Los Angeles Sentinel back issues from October 2004:
Court SLAPP(s) Mayor Dorn; Inglewood Mayor Loses Case, Ordered to Pay Sentinel's Legal Fees
Oct 06, 2004; ... Oliver, Lela Ward, Simmonds, Yussuf Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 On Wednesday Sept. 22 Superior Court Judge Andria K. Richey announced her ruling on the special motion filed by the Los Angeles Sentinel to dismiss a complaint brought by Inglewood Mayor Roosevelt Dorn claiming ...
Compton Kids Fly Into History
Oct 06, 2004; ... Anderson, Gayle Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 When I was a young huckleberry, say 11 to 14 years old, the most important thing to me on the planet was riding my bike, hands free, in the street, as I grabbed the back of a bus or truck every now and then for a little ...
Bratton Stumps for Measure A
Oct 06, 2004; ... Freeman, Dennis Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 With Los Angeles' homicide rate slightly increased from a year ago, Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton dropped by the Sentinel for an extensive interview to tout and promote a bill on the November 2, 2004 election ballot ...
Halle, Watch Your Back! Columnist Discovers Halle's People Had Advance Knowledge of Enquirer Story
Oct 06, 2004; ... Oliver, Lela Ward Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 Last week the Los Angeles Sentinel reported that the National Enquirer ran a story about Halle Berry sending a soul bearing letter to syndicated columnist Ask Deanna, which Deanna Michaux revealed was a hoax. Upon ...
6th Annual Jamerican International Film and Music Festival Cancelled; Well-known Creator to Re-Adjust to Help Island's Recovery Efforts
Oct 06, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 The 6th Annual Jamerican International Film and Music Festival (JFMF), scheduled to take place in Montego Bay, Jamaica on November 3-7 has been cancelled in the aftermath of the effects of Hurricane Ivan, announced Festival Creator and ...
Prairie View A&M Students Lead Charge Against Voter Suppression and Intimidation
Oct 06, 2004; ... Freeman, Dennis Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 For the past several years, there's been a wicked, concentrated and national effort to suppress the black vote. This is nothing new. Nearly 40 years after the Voting Rights Act was passed because of the disenfranchisement ...
Leadership Luncheon to Launch New Century Institute for Home Ownership
Oct 06, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 On October 7 the Emerging Markets Division of New Century Mortgage Corporation is sponsoring a Leadership Luncheon to kickoff the New Century Institute for Homeownership. With the support of local churches, labor unions, and ...
Carl Lewis Gives Back Through Annual Track and Field Camp and Festival
Oct 06, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 Former Olympian Carl Lewis doesn't find it a burden to give back. In fact, the nine-time Olympic track and field gold medal winner finds it pleasurable to be involved in community-minded events and working with children. This Saturday, ...
Opportunity
Oct 06, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 Opportunity. That's all we want. Opportunity. This is what we should have. Opportunity. This is what we deserve. As African Americans, being presented with opportunities to expand and grow, individually and collectively, have always been a ...
It's Finally Time to Be Honest About King/Drew Medical Center
Oct 06, 2004; ... Ridley-Thomas, Mark Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 "Desperate diseases demand desperate remedies" is an old saying. In the case of the county's troubled Martin Luther King Hospital and its teaching affiliate Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, it's all ...
Truth and Consequences
Oct 06, 2004; ... Jackson, Jesse L. Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 CBS anchor Dan Rather apologized last week. He admitted that CBS had been snookered by a source that lied and provided documents that were fake about George Bush's service in the National Guard during the Vietnam ...
URBAN PERSPECTIVE; Nation's Debt Massive But Remains Unacknowledged
Oct 06, 2004; ... Aubry, Larry Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 America owes African Americans a debt. A very old, long-neglected debt that continues to grow and compound interest "measured in the social disrepair of contemporary victims," in the words of Randall Robinson, ...
VERONICA'S VIEW; Music Whose Time Has Come
Oct 06, 2004; ... Hendrix, Veronica Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 Folami Prescott-Adams. Remember that name. And if the name Prescott sounds a little familiar, it should be, particularly if you live in Los Angeles. Her sister Pat Prescott co-hosts one of the most successful morning ...
BETWEEN THE LINES; King/Drew: Will it Be the Black Community's Last Stand, or L.A. County's
Oct 06, 2004; ... Samad, A. Asadullah Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 The proposed closing of King-Drew Hospital is more than the closing of "a hospital." It is more than a "Black thang" given the cultural significance of both Martin Luther King, Jr. and Dr. Charles Drew's contributions ...
The Bridge: Sex & Sexism
Oct 06, 2004; ... James, Darryl Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 This column may come off as a bit angry. If it does, I won't apologize, because quite frankly, I am a bit angry. I am angry with female sexists. Yes, I said female sexists; women who are prejudiced against men, just ...
SURVIVAL 101; Butter or Steel
Oct 06, 2004; ... Basheer, Aquil Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 Larry sat down at the table and put his hands over his face. He sat there perplexed, beaten, and crushed. It was late and he just got back from the supermarket. He was suppose to be acquiring dinner for his family, but as he ...
Popular Cereal Partners With National Medical Association to Host Free Cholesterol Screening and Brunch; Professional racing driver, Bill Lester, to serve as special guest
Oct 06, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 Honey Nut Cheerios(r) as part of a national cholesterol education effort, is partnering with the National Medical Association to host a free cholesterol screening and brunch in Los Angeles. The event, which will also offer free glucose and ...
NCI Expands National Faith-based Health Initiative for African American Churches; 'Body & Soul: A Celebration of Healthy Eating & Living' Stresses Healthy Eating to Help Reduce Health Disparities
Oct 06, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 As part of its ongoing commitment to reduce cancer health disparities, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), one of the National Institutes of Health, has announced the expansion of a faith-based initiative to encourage African Americans ...
Family Waits Four Years for Justice
Oct 13, 2004; ... Freeman, Dennis Los Angeles Sentinel 10-13-2004 Former NFL player Charles Jordan had it all. He wanted it all. He had stature that comes with being identified as a professional athlete. He had the wealth, which came with his profession. Jordan also had the joy of knowing ...
Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Oct 13, 2004; ... Freeman, Dennis Los Angeles Sentinel 10-13-2004 The City of Montclair, and three police officers working for the Montclair Police Department, were recently hit with a wrongful death lawsuit by the parents of a 38-year-old African American man, accusing the officers ...
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Oct 13, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 10-13-2004 Domestic Violence Task Force Recognizes Outstanding Performance of LAPD Officers in Response to Domestic Violence Calls October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The City of Los Angeles Domestic Violence Task Force, the City ...
How Many Must Die?
Oct 13, 2004; ... Freeman, Dennis Los Angeles Sentinel 10-13-2004 We are at war. This battle cannot be won in the physical realm. When it comes to fighting the gang problem here in Los Angeles County, even on a national platform, more cops on the streets is not the answer. No. This is a ...
Rainbow/PUSH to Host 7th Annual Awards Dinner and Initiative of CEF
Oct 13, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 10-13-2004 Rainbow PUSH Los Angeles will celebrate and host its 2004 Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and Citizenship Education Fund Awards Dinner at the 63rd birthday celebration of its founder Rev. Jesse Jackson on Oct. 14 at the Beverly Hilton ...
New Series TV 'One On One' Premieres With Exclusive Barack Obama Interview
Oct 13, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 10-13-2004 "TV One on One" hosted by veteran talk show host Catherine Hughes, will feature interviews with the country's most intriguing personalities and public officials. Family, public service, the war in Iraq, the war on drugs, ...
Metro Urges Angelenos to 'Share The Ride,' Oct. 4-8
Oct 13, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 10-13-2004 Metro urges Los Angeles commuters to share the ride the week of Oct. 4-8 and beyond as part of the 18th annual Rideshare Week, a statewide campaign to reduce solo driving that is causing major traffic congestion on the state's streets and ...
Rev. Cecil Murray Honored on 75th Birthday with Renaming of 10 Freeway Overpass
Oct 13, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 10-13-2004 First AME Church was the gathering place for elected officials, community leaders, civil rights leaders, business leaders and others waiting to hear the verdicts from the famous Rodney King police brutality case of 1992. The controversial ...
Antique Stove Heaven: The Place Where Stoves Never Die; Just Get Restored
Oct 13, 2004; ... Hawkins, Shirley Los Angeles Sentinel 10-13-2004 Antique stoves don't die; they go to Antique Stove Heaven. At least, that's the experience of Winsor Williams, owner of Antique Stove Heaven in Los Angeles, who has been buying, restoring and selling antique stoves at his ...
Jenesse to Honor Vera Brown-Curtis
Oct 13, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 10-13-2004 Volunteerism could be Attorney Vera Brown-Curtis' middle name. And, the clients at Jenesse Center, Inc. couldn't be happier. When Jenesse domestic violence victims are in need of legal counsel, all Executive Director Karen Earl has to do ...
Discrimination Lawsuit Filed Against Warner Bros.
Oct 13, 2004; ... Freeman, Dennis Los Angeles Sentinel 10-13-2004 An African American executive at Warner Bros., recently filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the entertainment conglomerate, accusing a high-ranking official of repeatedly using racial slurs and creating a hostile work ...
Marketing Your Business; Tips, Facts, & Ideas
Oct 13, 2004; ... Foster, Gerry Los Angeles Sentinel 10-13-2004 For decades, large segments of our African American business community have been isolated from success. There is no need to discuss the injustices that exist in the world. Black business owners don't need to be told about ...
Chick to Host Workshop on Becoming a City Commissioner
Oct 13, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 10-13-2004 Over the past three years as City Controller, Laura Chick has had the opportunity to meet and speak with members of various, in Chick's words, "dynamic communities that make up Los Angeles." I am routinely approached by people who ask me how ...
Pasadena Enterprise Center's 'Fabulous First' Brunch To Honor Sandy Bourne
Oct 13, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 10-13-2004 The Pasadena Enterprise Center (the Business Incubator) has scheduled its second annual benefit brunch, "Fabulous First," for Sunday, October 10. The event will be held at the Gold Room above the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, and will begin with ...
Kobbler King
Oct 06, 2004; ... Bihm, Jennifer Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 Our community has some kind of fascination with cobblers. It's something about caring hands that roll and pinch dough. Or maybe its the comforting sweetness of fresh fruit cooked in syrup made with a combination of ingredients ...
Volunteers Take an Active Role in the Lives of Hillcrest Students
Oct 06, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 In early September, over 200 community members, local business representatives, family members, and school district employees joined staff and students of Hillcrest Continuation High School in the Inglewood Unified School District (IUSD) for ...
Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon To Be Honored at Gala
Oct 06, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 Actress Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon, star of the upcoming ABC primetime series "Eyes," will be honored by Optimist Youth Homes and Family Services (OYHFS) at its 8th Annual Mentor Awards Gala Wednesday, October 20 (6 p.m.) to be held at the ...
Distinguished and Prominent Surgeon Passes
Oct 06, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 This city and the medical profession mourn the lost of distinguished and prominent surgeon, Dr. Columbus D. McAlpin. He was a gentleman, a man of extraordinary achievements and noted success and held extremely high personal ethical standards ....
Marsalis Patriarch Leaves Notable Legacy
Oct 06, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 Ellis L. Marsalis Sr., the patriarch of a family of world famous jazz musicians, including grandson Wynton Marsalis, has died. He was 96. Marsalis' son, Ellis Jr., is a prominent New Orleans pianist and music professor who mentored crooner ...
'Dollars for Scholars' Encourages Communities to Send Kids to College
Oct 06, 2004; ... Bihm, Jennifer Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 Scholarship America will hold a series of 5- kilometer fund raising walks in eight cities across the country, including one in Los Angeles October 30 around the University of Southern California campus. Money raised from ...
Study Reveals Math and Reading Skills Disparities
Oct 06, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 Large numbers of children enter kindergarten ill prepared to succeed in school and display wide disparities in pre reading and math skills. Yet these gaps are substantially for children who attend pre school, according to a first ever study ...
Meharry Receives $1.3 Million For Community Cancer Program
Oct 06, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 Nashville, TN - Meharry Medical College has been awarded a three-year, $1.3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to develop a community clinical oncology program to serve the minority community in the area, it was announced today ...
Compton Dominguez Fit Winning Tradition to a Wing-T
Oct 06, 2004; ... Miller, Kenneth Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 If only the paper work had been taken care of last year on star player Deon Brown, then perhaps the Compton Dominguez High football program would have won their second CIF-Southern Section Division II football ...
Former Chicago Cager Helps Cormier Bond With Community
Oct 06, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 The stuffed Spiderman strings down from the crank towards the brand new 2005 Chevrolet Corvette, just north of passing cars on the 405 freeway, and somewhere on the car lot compound is Chicago native Tony Thomas. Thomas migrated to the ...
Trinidad Meets Mayorga On Pay Per View Sat. Oct. 2
Oct 06, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 New York, N.Y.-- champion Felix "Tito" Trinidad, returning to the ring after a two year layoff, is "Back with a Vengeance" when he meets the exciting former WBA/WBC welterweight champion Ricardo "El Matador" Mayorga in New York's Madison ...
Black College Grads Cutting Name for Themselves As Fashion Designers for Bobcats
Oct 06, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 Cary Mitchell and Alexander Julian share a common thread. Both are fashion designers. And each built uniforms for Charlotte's NBA teams. For Mitchell, a Johnson C. Smith University graduate who lives in Charlotte, the outfit he designed ...
Alright Already, Shaq Still Lakers Hater; Amid His Bashing Tour He Plays Hoops with Lynwood High Star
Oct 06, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 Shaquille O'Neal believes the Los Angeles Lakers made him The Big Scapegoat. "It was just guys upstairs who can't step up and do what they're supposed to do. They've got to have a scapegoat, and they know that I'm strong enough to be that ...
Great New Beginnings For RBI Baseball; Jackie Robinson Foundation Also Open New Offices
Oct 06, 2004; ... Heath, Earl Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 It was a great night for Los Angeles as one of the cities great law offices, the Law Firm of Piper Rudnick hosted a gala and welcomed some new neighbors. The new home of Piper Rudnick, also the home of the Jackie ...
Diversity Awards Celebrates the Talent that Makes Diversity Happen
Oct 06, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 The Diversity Awards will cel ebrate over a decade of creative cinematic achievements at its twelfth annual awards gala, on Sunday, October 17, at the elegant Beverly Hills Hotel, kicking off the weekend again with an opening night reception ...
Eloise Laws Rocks the Queen Mary
Oct 06, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 In grand affair, 94.7 FM The Wave and the Queen Mary put on a successful season finale concert at "Jazz By the Bay" on Thursday, September 23. This awesome final performance was headlined by Eloise Laws with special guests Hubert Laws, Ronnie ...
THE ROBERTSON TREATMENT; Walking the Walk with Bishop T.D. Jakes
Oct 06, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 Pimps, drug dealers, child molesters, strippers, crack heads and murderers; these are characters that one would expect to find in the sequel of perhaps "Menace II Society," "New Jack City" or "Baby Boy." However, odd as it may seem, they all ...
Regalettes N Rio White Linen Affair
Oct 06, 2004; ... Clark, Libby Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 The Regalettes are Nationally Recognized for its Philanthropy, and Elegance of its affairs. The philanthropic and fashionable Regalettes, widely heralded for the organization's civil and social endeavors, bid a formidable ...
Earth Speaks Organic Fashion Hemp Facts; History and fashion seldom breakdown into neat packets of time
Oct 06, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 Earth Speaks is sophisticated clothing made entirely from hemp, silk, and organic cotton. They provide the environmentally conscious women with a fashionable alternative to environmentally unfriendly cotton and we do it with ...
The Mother Ship Lands at Sheenway School
Oct 06, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 Aunt Dolores, the principal, hugged G. Clinton with joy, prompting a cry from Janice Marie ("Taste of Honey"-Sheenway's first student). The 'Mother Ship' landed on Broadway, September 4th, piloted by Lili Haydn, consummate jazz violinist ...
'A Tell Us Your Story' Response: Dale Scanlon Gives a Helping Hand
Oct 06, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 This past Saturday evening, my neighbor handed me a copy the L.A. Sentinel's article about teachers. I was floored because I had just come back from spending time with my first grade teacher! Although 'The Tell Us Your Story' is looking ...
AMM Awards Honor Holland Dozier Holland and Reynaldo Rey
Oct 06, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 10-06-2004 During a star studded gala in Beverly Hills, the Emmy Lu Galleries officially launched its premier annual AMM; Art Music and Mind Awards on Saturday Aug. 14. The beneficiaries of the Awards were Motown's heyday chartbusting ...
Taking Our Health into Our Own Hands
Oct 13, 2004; ... Releford, Bill Los Angeles Sentinel 10-13-2004 Imagine a world without diabetes, cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer's, cystic fibrosis, multiple sclerosis, sickle cell disease, Parkinson's, HIV/AIDS, osteoporosis, and spinal cord injury. Envision California as a world ...
It's Time to Find Another Way to Fix King/Drew
Oct 13, 2004; ... Hahn, Janice Los Angeles Sentinel 10-13-2004 When members of the Board of Supervisors announced their intent to close Martin Luther King Jr. Medical Center a few weeks ago, I couldn't help but fear that we were about to move backwards 40 years. In 1965, the residents of ...
Jim Crow Revival
Oct 13, 2004; ... Jackson, Jesse L. Los Angeles Sentinel 10-13-2004 Aaron McGruder's Boondocks got it right. A recent cartoon strip showed Donald Rumsfeld talking about how an "election in only three-fourths or four-fifths of the country for whatever reason" would be "better than not having ...
URBAN PERSPECTIVE; African Americans Join Hotel Workers' Struggle
Oct 13, 2004; ... Aubry, Larry Los Angeles Sentinel 10-13-2004 Los Angeles hotel workers are predominantly Latino, but African American interests are served by their joining in the struggle to raise wages and improve working conditions. The battle with corporate hotel employees should be ...
VERONICA'S VIEW; Phenomenal Facts About Being a Phenomenal Woman
Oct 13, 2004; ... Hendrix, Veronica Los Angeles Sentinel 10-13-2004 Maya Angelou called us phenomenal in her 1995 poem entitled Phenomenal Woman. And we absolutely are. However, I've often felt that our phenomenal state was more of a consequence of necessity rather than an accolade ...
Between the Lines; Candidate 'Flip-Flop' versus President 'Flim Flam': 'How's A Nation to Choose?'
Oct 13, 2004; ... Samad, A. Asadullah Los Angeles Sentinel 10-13-2004 The first debate between President George "Dubyah" Bush and Democratic Party Nominee, Senator John Kerry was billed as the "great condition," given all the stipulations put on the debates. Warm and fuzzy it was not. Nor was ...
The Bridge: Girls & Boys
Oct 13, 2004; ... James, Darryl Los Angeles Sentinel 10-13-2004 Part I Relationships are complicated. It is difficult for two people to merge ideas and beliefs on religion, politics, family, money and values. Things are even further complicated by the fact that men and women are ...
Immunization Reminder to Help Keep School Children Disease Free
Oct 13, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 10-13-2004 As children head back to school, doctors at California Hospital Medical Center are reminding parents to get their children immunized. In efforts to prevent illnesses like chicken pox, measles, tetanus and other childhood diseases, Dr. Luis N ....
Congresswoman Waters Announces $399,954 Grant for the Inglewood Unified School District
Oct 13, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 10-13-2004 Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-35) announced a $399,954 grant for the Inglewood Unified School District from the US Department of Education's Smaller Learning Communities Program. "This is terrific news for the students of Inglewood ...
State Still Has Highest Auto Insurance In Nation
Oct 13, 2004; ... Hennessy, Kathy Los Angeles Sentinel 10-13-2004 New Jersey still has the highest car insurance rates in the country, but the national group that tracks insurers now concedes it's unfair to compare the state with places that have far fewer drivers and less congested ...
'05 Mustang Set To Hit Showrooms Next Month
Oct 13, 2004; ... Porretto, John Los Angeles Sentinel 10-13-2004 Ford Motor Co. launched its all-new 2005 Mustang on Monday, the fifth generation of the iconic sports car the company sorely needs to help lift sluggish U.S. sales. The new car, built at the Auto Alliance International plant ...