ... read more >>
Assemblyman Mike Davis Presented a Hearing “Review of Rail Transportation in Southern California”
Written by Sentinel News Service 03 October 2012
Assemblyman Mike Davis, Chair of the Select Committee on Rail Transportation LOS ANGELES –  Assemblyman Mike Davis (D-Los Angeles), Chair of the Select Committee on Rail Transportation presented ... read more >>
Attorney General continues her fight against fraud
Written by Sentinel News Service 03 October 2012
  Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Reaches $2.4 Million Plea Agreement in Kern County Fraud Case BAKERSFIELD -- Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced a plea agreement with the owner of ... read more >>
ULTCW JOINS IN AS SPONSOR FOR TASTE OF SOUL
Written by Sentinel News Service 03 October 2012
Laphonza Butler (c) and SEIU members     The Taste of Soul Family Festival has become Los Angeles’ largest street festival – bringing thousands of Angelenos together to celebrate all things “soulful”.  ... read more >>
Wesson Endorses Price for 9th District
Written by Jennifer Bihm, Staff Writer & Brian W. Carter, Staff Writer 03 October 2012
Sen. Curren Price Jr., Candidate for 9th Council District    City Council president Herb Wesson and a host of other elected officials lunged him to the head of the line.     State Senator Curren ... read more >>
African-American Voter REP Launches Campaign to Register 25,000 Voters
Written by Sentinel News Service 03 October 2012
African American leaders meet about AAVREP    African-American Voter REP Launches Campaign to Register 25,000 Voters before Presidential Election, Engage Public on Propositions 30 and 32   Los ... read more >>
Online Voter Registration Launches in California
Written by Sentinel Wire Service 01 October 2012
Online Voter Registration Launches in California The Office of the Secretary of the State of California announced it will launch the much anticipated California Online Voter Registration by noon (PST) ... read more >>
Parks commends U.S. Attorney’s Office for Assisting in Regulation Illegal Marijuana Storefronts in the City of Los Angeles
Written by Sentinel Wire Service 01 October 2012
    Parks commends U.S. Attorney’s Office for Assisting in Regulation Illegal Marijuana Storefronts in the City of Los Angeles   LOS ANGELES - Councilmember Bernard C. Parks is commending and ... read more >>
Gov. Brown Signs SB415
Written by Sentinel Wire Service 01 October 2012
Sacramento, CA – SB 415, legislation that allows the California Transportation Commission to relinquish park-and ride lots associated with a state highway to a county transportation commission or regional ... read more >>
STAR QUEST: Bakewell Media’s search for the next local STAR at the Taste of Soul
Written by Sentinel Staff Report 01 October 2012
  STAR QUEST Bakewell Media’s search for the next local STAR at the Taste of Soul     AUDITIONS : The Los Angeles Sentinel and Bakewell Media will launch a new entertainment stage at the 7th ... read more >>
VIDEO: Endeavor Landing
Written by Super User II 01 October 2012
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Congresswoman Maxine Waters Vindicated!
Written by Yussuf J. Simmonds (Managing Editor) 27 September 2012
After a three-year long, costly and contentious investigation – the House Ethics Committee has finally cleared the Congresswoman of any violation            After years of unfair and unwarranted ... read more >>
Ali Honored
Written by Howie Evans
Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News 27 September 2012
  PHILADELPHIA–For all the right reasons, celebrating the 225th anniversary of our nation’s Constitution, the National Constitution Center, under the leadership of CEO and President David Eisner, ... read more >>

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