By James H. Williams | [email protected] | PUBLISHED: July 21, 2018 at 11:45 am | UPDATED: July 21, 2018 at 12:27 pm Since LeBron James’ decision to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers, artist have taken the time to paint murals around Southern California that included James. There's a new Lakers mural in LA and it's 🔥 pic.twitter.com/3G8G7ifQkO — ESPN (@espn) July 19, 2018 The mural located on Melrose Avenue and North Ogden Drive in the Fairfax District features James looking up at several Lakers legends along with the Staples Center and the Great Western Forum. Sign up for Home Turf and get exclusive stories every SoCal sports fan must read, sent daily. Subscribe here. Lakers legends: (Left to Right) broadcaster Chick Hearn, Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Wilt Chamberlain. As seen in the image below, the latest mural featuring James has been vandalized. I went to visit the mural with one of my bestfriends … [Read more...] about Another LeBron James mural vandalized in Southern California
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Hearst Foundations give $2.8 million in grants to California nonprofits
The Hearst Foundations awarded $2.8 million in grants to California nonprofits that work in health, education, culture and social services, according to a statement released Thursday. Paul “Dino” Dinovitz, executive director of the William Randolph Hearst Foundation and the Hearst Foundation Inc., announced the recipients after a June 26 board meeting. Among the recipients are organizations doing cancer research, expanding access to health services, and providing education and mental health programs for underserved and at-risk young people. Half of the 14 grants were awarded to Bay Area organizations. San Francisco’s Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center received $100,000 to support female-focused English and Spanish language entrepreneurship training, consulting and access to capital. UCSF received $1 million to support its capital campaign for the Child, Teen and Family Center and Department of Psychiatry Building. Other Bay Area organizations that received funding … [Read more...] about Hearst Foundations give $2.8 million in grants to California nonprofits
To be a right-of-center teacher in California
By Larry Sand | | PUBLISHED: July 21, 2018 at 12:00 pm | UPDATED: July 21, 2018 at 12:01 pm A few years ago, then-California Teachers Association President Dean Vogel said that about 35 percent of his union’s membership was Republican, which is roughly the way the rest of the state lines up politically. That means there are about 100,000 right-of-center teachers in the Golden State. It’s no secret that teachers unions are big political spenders, and in California, no special interest shells out more money than CTA. Current CTA leader Eric Heins said recently, “We decide our spending based on a democratic process with our members.” In fact, the union’s political decisions are made by their State Council, an elected governing body, though in reality few members ever know exactly who is running, what they stand for and where and when the elections are. Obviously if the union was truly democratic, at least some of its political largess would go in a … [Read more...] about To be a right-of-center teacher in California
Grandfather arrested after 4-year-old California boy shoots cousin, 2
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — A 4-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his 2-year-old cousin Friday at a home in Southern California and deputies arrested the victim’s grandfather for allegedly leaving the gun where the kids could find it, authorities said. The girl died at a hospital shortly after the mid-morning shooting in the Muscoy area, east of Los Angeles, according to San Bernardino County sheriff’s spokeswoman Cindy Bachman. San Bernardino County Sheriff's personnel investigate the scene of a fatal shooting on Friday in Muscoy, Calif. Authorities say a 4-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his 2-year-old cousin at a home in Southern California. Watchara Phomicinda/The Orange County Register via AP Search photos available for purchase: Photo Store → Cesar Lopez, 53, was taken into custody later in the day on suspicion of child endangerment and being a felon in possession of a firearm, the department said. It wasn’t immediately … [Read more...] about Grandfather arrested after 4-year-old California boy shoots cousin, 2
California’s high tech, diverse population are its new story
It’s is a historic time in California and the Bay Area, almost like living in the middle of the Gold Rush. In a single generation, Californians have invented a whole new world. California has been powered by high tech and sweeping demographic change. It’s become a state of both riches and poverty — million dollar houses and tent camps, billionaires and beggars. The face of California has changed, too. The Census Bureau says that 39.1 percent of Californians are Latino, people with roots from the other side of the wall President Trump wants to build. Latinos now outnumber non-Hispanic whites, who are 37.2 percent of the population. This polyglot population — close to 40 million people — has built a place like nowhere else. It’s amazing. Somebody should write a book. If California were a country, it would have the fifth-largest economy in the world, larger than the United Kingdom, which has 26 million more people. Los Angeles has the 18th-largest … [Read more...] about California’s high tech, diverse population are its new story