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October 7-13, 2021 VOL. 36, No. 40
We are Still in a Pandemic! Unvaccinated will soon experience restrictions
By Kenneth Miller, Publisher
Times surely does not feel like they did more than a year ago when local businesses were shuttered, highway and street traffic nonexistence and toilet paper and paper towels as valuable as gold. Sports fans are cramming into stadiums such as SoFi in Inglewood where the Rams and Chargers play home games, restaurants are allowing indoor dining, children are back in person learning, and it seems like the good ole days are back again. And they are, but as the nation continues to wrestle COVID-19 regulations amid the Delta variant which has stagnated the progress of the essential healing required, compounded by Blacks and Hispanics who are still refusing to be vaccinated the pandemic restrictions are likely to continue into 2022. The most recent data in Los Angeles County which includes Inglewood has Blacks cases at 66,264 and Hispanic/Latino at 716,944. Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts, Jr. reported that 74 percent of City employees have received a COVID-19 vaccination, but those that do not get vaccinated will likely be without a job by December, the mayor said. Butts says that Inglewood is not going to go as far as Los Angeles,
which plans to require vaccination for individuals to attend a sporting event of more than 5,000 and also restaurants and other establishments. “How would we be able to enforce it,?” Butts asked regarding such a measure. In the meanwhile the Mayor has recommended that people get vaccinated and, wash your hands, wear a mask and practice social distancing.
THE ONLY WAY OUT---Vaccination is the only way out the of COVID-19 Pandemic as local municipalities propose stricter guidelines for the unvaccinated. (Kenneth Miller/Photo)
Teen entrepreneur Mikaila Ulmer to keynote empowerment conference Event to Inspire Young Women to Pursue Their Dreams on Their Way to Becoming Innovators, Educators and Trailblazers
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Los Angeles County Parks is thrilled to announce teenage entrepreneur Mikaila Ulmer as the virtual keynote speaker for the 2021 “I Matter: Girls Empowerment Conference,” themed “Girls with Dreams Become Women with Vision,” to be held Saturday, Oct. 9 at three locations across L.A. County. The free event is open to all girls ages 12-18. The Girls Empowerment Conference is made possible by the generous
support of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, led by its Chair, First District Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, Second District Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell, Third District Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, Fourth District Supervisor Janice Hahn and Fifth District Supervisor Kathryn Barger. Ulmer is the CEO of her successful business Me & the Bees Lemonade, founded when she was just nine years Continued on page 8
Rep. Karen Bass Rocks Political Arena with Los Angeles Mayoral Bid By Brea Mitchell, Staff Writer
The announcement that many have been anxiously and excitedly anticipating has finally come to fruition: U.S. Rep. Karen Bass has officially announced that she will enter the 2022 Los Angeles mayoral race. “With my whole heart, I’m ready. Let’s do this -- together,” tweeted the Democratic Congresswoman on September 27, adding “I’m running for mayor.” Congresswoman Bass has represented California’s 37th district since 2013, which covers areas south and west of downtown Los Angeles. (From 2011-2013, it was numbered as
the 33rd district) She’s quickly become a formidable presence in Congress. Bass has served as the Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus in 2019 and 2020, and has also served on the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee and the Judiciary Committee. In 2014, the congresswoman helped to implement a boost in the California film tax incentive program, which brought fleeing production jobs back to Los Angeles. Bass has already established herself to be the progressive leader that Los Angeles voters would welcome as Continued on page 8
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