The State of California has laws that determine what happens to your worldly goods if you pass away without having made plans for their distribution. The important factor in determining who inherits the property is the legal relationship between the decea...

Through the generosity of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance (IMA) of Pasadena, several students from the Pasadena/Altadena area were awarded coveted scholarships named in honor of slain civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The ev...

"And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. "For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will...

He who enters a battle ill equipped has resolved to lose it. I'm not sure of the origin of this saying, but who can deny its truth? As I sought the Lords guidance for what to write this week, I was lead to the foundational image and process He gave me m...

These are the dog days for many sports fans. They're not exactly sure just what it is they should be doing. The College and NBA basketball seasons are over, and the football season is just about to begin. Sure, we have baseball, but it is not as compellin...

While the tragedy that claimed the life of a Angel Posca and his 12 year-old-daughter, Angelina, still deeply affects all of us, I am very pleased to inform you that the Governor has signed Assembly Bill 1361 banning big rig trucks on the Angeles Crest Hi...

(NNPA) Several people have contacted me about the similarities between Paul Krugman's recent New York Times article and my own idea that the Republican base in motivated by a rage that is, in part, racial. I can still hear one of the protesters shouting ...

How Can We Help Foundation in partnership with John Muir High School and the Northwest Pasadena community are sponsoring the 2nd Annual basketball/life skills camp. "Skillz for life" is a free camp taking place August 17th through August 21st at John Mu...

Many people having good intentions establish a living trust to operate during their lifetime in case of disability and to distribute their assets without probate when they pass away. However, some people mistakenly assume that creating a trust is all that...

Laser Specialist, Hildreth "Hal" Walker and Astronaut Buzz Aldrin were among seven distinguish space pioneers  discussing the Apollo 11 lunar landing and human Mars missions. Hal was responsible for one of three Apollo 11 lunar experiments. His experimen...

John Henry Holoman, publisher of the Herald Dispatch in Los Angeles, died on July 24, 2009. He was 70.Holoman was born on March 21, 1939 in McCaskill, Arkansas to Maejordie and Cashie Holoman, the third of five siblings: Theodies, Frank, Barbara and Donne...

Pinnochio's Pizza, a Pasadena favorite since 1984, has a whole new look! Pinnochio's is no longer a "mom and pop" shop but now a full-service restaurant with a modern Italian flair. The new Pinnochio's is still a family restaurant, but with an added twist...

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Centennial Convention convened in New York City, July 11 -16, 2009. It was preceded by the NAACP National  Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO) a yo...

"A king's rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass." (Proverbs 19:12) His sack was full of apples, bananas, cherries, and pears. They looked so delectable that my glance turned to stares. I couldn't wait; it was a bear! ...

Congress seems to be putting the final touches on health care reform legislation, arranging to provide health care, especially, for the uninsured. Anyone who has made the summer rounds of civil rights conventions understand that African-American policy m...

When it was announced that President Obama, Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.. and Police Sgt. James Crowley would hold a beer summit in the White House, the suds tag lines began flowing. They included "The Audacity of Hops," "A Thousand Points of ...

My entire life I have been hearing how the white man and the government is the reason so many of us were poor, uneducated, and unemployed. Now, don't get me wrong I do understand that the holocaust of slavery, the unjust justice system of Jim Crow and the...

The beer summit was a waste of time.  It accomplished nothing because Cambridge police Sgt. James Crowley emerged with his smugness intact, still rationalizing his legally indefensible arrest of Dr. Henry Louis Gates.  On top of that, the hotheads of ri...

African Americans Losing Ground in all Categories As we approach the 2010/ 2011 school year, a snapshot of the status of Black influence in the educational picture is bleak. For the first time in years there will be fewer African Americans at the PUSD Ad...

Based on my conversations with various individuals, it appears that there are some common misconceptions about what a revocable living trust can and can not do. I'd like to take a moment to explore three of the most common myths that give rise to these mi...