Remembering those we lost “If a man dies, can he live again? I will wait all the days of my compulsory service.. Until my relief comes…”Job 14:14 Kobe Bryant was 41 years old and in the prime of his life when he died yesterday. But his legacy lives on–and we’re not talking about his basketball…
Mentors include Dr. Anthony Blacksher (Professor at SBVC), Mr. Hardy Brown II (SB County Board of Education Trustee), Mr. Rikke Van Johnson (Former Councilmember 6th Ward) with Social Lites Beautillion Knights at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast. Mr. Derek Williams, Chief of Police for City of Ontario speaks to participants of Beautillion program…
LOS ANGELES, CA, January 21, 2020 – On Monday, January 20, 2020, Covered California Executive Director, Peter V. Lee, was honored to join the Los Angeles community for the Kingdom Day Parade. The annual parade is the largest celebration of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and is the only federal holiday designated…
California State University, Northridge psychology professor Que-Lam Huynh has been named an “emerging scholar” by leading education magazine Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. Each year, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education recognizes an interdisciplinary group of minority scholars under the age of 40 as “emerging scholars.” Scholars are selected based on factors such as commitment to…
Top 48 emerging basketball stars take the court in the Annual Girls and Boys Games on April 1 January 23, 2020 – Brandon Boston Jr. and Ziaire Williams of Sierra Canyon High School and Josh Christopher of Mayfair High School joined the rich legacy of high school basketball elite as they were selected to the…
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., President and CEO, National Newspaper Publishers Association Why is it that poor people are always asked to pay more in America? Last year, I warned about the possibility that Congress might try to impose a new tax on air travelers. Well, it’s 2020 — and here we go again….
By Maynard Eaton Commentary: What would Martin Luther King Jr. say? As Georgia and the United States paused to commemorate his 91st birthday and the MLK Jr. National Holiday over the weekend, Georgia Democrats hosted a candidate forum excluding all the African-American candidates running for United States Senate to defeat David Perdue. Making matters worse,…
By Jourdan Bennett-Begaye Ethnic Media Services, Indian Country Today The first enumeration of the 2020 Census starts this week in Toksook Bay, Alaska, a remote Yup’ik village on the coast of the Bering Sea. The U.S. Census Bureau wanted to get a head mcount of residents in the village while the ground was still frozen….
U.S. Citizen Repatriation from China The County has been notified by the State Office of Emergency Services that Ontario International Airport may serve as the repatriation point for up to 240 U.S. citizens, including nine children, arriving from the Wuhan region of China in a U.S. State Department-chartered aircraft. County departments and personnel are working…
EngageCA.org invites Californians to share their vision for building an age- and disability-friendly California SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Aging (CDA) announced the launch today of an updated engagement campaign, EngageCA.org, that encourages Californians to share their vision for a new Master Plan for Aging that will promote an age-friendly California. With the state’s…
NEW YORK (PRWEB) JANUARY 22, 2020The cost of military expenditure is high and it undermines strategies for tested peaceful solutions in conflict zones around the world. In a new interview with C.M. Rubin, Founder of CMRubinWorld, Scilla Elsworthy, author of The Business Plan for Peace: Building a World Without War, discusses case studies from her…
SU2C to Fund a New Health Equity Breakthroughs Research Team; and Announced an International Team to Intercept Gastric Cancer which Disproportionately Affects Minority Populations; Will Collaborate with Black Women’s Health Imperative and Friends of Cancer Research in PCORI-Supported Clinical Trial Advocate Training for Black Women SU2C Health Equity Initiative is Aimed at Reducing Racial and…
Riverside County health officials are working with state and federal representatives to monitor the cases of novel coronavirus (nCoV) from the Wuhan, China outbreak. Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser said there have been no confirmed cases in Riverside County. Health officials recently announced the illness, which originated in Wuhan, China, has spread to Southern…
The Mount Sinai Health System has once again been ranked among America’s “Best Employers for Diversity” by Forbes and research firm Statista. NEW YORK, Jan. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — The Mount Sinai Health System has once again been ranked among America’s “Best Employers for Diversity” by Forbes and research firm Statista. Mount Sinai was ranked…
By Cate Kortzeborn Did you sign up for a Medicare Advantage health plan last year only to find that it doesn’t meet your needs? Not to worry. You still have time to switch to another Medicare Advantage plan, or return to Original Medicare. Between January 1 and March 31 each year, you can make the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35) released the following statement today after the Trump Administration finalized a rule to loosen firearm export regulations, making it easier for gun manufacturers to sell weapons abroad. The rule change transfers oversight of commercial firearm exports from the U.S. Department of State to the Department of Commerce,…
Officials Urge Californians to Avoid Unlicensed Cannabis Retailers, as More Than 10,000 Illegal Vape Pens Seized SACRAMENTO – A random sampling of the cannabis products seized from unlicensed retailers during a major enforcement operation in Los Angeles last month were found to contain undisclosed additives, some of them potentially dangerous, and significantly lower amounts of…
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), announced an action to protect human life and the conscience rights of all Americans. OCR is issuing a Notice of Violation to the state of California, formally notifying California that it cannot impose universal abortion coverage mandates on health insurance…
As crucial count gets started, experts fear many will be missed By Mark Hedin Ethnic Media Services With the United States about to begin its monumental task of counting everybody in the country once every 10 years, the House Oversight Committee held a hearing on Thursday, Jan. 9, to see what the Census Bureau is…
Officials Urge Californians to Avoid Unlicensed Cannabis Retailers, as More Than 10,000 Illegal Vape Pens Seized SACRAMENTO – A random sampling of the cannabis products seized from unlicensed retailers during a major enforcement operation in Los Angeles last month were found to contain undisclosed additives, some of them potentially dangerous, and significantly lower amounts of…
DATE/TIME: Friday, January 24, 2020 5:02 a.m. INCIDENT: Murder Investigation LOCATION: 5300 block of Chiquita Lane, San Bernardino VICTIM: Bradley Marland, 23 years old, resident of San Bernardino SUSPECT(S): Unknown SUMMARY: On Friday, January 24, 2020 at 5:02 a.m. deputies responded to reports of a shooting and a man down…
by Larry Buford In the aftermath of the tragic accident on Sunday, January 26, 2020 – where basketball legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash – there have been many somber and celebratory tributes in Los Angeles and around the world. TV clips of him, whether in…
Rancho Cucamonga, California – We are thrilled to announce that The City of Rancho Cucamonga’s MainStreet Theatre Company has been approved for a $15,000 Art Works grant to support the development and world premiere of Mariachi Tales, a new play with music by José Cruz Gonzáles. Mr. Gonzáles is an award-winning playwright whose plays have…
By: Lou Yeboah Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a [woman] of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty.” Then one of the seraphs flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he…
Roberto Ochoa Program Associate for Congregations of Color Several years ago, I had an opportunity to participate in an immersion program at the Sonora/Arizona border between Mexico and the United States. It had been twenty-five years since I last visited Sonora, and I was curious what it was like to live on the border ever…