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Book Corner
BOOK CORNER: New book shows attests to strength, influence of love on community
By Marissa Wells Contributing Writer In 1972, construction workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, discovered a skeleton in a well, unveiling hidden…
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Features
This Week in Black History November 11, 1978
Donna Summer’s “MacArthur Park” reaches the top of the Billboard Hot 100, making it her first number one pop hit. Written…
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Opinion
STREET BEAT: ‘Should gun laws be the same across the country?’
Jessica O-Davis Hawthorne “Assault weapons are not necessary in any state. They’re not what the Constitution intended.” Matthew…
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Community
Court officials say county’s new zero-bail system works
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — The county’s new zero-bail system, which was implemented Oct. 1 amid concerns from some…
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Community
MTA board votes to expand transit ambassador program
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — Extending a program county transit leaders contend has improved public safety and helped increase…
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Lead Stories
Group shines spotlight on sexual violence against Black girls
By Shirley Hawkins Contributing Writer LEIMERT PARK — Dozens of Black women and girls congregated here Oct. 28 for the…
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Community
State NAACP hosts annual convention in San Francisco
By Antonio Ray Harvey Contributing Writer SAN FRANCISCO — The NAACP California Hawaii State Conference held its 36th annual convention…
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Health
State officials seek to lower Black maternity death rate
Wave Wire Services LEIMERT PARK — More than 81% of the state’s health facilities have trained pregnancy care providers to…
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Earl Ofari Hutchinson
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Mass shootings as American as apple pie
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Columnist The latest mass shooting — this time in Lewiston Maine — once more brutally,…
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Lead Stories
Leimert Park placed under Medfly quarantine
Wave Wire Services LEIMERT PARK — State agriculture officials plan to release millions of sterile male Mediterranean fruit flies into…
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