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Dec 6, 2024 | 
ourweekly.com | Jose Salazar
Two-time Cy Young Award winner, Blake Snell, was introduced this week by the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium three days after agreeing to terms on a five-year, $182 million contract. ESPN had reported on Nov. 26 that Snell and the Dodgers had agreed on a contract, pending a physical, which includes opt-outs, some deferred money and a $52 million signing bonus. Snell, who turned 32 on Wednesday, also on Nov.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
ourweekly.com | Jose Salazar |Merdies Hayes
The jail in Georgia’s largest county, Fulton County, leaves its inmates vulnerable to “substantial risk of serious harm from violence” and violates their constitutional and statutory rights, according to a new Justice Department report released on Nov. 14.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
ourweekly.com | Jose Salazar
Gov. Gavin Newsom is pitching a proposal to more than double the tax credit the state offers to producers of films and TV shows that shoot in California. Appearing with industry union leaders Oct. 27, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and state Sen. Anthony Portantino, D-Burbank, Newsom announced a plan to boost the annual tax credit from its current $330 million to $750 million, which would represent the largest amount offered by any state except Georgia, which has no cap on its credits.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
ourweekly.com | Jose Salazar |Dwight Brown
“It might seem crazy what I’m about to say.” But this fun-to-watch bio/mus/doc should’ve been titled “Happy,” and not “Piece by Piece.” That’s the vibe. That’s the depth. Certainly, Pharrell Williams is worthy of a movie about his musical feats. He’s won 13 Grammy Awards; an Academy Award nomination (“Happy” for “Despicable Me 2”) and his productions have sold around 100M copies worldwide.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
ourweekly.com | Jose Salazar
The LA84 Foundation has announced about $2.3 million in grants will fund access tosports for youth with a particular benefit to Native American tribes, children with disabilities, and young girls across Southern California counties. The LA84 Foundation’s Board of Directors recently approved 31 grants for sports-based youth development programs in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
ourweekly.com | Jose Salazar |Antonio Harvey
With the general elections just a few days away, Black organizations and leaders, including Rep. Maxine Waters (CA-43), are sounding the alarm about Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s controversial “policy bible.”The four-pillar initiative includes a detailed blueprint for the next conservative presidential administration – making way for a sweeping overhaul of the executive branch. Waters has been outspoken in her opposition to the 900-page policy.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
ourweekly.com | Jose Salazar
Mayor Karen Bass’ office has announced that a park project in Watts has secured $11 million in federal funding, which is expected to increase green space for residents by 80 percent. The project, known as the Jordan Downs Central Park, will provide a soccer field, two basketball courts, walking paths, lighting, a community pool, among other amenities.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
ourweekly.com | Jose Salazar
Forty-two members of what prosecutors call a San Fernando Valley-based white supremacist gang have been arrested in connection with a federal indictment unsealed this week alleging a years-long criminal operation that included drug trafficking, weapons violations and COVID-19 and loan fraud. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, 29 people named in the indictment were arrested Wednesday in a series of raids involving the Los Angeles Police Department and other agencies.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
ourweekly.com | Jose Salazar |Erin Herriford
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has reported 291 new COVID-19 cases in the Black community. There has been a recorded four deaths in the Black community since last week. The total diagnosed Black cases are 201,464 with 3,347 deaths. The COVID-19 vaccine provides protection against the virus. Getting the vaccine is a safer and more reliable way to build protection. Vaccines are safe and effective and help our bodies build immunity to viruses that cause COVID-19.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
ourweekly.com | Jose Salazar |Merdies Hayes
An Ohio sheriff is being accused of bullying his constituents after a social media post suggesting people send him the addresses of citizens with Kamala Harris yard signs. Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski apparently made a Facebook post on Sept. 13, pondering how things might be different should Harris be elected in November.
