[Pasadena, CA - August 28, 2010] Xernona Clayton, the founder of the Trumpet Awards and Civil Rights Walk of Fame celebrated her 80th birthday in the grand style that she is accustomed to and deserving of. The adviser, confidant and personal assistant to ...

The celebration was awesome. The venue was perfect and the invitees were out of this world. They were the newest members of the Basketball Hall of Fame. Mohegan Tribal Chairman Bruce 'Two Dogs' Bozsum began the evening with a spiritual invocation that inc...

SACRAMENTO, CA -- Senator Gloria Romero (D – East Los Angeles), Chair of the Senate Education Committee, today released the following statement in response to learning of the Los Angeles Unified School District's $578 million campus and echoing the Gove...

Sacramento – Assemblymember Anthony Portantino (D- La Cañada Flintridge) is a Co-Author of AB 1955 by Assemblymember Hector De La Torre (D-South Gate) and SB 501 by Senator Lou Correa (D- Santa Ana). Both measures are part of a package of legislation ...

(StatePoint) Getting kids to eat healthy can be tricky, especially when you're not with them during school lunchtime. A little creative planning and the right food choices can make healthy eating fun, giving kids the nutrition, energy and stamina they ne...

Vice President Joe Biden today issued the following statement on a new report from the Congressional Budget Office on the employment and economic impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: "This new analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional ...

12th Annual Free DHelps Growing Number of Local Families Who Can't Afford School Clothing, Supplies, Screenings and More August 19, 2010 – As the tough economy put more and more parents in desperate straits, the youngest clients of Foothill Unity Cente...

Atlanta, GA— August 2010, The BronzeLens Film Festival announced today that producer Will Packer, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Atlanta based production company, Rainforest Films, will lead a Master Class during the BLFF on Producing, Saturday, Novembe...

Recently, a man stepping off a curb near my office was struck and killed by a passing bus. Only 49, he clearly had many productive years ahead. Reading about it reminded me how quickly unexpected accidents can turn your family upside down, and how vitally...

SACRAMENTO – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell today issued the following statement after learning California was not selected as a winner for Phase 2 funding of the federal Race to the Top (RTT) competition. "I am deeply disapp...

ABOUT US: InnerCity Struggle (ICS) is a social justice, community-building, and membership driven organization based in Eastside of Los Angeles. ICS works with youth and families to promote safe, healthy and non-violent communities. We organize youth and...

"Although California was not selected for the "Race to the Top" funding, we will continue to strive for excellence in education for all children especially those in under performing schools and underserved communities.  We will continue to advocate f...

Expert Answers to Common DMV Questions SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Do you have questions about general driving related requirements like registration and insurance? Are you unclear about laws and restrictions related to driving? The California Department of ...

Expresses Concern about Remaining 50,000 Troops in Harm's Way Los Angeles – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) today issued the following statement regarding the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq: "As founder of the Out of Iraq Caucus of the United...

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Lakers fans can expect a much improved Lamar Odom next season. He is playing on the United States Basketball Team, and he is being coached by Coach K., currently the greatest college basketball coach in the world. Odom did not play any college basketball...

Two chapters of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity celebrated Omega Day at the Bethel AME Church, 148 West Lime Avenue, in Monrovia, CA Sunday August 15, 2010. At the invitation of Pastor James R. DeFoe, a brother of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, brothers of t...

With over 1,000 PUSD students and Pasadena residents in attendance at the Staples Center on Wednesday August 4th, fans were entertained with explosive youth performances, a tee shirt shooting robot and exciting basketball, as honorary coaches State Assemb...

There once was a man who was a virtual genius. He was multi-lingual (speaking many languages) - highly versed in art, literature, music, history and culture, and steeped in the most advanced forms of logic, rhetoric and a whole array of the social-science...

Part III Responsibility for keeping house... I know I said this part of the series would be Responsibility as a Mother, however, please permit me to sidetrack a bit and focus on being responsible of keeping a house. Both men and women should know how ...