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Noted Builder and Entrepreneur Charles Quarles Lends Name To Watts Area Business Incubator
(SOUTH LOS ANGELES-CA) Charles Quarles, President of The Bedford Group of Companies, a leading Los Angeles real estate development firm, has lent his family name to the Quarles Business Opportunity Center (QBOC), a business incubator focused on assisting minority entrepreneurs in the communities of Watts, Willowbrook, Compton, Carson, and South Los Angeles. An Entrepreneur Educational…
Read MoreWatch Your Mail for Economic Impact Payment Cards
January 19, 2021 The Treasury Department and the IRS are issuing millions of second Economic Impact Payments by prepaid debit card to speed delivery of the payments to as many people as possible. If the Get My Payment tool on IRS.gov shows a date that a recipient’s payment was mailed, they should watch their mail for either a paper check or…
Read MorePressure on Gov Increases to Appoint Rep. Bass or Rep. Lee to Replace Sen. Harris
By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media A loudening chorus of voices from across California and around the country are putting pressure on California Gov. Gavin Newsom to appoint Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA-37) or Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA-13) to fill the state’s soon-to-be-vacant U.S. Senate seat that will be vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. A coalition of community groups and organizers from Southern California…
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