Meteorologist Melissa Magee Joins NBC4’s Award-Winning Weather Team
UNIVERSAL CITY, CA – NBC4/KNBC announced today that Melissa Magee will join its award-winning weather team as a meteorologist, starting November 2. Magee will anchor weather on NBC4’s weekday newscasts at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. A Los Angeles native who grew up watching NBC4, she joins the station following a successful career at WPVI-TV in Philadelphia. For…
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Thousands of Students of Color Join Efforts to Mobilize Voters for the Upcoming Election
Los Angeles, CA – In what will likely be the most important presidential election of their generation, more than 5,000 young women from middle and high schools in Southern California and throughout the U.S. are working together to form civic engagement “teams” to mobilize voters in their communities for the upcoming election. The Las Sonadoras team…
Read MoreDavid Miller, Co-Publisher, Our Weekly, Elected Chairman of the Board Of Voorhees College, a Historical Black College and University
By Gloria Zuurveen Editor-in-Chief LOS ANGELES—David Miller, a recent PACE Glory Awards recipient, light, fueled by his mighty good works, is shining so bright so much that he was elected Chairman of the Board of Voorhees College, a distinguished Historical Black College and University (HBCU) where he started in 1980 until he walked with degree…
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Generation Lost: UC-Berkeley’s Missing Black Graduates
By Dr. Harry Edwards In the mid-1960s, the University of California, Berkeley started its Educational Opportunity Program to target underrepresented applicants and combat this history of discrimination. Unsurprisingly, this program was a success and the number of Black freshmen continued to rise until 1996. That year, Governor Pete Wilson and Black conservative Ward Connerly led…
Read MoreBHERC Announces the Complete Program for the 26 th Annual African American Film Marketplace & S.E. Manly Short Film Showcase
The event features 140 films from 18 countries, 10 panels and special events, the virtual online premiere of the Films With a Purpose funded “I’m Not Special” from emerging filmmaker Larry Ulrich and star filled tribute to prolific stage/film and television Director Michael Schultz. (Hollywood, CA) – The Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center…
Read MoreNorthgate González Market Honra A 20 Heroes De La Comunidad Y Premia Con Miles A Organizaciones Sin Fines De Lucro Para Reconocer El Mes De La Herencia Hispana
ANAHEIM, CA., – Desde incendios forestales hasta una pandemia global, 2020 ha causado estragos en la economía y ha tenido un gran impacto en las familias de la localidad. Los propietarios de Northgate González Market, la principal cadena de supermercados con temática latina de California, lanzaron hoy su campaña del Mes de la Herencia Hispana…
Read MoreGene Hale Says Yoo’s Attack On AAVREP Is An Affront to African American Community
Trying to gain traction with her struggling campaign, LA City Council District 10 Candidate Grace Yoo has attacked the major voter registration project that her opponent, Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, created to increase the number of Black voters over the last 20 years. Yoo alleges online that the African American Voter Registration, Education,…
Read MoreInglewood is the Fastest Growing City in the County of Los Angeles
By Gloria Zuurveen Editor-in-Chief Inglewood once dubbed a sleepy little settlement in the country with a population…
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