SPORTS DIGEST By Don Wanlass Contributing Writer The baseball world lost another all-time great when Hank Aaron died Jan. 22. Aaron was an outfielder who […]
Category: Features
This Week in Black History
January 29, 2009 President Barack Obama signs his first bill as president of the United States. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 revised […]
Harvest Home offers help to pregnant homeless women
MAKING A DIFFERENCE By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer Since 1985, the nonprofit Harvest Home has transformed the lives of homeless pregnant women and their children […]
This Week in Black History
January 23, 1977 Alex Haley’s award-winning narrative “Roots” is adapted for television in a landmark mini-series that would explore black people’s forced journey from Africa […]
Organization helps feed ‘back of house’ workers
MAKING A DIFFERENCE By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer When COVID-19 hit Los Angeles last March, forcing restaurants and bars to close, Othon Nolasco and his […]
NTSB to conduct hearing into Bryant helicopter crash
Wave Wire Services CALABASAS — Nearly a year after a helicopter crash killed Laker legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others, the […]
Clippers, Lakers may be on playoff collision course
By Don Wanlass Contributing Writer Last summer, as the NBA playoffs began in a bubble in Orlando, Florida, many of us were anxiously anticipated the […]
SPORTS DIGEST
SPORTS DIGEST With quarterback questions, Rams head to chilly Green Bay By Don Wanlass Contributing Writer The NFL playoffs, like the postseasons for most professional […]
Program seeks to improve Black infant, maternal health
MAKING A DIFFERENCE By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer There are some disturbing statistics surrounding the ratio of Black mother/infant deaths in Los Angeles County compared […]
COVID-19 has increased complaints about back pain
RX REPORT By Marie Y. Lemelle Contributing Writer The American Chiropractic Association cited a survey identifying back pain as the single most disabling condition worldwide. […]