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The Switch Up Election Series: BlackPAC director highlights ‘essential’ role of Black voters
Adrianne Shropshire began her political work as a community organizer in California, focusing on police accountability, economic justice and youth empowerment in the South Los Angeles neighborhoods. In 2016, Shropshire founded BlackPAC, an organization dedicated to educating and mobilizing African American voters. Through that work, she has designed programs to engage hundreds of thousands of…
Metallica announces annual All Within My Hands Foundation benefit in L.A.
Metallica on Monday announced the date of its All Within My Hands Foundation’s annual benefit show and auction, which will again take place in Los Angeles. The concert will take place on Dec. 13 at YouTube Theater. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. TV’s Jimmy Kimmel will again host the event, which returns after a one-year absence in 2023 due to touring. In 2022, the band raised $3 million, which went to its nonprofits efforts to support workforce education, fight hunger and provide disaster relief. That event included appearances by Robert Downey, Jr., Tony Hawk, St. Vincent and performances by Metallica and Greta Van Fleet.
Metro sees rise in ridership
Despite recent crime, Metro said overall ridership increased in June compared to the same period a year earlier -- with the transit agency Monday reporting almost 25.2 million boardings between buses and rails, and ridership hitting 85.5% of pre-COVID June 2019 passenger levels.
Free Santa Ana Summer Concert set for July 25 at Portola Park featuring The OC3
The Santa Ana free summer concert series continues this week with a free performance by The OC3 during week 2 of the Summer Santa Ana Concerts in the Park series, at Portola Park. The OC3, a 6-piece premier cover band based in OC. A tribute to Classic Rock of the...
Jerry Fuller, “Travelin’ Man” and “Young Girl” Songwriter, Dies at 85
Jerry Fuller, the songwriter and producer whose stellar career included such hits as “Travelin’ Man” for Ricky Nelson, “Young Girl” for Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, “Show and Tell” for Al Wilson and “Little Green Apples” for O.C. Smith, has died. He was 85.Esta TerBlanche, 'All My Children' Star, Dies at 51 Fuller died Thursday at his home in Sherman Oaks of complications from lung cancer, publicist Bobbi Marcus told The Hollywood Reporter. Fuller’s first production for Puckett was the million-selling “Woman, Woman,” which was released in 1967 and peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. He then wrote...
Rising sea level will affect 2 million in U.S. by 2050, analysis finds
When a particularly high tide lands on a beach in northern Los Angeles County, there is no dry sand left to stand on. It’s named Broad Beach, even though it has been disappearing steadily for decades. “I think there are another 10 stairs below the sand right here,” said...
Deputy in Los Angeles charged with alleged inmate assault, falsifying records
A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy is facing nearly four years in prison after being accused of assaulting an inmate at a downtown Los Angeles courthouse more than two years ago, officials announced late last week. The incident, according to a news release from the L.A. County District Attorney’s Office, occurred on Jan. 20, 2022, […]
3 men arrested in slaying of innocent Long Beach street vendor
The Long Beach Police Department has announced the arrest of three men connected to the suspected gang-related slaying of an innocent street vendor. Just after 4 p.m. on March 20, 37-year-old Yener Hudiel Ramirez-Miranda was selling food in the 100 block of Eagle Avenue in Long Beach when he was struck by what appeared to […]
Democrats run the California Capitol. When the party backs a bill, lawmakers pay attention
The California Democratic Party’s primary function is electing candidates. Lately, it’s become a lobbying powerhouse, taking positions on dozens of bills. The party usually gets its way. The post Democrats run the California Capitol. When the party backs a bill, lawmakers pay attention appeared first on Long Beach Post.
Big Lots closing a dozen stores in Northern California: List
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Dozens of Big Lots locations in California are closing, according to the company's website as of Monday. There are 109 locations in California on the website and a number of them now include a message reading "closing this location." The exact closing dates are unknown. LOCATIONS...
School District Sues Gov. Newsom Over New Gender Identity Law
Last week, the Chino Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) and a group of parents were in a legal battle with the state. The southern California school district sued Gov. Gavin Newsom over Assembly Bill 1955, a law that bans educators from notifying parents about their child’s gender identity. The law aims to protect transgender students against being forced to “come out” to their parents against their will. However, parents and school board members in Chino Valley argue that the law violates the parent’s rights under the United States Constitution.
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