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WWE is Another Inglewood Crowning Affair
CROWNING AFFAIR—Second from left; WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon, Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts Jr., WWE Raw Women Champion Becky Lynch and Jason Gannon, Managing Director, SoFi Stadium and Hollywood Park. (KEN MILLER/PHOTO) By Kenneth Miller, Publisher
Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts Jr. had to walk over the gravel, dirt, step on loose wooden blocks, endure the dust, noise and busy construction workers before he finally reached the
inside of SoFi Stadium for the historical announcement of WrestleMania 37. Once inside the 85 percent completion of new epicenter of sports and entertainment, the mayor shuffled to the
Gloria D. Gray President as West Basin Municipal Water District
railing over looking the center bowl of what will soon be home of the Rams, Chargers and in 2021 host of the universally beloved WrestleMania. “Before now in eight of the next 10 years there is going to be an event of
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California Governor Gavin Newsom and West Basin Municipal Water District Board President Gloria Gray. IT News Wire
CARSON, Calif. – At the January board meeting, the West Basin Municipal Water District board of directors elected Gloria D. Gray to serve as its board president and Harold C.
Williams to serve as its board vice president for 2020. Directors Carol W. Kwan and Donald L. Dear were named board treasurer and board secretary. “I look forward to providing leadership to the Continued on page 2
national or international significance right here in this nine square miles of Inglewood. WrestleMania will make it nine out of 10 years that we have something that everybody wants to see. Every- Continued on page 2
The 28th annual Pan African Film and Arts Festival (PAFF) will open with the film “HERO: Inspired by the Extraordinary Revolutionary Life and Times of Diplomat and Judge Ulric Cross,” directed by Caribbean filmmaker Frances-Anne Solomon. The festival will kick off festivities with a star-studded Opening Night Gala was held on Feb. 11 at the Directors Guild of America in Hollywood. This year’s theme is “20/20 Vision,”
kicking off the decade with a fresh lens and solidifying its commitment to tell diverse stories with a global, luminous view. “HERO” is inspired by the extraordinary revolutionary life and times of Trinidad and Tobago diplomat and Judge Ulric Cross, the most decorated West Indian of World War II. He was a member of the highly-decorated group of Caribbean pilots who flew combat missions for the United Kingdom’s Royal Continued on page 2 JOIN US ON