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Walking While Black: L.O.V.E. Is the Answer - New Documentary

A gritty but inspiring tale of pain, forgiveness and healing, the film does not shy away from the worst stories that have become all too familiar in the news today: weaponless victims shot and killed by police, wrongful conviction and even racially-based limits on career advancement within law enforcement itself.

Los Angeles, CA – The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH) has joined a statewide effort in promoting Know the Signs, a suicide prevention campaign targeting susceptible groups, including young African American men, young Latinas and older Caucasian males.

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grview-38939-1SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Stopping the spread of “superbugs,” or antibiotic-resistant bacteria, is the goal of new legislation introduced at the state Capitol.

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PASADENA, CA – In the 1950s, no one was writing about California (much less Los Angeles) architecture. Critics didn’t take California architecture seriously and thought nothing of value would come from the Golden State.

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Let me first state, without any equivocation, I DO NOT condone the senseless murders. However, I do UNDERSTAND. It is my hope that this book will help to make sense out of the nonsense that was instrumental in the creation of a manifesto and the wrong thinking of one individual who challenged the LAPD machine.

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SANTA MONICA, CA, Feb. 21, 2014 — Jacaranda’s next concert, on March 8 at 8:00 p.m., will be held at UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall, which is waiving admission to honor Jacaranda’s 10th anniversary. Jacaranda’s inaugural season featured an adventurous young string quartet known as Denali

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I’m drawn in by a story where an event has occurred that erupted into scandal or has some controversy associated with it – and where placing the blame is anything but clear. That was definitely true with THE MANOR,

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“That certain groups do much better in America than others—as measured by income, occupational status, test scores, and so on—is difficult to talk about.

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Though their mediums of exchange were material objects (“Value”), their focus was to satisfy basic needs (“Values”). But then things of “Value” (objects to which a ‘price tag’ can be placed) began being viewed for their ability to satisfy their confused ideas of “Worth” (beauty) inside “Values”

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TORRANCE, Calif. (January 24, 2014) - Los Angeles County officials today joined hospital employees, former patients, community residents, and health care advocates for a ribbon-cutting ceremony dedicating an expanded, state-of-the-art emergency/trauma and surgery building at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. The facility will open to the public in April.

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