We As A People
EDITOR’S NOTE: “We As A People” is an editorial I wrote in PACE NEWS in November 1997 and today the same can be said due to the masses of Black people, not only in Los Angeles, but all over the United States from the Delta of Mississippi to the slums of Memphis, Tennessee, who are…
Read MoreBlack Farmers Concerned Inflation Reduction Act Will Roll Back Promised Debt Relief
By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media The National Black Farmers Association is worried that the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will roll back debt relief provided Black, indigenous, and other farmers of color in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. When President Joe Biden signs the law, which just passed both houses…
Read MoreEECI Completes 2022 Business Plan Enrollment & Sparks Interest in Blue-Green Economy in Black-Brown Communities
(LOS ANGELES) – The Entrepreneur Educational Center, Inc. (EECI) announced “mission accomplished,” after wrapping up its final business plan development seminar in a series at Roosevelt Park in Los Angeles. EECI organizers said the series, conducted for multi-cultural entrepreneurs in Los Angeles County’s 2nd District, achieved its goal of recruiting and enrolling those individuals that…
Read MoreThe Lookout: Newsom Takes Action To Keep Californians Safe From Gun Violence
By Aldon Thomas Stiles | California Black Media Last Thursday, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several bills focused on addressing gun violence. “California has the toughest gun safety laws in the nation, but none of us can afford to be complacent in tackling the gun violence crisis ravaging our country,” Newsom said. “These new measures will…
Read More6 Killed, 9 Injured In Fiery Crash As Car Runs Light, Slams Into Cross Traffic In Windsor Hills
Update: Mercedes Benz driver arrested. Six people were killed and nine others were injured in a violent, fiery crash involving multiple vehicles on Thursday in Windsor Hills. The incident backed up traffic. Drivers were diverted away from La Brea Avenue and Slauson Avenue and directed to neighborhood streets. The crash, according to the CHP, was…
Read MoreWeekly Links By West
Editor’s Note: Brother Wesley Boyd is an avid reader of PACE NEWS online. He is a researcher and truth-seeker with over 40 years of electrical experience and 20 years in the IBEW electrical union. He said he started taking apart light switches and outlets when he was young. Brother West is still electrifying…
Read MoreNew Low-Cost Internet Program Promotes Digital Equity in L.A.
By L.A. County Supervisor Hilda Solis Despite being one of the top tech hubs in the nation, Los Angeles is home to a deep-rooted digital divide that has effectively cut off hundreds of thousands of Latinos from the tools and resources they need to improve their lives. Central to this divide is the high cost…
Read MoreMississippi Goddam: A Mississippi Police Supervisor Sanctions the Killing of Black Men
The Southern Truth By Gloria Zuurveen, Editor-in-Chief “Mississippi Goddam” is a song of protest written and performed by singer and pianist Nina Simone, who later announced the anthem to be her “first civil rights song”. A song that took Ms. Simone less than an hour to composed is befitting 58 years later and it…
Read MoreLos Angeles County Launches New Department of Economic Opportunity
New department to advance workforce equity and mobility, also will drive inclusive and sustainable growth for local businesses LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, the Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO), formerly the economic and workforce development branch of the now-dissolved LA County Department of Workforce Development, Aging and Community Services (WDACS), becomes an…
Read MoreAtty Gen. Rob Bonta Takes Action to Protect Renters From Unlawful Evictions
By Edward Henderson | California Black Media On Wednesday, July 13, Attorney General Rob Bonta hosted a virtual press conference to announce new directives to help protect tenants against unlawful eviction from their landlords. “California’s families are facing a housing affordability crisis at levels we have never seen before,” said Bonta. “About 1 in 7 renters…
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