The Journal will publish special editions to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday, January 14, 2010 and Black History Month, February, 2010.   Each special event will provide an opportunity for businesses and the community to participate i...

The message is loud and clear, from President Obama Job Summit  to L.A. Mayor Villaraigos’s creating a kitchen Cabinet of Economic Advisor’s to Business Life and Woodbury University’s answer to the call to get serious about Jobs and Access to C...

The Tuskegee Airmen were honored recently at an event for their service and sacrifice during WWII. These enlisted men became America's first Black military airmen, during a time when there were those who thought that black men lacked ...

“Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way” (1 Samuel 12:23)The blessings of the Lord are here!2010 is arriving, and it’s in the atmosphere! ...

IT IS TIME TO SMELL THE ROSES! The Pasadena Rose Bowl is where most of the people in the world would like to be this coming Friday. The weather is likely to be pleasant and pristine, and the Rose Parade will be spectacular as usual. Millions of happy vis...

(NNPA) I love to share a story shared with me about my dear friend and mentor Rev. William Sloane Coffin, Jr. It was Christmas Eve and the pews at New York City’s Riverside Church were packed. The Christmas pageant was underway and had come to the point...

Although  House and Senate versions of the health care reform bill are weaker than they should be, the legislation making its way to President Barack Obama’s desk is far better than merely maintaining the status quo. ...

2009 was viewed by the world as a year of change, both nationally and locally. Locally, The Journal celebrated twenty years of publishing in a gala at the Tournament of Roses. The Journal, for the second year, named the Women of Achievement and the Men of...

WASHINGTON (NNPA) - New guidelines for breast cancer screenings made by the United States Preventive Service Task Force (USPSTF) may not be the best recommendation for African-American women. ...

Family winter festival offers crafts, science, and snow! Kidspace Children Museum will host the second annual Snow Days winter celebration on December 26 through December 28, from 10am - 5pm each day.Though the sun may be shining, real snow will blanket ...

Proverbs survive because of their universality. Take the adage, "One bad apple spoils the barrel." It teaches us that good people (or good businesses) can be tainted by association with those whose actions are perceived as unscrupulous, even if they thems...

Blair IB, Don Benito Fundamental Also Win Music Education Grants The Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) announced today that Eugene Field Elementary School is the recipient of a grant from the Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts to help fund the sc...

The Pasadena Area Community College District (PACCD) Board of Trustees held its annual organization meeting on Dec. 9 to elect officers for the 2010 calendar year and to welcome newly elected board members. ...

June 18, 1918 - December 11, 2009 Frances Clarke Brown Doggett, Pasadena's Garfield School's first African American teacher in 1950 and wife of Reverend John Doggett of Scott Methodist Church, 1950-53 passed away on December 11, 2009 at 11:55am at Olympi...

Webster's defines initiative as "a readiness and ability in commencing action".  With this in mind and while the federal government is busy these days exercising its power to introduce new legislative measures to reorganize the nation's health care syste...

"After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; "And cried with a loud ...

Partnership for Families' Program Shows Promising ResultsPartnership for Families (PFF), a 5-year, First 5 LA initiative aimed at preventing child abuse and neglect in Los Angeles County, has produced promising results determining that the program helps f...

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!The economy may be down, but when it comes to sports, our Bowls are running over. On the day after Christmas, and the beginning of Kwanza, USC will meet Boston College in San Francisco to play in the Emerald Bowl. Last year, some of the Tro...

A theologian friend shared the story of taking her car to a Jiffy Lube for servicing. Not having anything to read, she picked up a manual on the coffee table about boating. A chapter on the rules for what happens when boats encounter one another on the op...

Imagine you heard the devastating news of a friend, sibling, son or daughter, who had fallen victim to the dangerous trap of internet predators. Internet dating can be dangerous and risky for anyone. However, it can be dangerous even  more for younger pe...