December 20, 2018
VOL. 33, No. 96
ABC News recently reported that some mom and pop shops...
GRAMMY-WINNING JAZZ SINGER
NANCY WILSON
HAS DIED AT AGE 81 Francis Taylor, Asst. Editor
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ancy Wilson, the Grammy-winning “song stylist” and torch singer whose polished pop-jazz vocals made her a platinum artist and top concert performer, has died. Wilson, who retired from touring in 2011, died after a long illness at her after a long illness at her home in Pioneertown, a California desert community near Joshua Tree National Park, her manager and publicist Devra Hall Levy announced late Thursday night. She was 81. Influenced by Dinah Washington, Nat “King” Cole and other stars, Wilson covered everything from jazz standards to “Little Green Apples” and in the 1960s alone released eight albums that reached the top 20 on Billboard’s pop charts. Sometimes elegant and understated, or quick and conversational and a little naughty, she was best 2 known for such songs as
ABC News recently reported that some mom and pop shops and restaurant owners in Inglewood fear for their future as rents increase near the new NFL stadium. The owner of Jamz Creamery said he must raise his prices in January because his landlord wants an extra helping of rent money. “Our monthly price to lease the place up went up close to double,” owner James Allen said. At M&M Soul Food, owner Beverly Brinson has a different landlord but a similar dilemma. She said her landlord raised her rent from $6,200 to $14,000 per
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INGLEWOOD TREE LIGHTING EVENT
SEN. KAMALA HARRIS,
2020 Francis Taylor, Asst. Editor
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE?
Sen. Kamala Harris’ chief of staff is departing her Senate office to take on a senior adviser role at her political action committee, indicating that she may be preparing to launch a 2020 bid for president. Harris on Tuesday morning announced that Nathan Barankin, a longtime aide and veteran of California politics, would leave his job in the Senate but is not leaving Harris’ orbit altogether, however. It has been reported that he will be joining her political operation, advising her Fearless for the People PAC. Harris raised more than $2 million for the PAC during the 2018 election, donating more than $400,000 to federal can-
didates. That made her one of the most generous campaign donors in the Senate, along with two other likely 2020 Democratic candidates, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Cory Booker of New Jersey. Harris is considered a top-tier candidate in what is likely to be a crowded Democratic primary field in 2020. She recently told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” cohost Mika Brzezinski that she will make a decision about running for president “over the holiday ... with my family.” California’s new, early primary date could give her a boost because of her statewide election experience, local relationships and the number of delegates at play.
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