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Holly Mitchell’s Election Day Victory Puts 5 Women On The LA County Board Of Supervisors For The First Time In History

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonNovember 6, 2020November 6, 2020

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonNovember 6, 2020November 6, 20201542

With the election of Holly Mitchell, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors once referred to as "five little kings" will now be run by...

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White Woman Uses Racist Slurs and Calls Police on 3 Black Women at L.A. Beach (Video)

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonSeptember 1, 2020September 1, 2020

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonSeptember 1, 2020September 1, 202013207

Three Black women were accosted by a woman on a California beach who purportedly used racial slurs while accusing them of assaulting her...

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LAPD Draws Weapons on Black Teens Who Didn’t Commit A Crime (Video)

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonAugust 12, 2020August 12, 2020

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonAugust 12, 2020August 12, 20206313

A video surfaced online of police officers in California drawing their weapons on unarmed Black teenagers who didn't commit a crime....

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Colin Kaepernick Donates 4,500 Impossible Patties to Los Angeles Regional Food Bank

Selena HillAugust 8, 2020August 10, 2020

by Selena HillAugust 8, 2020August 10, 20209065

Colin Kaepernick is helping underrepresented communities in Los Angeles fight hunger through his organization Know Your Rights Camp...

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Video Shows White Woman Blocking Black Postmates Driver From Los Angeles Apartment Building

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJuly 27, 2020July 27, 2020

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJuly 27, 2020July 27, 20206142

A white woman was caught on video blocking Postmates delivery worker Jordan Myke Gipson from entering her building....

COVID-19

Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation Donates $3 Million to Help Residents in South Los Angeles Impacted by COVID

Selena HillJuly 14, 2020July 14, 2020

by Selena HillJuly 14, 2020July 14, 20201989

The Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation is working to address urgent needs in the South Los Angeles community....

Entrepreneurship

Nick Cannon Opens A Vegan Soul Food Restaurant in Los Angeles

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonMay 8, 2020May 8, 2020

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonMay 8, 2020May 8, 202014318

Nick Cannon recently opened a vegan restaurant, located inside a 100-year-old Japanese restaurant called Yamashiro, in the Hollywood Hills....

Entrepreneurship

After Losing Her Father to Obesity, This Woman Took Her Inheritance and Started a Gym

Alisa GumbsMay 2, 2020

by Alisa GumbsMay 2, 20208872

How Thrive Health Lab, a black-owned boutique gym in Los Angeles, is serving the community in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic...

Lifestyle

Kanye West and Chick-fil-A Helped Provide Over 300,000 Meals for L.A. Families

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonApril 23, 2020April 23, 2020

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonApril 23, 2020April 23, 2020920

Kanye West and Chick-fil-A have been providing over 300,000 meals to many families from Los Angeles through The Los Angeles Dream Center...

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Los Angeles Will Dismiss Almost 66,000 Marijuana Convictions

Roland MichelFebruary 14, 2020February 14, 2020

by Roland MichelFebruary 14, 2020February 14, 2020389

Nearly 66,000 marijuana convictions in Los Angeles County will be dismissed thanks to state laws that paved the way for the action...