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November 19, 2009

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Obama’s Half Brother Recalls His Life With Their Father

BY WILLIAM FOREMAN AP WRITER

GUANGZHOU, China (AP) — President Barack Obama’s half brother has broken his media silence to discuss his new novel — the semi-autobiographical story of an abusive parent patterned on their late father, the mostly absent figure Obama wrote about in his own memoir.

In his first interview, Mark Ndesandjo told The Associated Press that he wrote “Nairobi to Shenzhen” in part to raise awareness of domestic violence.

“My father beat my mother and my father beat me, and you don’t do that,” said Ndesandjo,

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A BROTHER’S STORY — Mark Ndesandjo, a half brother of President Barack Obama, has written a novel, “Nairobi to Shenzhen,” in part to raise awareness of domestic violence. The semi-autobiographical work paints Ndesandjo and Obama’s father, Barack Obama Sr., as an abusive spouse and parent.

whose mother, Ruth Nidesand, was Barack Obama Sr.’s third wife. “It’s something which I think affected me for a long time, and it’s something that I’ve just recently come to terms with.”

Like his novel’s main character, Ndesandjo had an American mother who is Jewish and who divorced his Kenyan father. The novel, which was recently released by the self-publishing company Aventine Press, is one of several books in the works by relatives of the president.

President Obama’s parents separated two years after he was born in Hawaii in 1961. The senior Obama, a Kenyan exchange student, divorced the president’s mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, in 1964 and had at least six other children in his native Kenya.

For the past seven years, Ndesandjo has been living in the booming southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, near Hong Kong, and has refused all interview requests until now.

Ndesandjo, who said he attended Obama’s inauguration as a family guest, declined to discuss his earliest memories of the president or describe their relationship over the years. However, he said he had planned to meet his brother in Beijing when the president made his first visit to China from Nov. 15 through 18.

“My plan is to introduce my See NDESANDJO page 8

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PUSHING AHEAD — (Left to right) Congresswoman Diane Watson, Congresswoman Maxine Waters and former Los Angeles Laker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who received the “2009 Lifetime Achievement award,” during the Rainbow/PUSH organization’s 11th annual awards dinner Nov. 13 at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills. The Rev. Jesse Jackson, founder and chairman of Rainbow/PUSH, also celebrated his 68th birthday during the event. Pictured (left to right): Watson, Waters, Abdul-Jabbar, Jackson, Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. and musician Herbie Hancock. See more photos from this event on page six.

National Day of Outrage Targets Violence

BY CHARLENE MUHAMMAD CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The National Action Network (NAN) and a coalition of families of victims of violence, gang intervention and prevention specialists, and religious leaders will raise a unified voice against gun and other violence with a National Day of Outrage on Nov. 23.

The action, spearheaded by civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton, founder of NAN, primarily stems from the Sept. 24 mob beating and death of Chicago teen Derrion Albert, but it further aims to call attention to what some consider a nationwide epidemic of violence in urban communities.

The peaceful protests will feature press conferences and rallies, spearheaded by NAN’s branch chapters in various cities.

Watts Summer Festival Executive Director Dies of Cancer

BY CHICO NORWOOD CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Tommy Jacquette, the longtime executive director of the Watts Summer Festival, died Nov. 16 at his home in Los Angeles following a battle with cancer. He was 64.

Funeral arrangements were pending at presstime.

For 43 years, Jacquette was the driving force behind the festival, which began about one year after the 1965 Watts Rebellion.

Jacquette, who was a close friend of Marquette Frye, the young man whose arrest sparked the rebellion, said he was a part of that revolt that left 34 dead, more than 1,000 injured, about 4,000 arrested and millions of dollars in property damage.

“We as a people were being violated across the board,” Jacquette said in a 2007 interview with the L.A. Watts Times.

A Los Angeles native, Jacquette grew up in the Imperial Courts housing development.

“I actually participated in the revolt of ’65, not as an onlooker but as a participant. I grew up with Marquette Frye, and I heard about what happened,” he said in a 2005 L.A. Times article.

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN — Tommy Jacquette, who died on Nov. 16, was the exective director of the Watts Summer Festival. The festival began in 1966 as a community celebration and a way to pay tribute to the people who died during the Watts Rebellion the year before. 2009 marked the 43rd anniversary of the festival.

Although credited with being one of the festival’s founders, Jacquette said in a Los Angeles Sentinel interview that the Westminster Neighborhood Association held the first festival and the Jordan High School Alumnae assumed

responsibility afterward.

He said he became director in 1968.

The festival, known as the granddaddy of all festivals to some, grew to become a sense of pride for the residents of Watts. In its heyday, it drew such top-named performers as Red Foxx, Isaac Hayes, the Staples Singers, Quincy Jones and several others.

In 1974, the festival was the recipient of the National Jaycees “100 Top Community Organizations in the United States” and received a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts.

In a prepared statement, Congresswoman Maxine Waters described Jacquette as her friend and a “daring, fearless and bold” advocate for the community who helped “us gain the courage to openly discuss and deal with race, discrimination and inequality in a way that few had been able to before.”

“Tommy created the Festival to honor and celebrate our roots, our talents and our culture, and it subsequently helped to spark AfricanAmerican festivals across the country,” Waters said. “Even in years See JACQUETTE, page 10

The local rally is slated for 11 a.m. at the Expo Center on 3980 S. Menlo Ave., according to the Rev. K.W. Tulloss of the group’s Los Angeles chapter.

Rally speakers will include Tony Wafford (NAN director of health); Vickey Lindsey (Project Cry No More); the Rev. Eric Lee (Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Los Angeles); student minister Tony Muhammad (Nation of Islam); Pastor Lewis Logan (Ruach Christian Fellowship Church); and more.

“This is a call to action,” Tulloss said. “Join the intervention and prevention programs. Join your local community groups fighting for justice. Get involved in any way.”

After the rally, he said, the coalition will disseminate information on various organizations and campaigns to anyone who wants to join the fight for peace.

The coalition also intends to use the National Day of Outrage to increase support and resources for victims’ families and anti-violence advocates, who often toil long hours for safer communities with little or nothing. In addition, it will also spotlight several incidents, such as the murder of Sadie Mitchell, the 92-year-old Bronx, N.Y., resident, who was killed after being struck by a stray bullet in her home.

Reports indicated that while Mitchell was walking from her See OUTRAGE, page 11

NEWS IN BRIEF THE SOUTHLAND City Pushes to Get Repaid for $3M Jackson Memorial (AP) — The Los Angeles city attorney still plans to seek reimbursement of the $3 million the city spent for the Michael Jackson memorial, a spokesman said Nov. 16, despite an audit concluding the event pumped even more dollars into the local economy.

The July 7 memorial at Staples Center was a $4 million boon for local hotels, restaurants and other businesses, according to the report released from the city’s chief legislative analyst and city administrative officer on Nov. 13.

The City Council’s Public Safety Committee was also expected to review the report.

City Attorney Carmen Trutanich is still committed to seeking reimbursement from Staples owner Anschutz Entertainment Group, or AEG. The audit said the city spent $3.2 million on the event, including $2 million in police overtime.

However, it noted that there was no ordinance in place at the time that would require the organizer to reimburse city costs. That measure

was only adopted on Oct. 26.

Given the memorial’s economic benefits and the lack of an ordinance, “the city may wish to cease pursuing cost reimbursement,” the report concluded.

Calls to representatives of AEG before work hours Nov. 16 were not immediately returned.

Jackson, 50, died of an overdose of sedatives on June 25. His star-studded memorial service at Staples Center brought in thousands of people to the city. The city had nearly 4,000 police out at the arena, the Jackson family compound in Encino, and a cemetery to deal with expected crowds.

THE STATE Hate Crimes Up Against Gays, Jews in California SACRAMENTO (AP) — The California Attorney General’s office says that more gay and Jewish people were the victims of hate crimes last year even though the overall number of bias-related crimes declined slightly.

A report released Nov. 13 showed that in 2008, there were 1,397 crimes motivated by racial,

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OPINION EARL OFARI HUTCHINSON

Break the Silence on Domestic Violence The pattern in the shocking murder of Flor Medrano in Mid-City Los Angeles is all too familiar.

Medrano suffered long-term abuse by her estranged boyfriend.

The abuse included verbal and physical assaults and accusations of rape. Finally fearing for her life and that of her 3-year-old daughter, she filed a domestic violence complaint with authorities. Police searched for her estranged boyfriend, monitored her apartment, and even called in experts to counsel her on getting a restraining order and going to a shelter. It didn’t save her life. Medrano’s victimizer slipped into the apartment and murdered her.

The murder was yet another wake-up call not only on the widespread problem and danger of domestic violence, but what many domestic violence victims will and won’t do to stop it. Medrano did the right thing when she filed the complaint with police.

But as the tragic chain of events showed, she took action only after apparently many threats, and sexual and physical attacks. Experts say that domestic violence abusers are driven by frustration, rage and compulsion, and often find ways to evade authorities and strike back at their victims.

However, victims’ refusal or reluctance to speak out places them at even greater risk, even the risk of death.

According to Bureau of Justice figures, more than three women are murdered by husbands, ex-husbands, or boyfriends every day in America.

Thousands more women are beaten, injured, maimed and sexually assaulted in domestic violence attacks.

The overwhelming majority of the attacks occur in the home.

Domestic violence has had a devastating impact on health care services.

It has cost companies nearly $100 million yearly in lost employee work time, strained psychological treatment, and counseling services and clinics.

Domestic violence has also overtaxed the resources of domestic violence shelters. Surveys show that most women rank domestic violence at or near the top of their list of their concerns, and women’s organizations have made the fight against domestic violence a major public awareness and legislative priority.

While this has paid off in that there’s increased public awareness and resources devoted to curbing domestic violence, the problem is still shrouded in myth and victim blame. Many believe that most domestic violence victims are poor and minority women. This is a myth.

Domestic violence cuts across all races, incomes and education groups.

There’s still the prevalent notion that the victims of domestic violence bear some responsibility for the abuse, and that if the abuse was so bad, why didn’t they just leave? The answer is not simple.

Medrano, for instance, was counseled to file a restraining order and seek shelter protection. She

declined. The reasons she and other women in similar situations often do refuse services are complex and vary.

Domestic violence victims face the problem of finding affordable child care, the time and cost of relocating, work disruption and travel costs. Even if a victim can just pack up and leave, a domestic shelter is at best a stopgap measure.

She’d still face the problem of work, housing relocation, and child care expenses.

Many women have little confidence that living in a shelter or filing a restraining order will be enough to stop future attacks from their ex-partners.

Still, the courts, police agencies, and public and health officials now universally treat domestic violence as a crime, a health crisis, and a compelling criminal justice issue.

The Medrano case was a good example of this intense attention to the problem.

The LAPD encouraged her to file a domestic violence complaint, made a diligent search for her estranged boyfriend, assigned officers to monitor her residence, and counseled her to file a restraining order and seek shelter. In times past, that likely would not have happened.

Yet there are still problems. In 2000, the California Legislature strengthened laws on domestic violence. The new laws required police to investigate all complaints, offer victim protection, make arrests, offer housing relocation money, counsel See HUTCHINSON, page 8

Statement on Metropolitan Transit Authority’s Staff Recommendations for Crenshaw Corridor

BY DAMIEN GOODMON

Editor’s note: The statement below is on behalf of the Citizens’ Campaign to Fix the Expo Rail Line and the South Los Angeles Neighborhood Council’s Joint Committee on Rail Transit. It was released in light of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority staff’s recommendation to have a light-rail line instead of a busway for the Crenshaw Corridor. The proposal calls for the $1.7 billion, 8 1/2-mile rail to start at Exposition and Crenshaw boulevards and eventually end at to the Green Line on Imperial Highway.

We agree with MTA staff’s recommendation of light rail over bus rapid transit, the inclusion of the below-grade (underground) sections along some parts of Crenshaw Boulevard, and the recommendation to continue study of underground options and stations elsewhere along the route.

However, the portion on Crenshaw between 48th and 60th streets, in Park Mesa Heights, will be a rallying point for our community. Staff is recommending the section, which abuts View Park Prep School and is about a block away from Crenshaw High School, only be studied as street-level with no option for underground. We disagree, and want to

avoid the problems articulated by L.A. County Supervisor Gloria Molina regarding the Gold Line’s Eastside Extension safety issues.

Staff’s recommendation for street-level crossings in the Park Mesa Heights community will increase safety hazards to schoolaged children and the public at large; result in the removal of hundreds of parking spaces important to the area’s commerce; require chopping down tall median trees that are crucial to Crenshaw Boulevard’s scenic highway status; increase congestion at heavily traveled cross streets, such as Slauson Avenue and 54th Street; slow down the overall traveling speed of the line; and impair otherwise good economic development opportunities.

From traffic, parking, safety, economic development and procedural standpoints, it is a mistake.

As requested by the community, the neighborhood councils and L.A. City Council, an underground option from 48th to 60th Street must be included among the other options under study, so when funding becomes available the option can be seamlessly integrated into the Crenshaw Line project without delay. MTA should avoid the mistakes of the Expo Rail while building

on Crenshaw.

Additionally, we disagree with staff’s recommendation for the design and preliminary engineering contract.

Damien It appears Metro Goodmon staff wants the board to throw aside a perfectly capable and eminently qualified team that included businesses owned by people who live in the Crenshaw Corridor, in favor a team led out of Orange County.

The largest public works project in the history of South L.A. should not be designed from Orange County.

Staff is recommending the Hatch Mott McDonnell’s team over the PB Americas team, which included, among others, Terry Hayes of Terry Hayes Associates, and Roland Wiley of RAW International. These local African American business leaders have done all of the preliminary work to date for this project going back to the early 1990s, have deep roots in the Crenshaw area, have volunteered their expertise on numerous community projects, and most importantly, have a strong See GOODMON, page 5

How HBCUs Fund Gangsta Rap

BY PAUL SCOTT

It’s Autumn — a time when HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) across the country celebrate homecomings. It’s a season of football games, marching bands and step shows.

It’s also a time when universities pay major dollars to rappers who act like they have never seen the inside of a classroom.

Recently, students at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University protested the inclusion of Gucci Mane in their annual homecoming concert. The students felt that with the spilling over of gang violence onto college campuses, to roll out the red carpet for one of the major purveyors of all that is wrong with hip-hop would not be a good look.

I don’t know why the “Aggies” singled out Gucci Mane since there is nothing even remotely unique about his Dirty South “swagga” and “trap tales.” But I really don’t care about why they put Gucci on blast.

The revolution against this foolishness has to start somewhere, and I can think of no better place than a predominately black institute of higher learning.

And I can think of no better time than now.

This is not the first time that college students have taken a stand against the violence and misogyny in most commercial hip-hop. Back in 2004, the sisters of Spelman put heat on Nelly in response to his “Tip Drill” video that featured a black woman’s derriere being used to swipe a credit card through.

But it has not happened nearly enough. While many people have looked to the teeny-bopper “106 & Park” crowd to be the vanguard responsible for stopping gangsta rap, the real responsibility lies at the feet of college students.

It is a well-known fact that most entertainers don’t make their money selling CDs — especially in the age of YouTube and LimeWire — but they

make their spending cash via concert tours. Many of theses concerts are held in conjunction with college activities such as homecomings Paul Scott and spring break events.

So, in essence, it can be said that HBCUs bankroll much of the music that promotes black-on-black violence and the disrespect of black women.

Although some may argue that college coeds are old enough to know the difference between the fantasy world of hip-hop and real life, their little brothers and sisters are not. By supporting artists that promote negativity, the students are helping to fund the destruction of the generation coming up behind them.

Despite the fact that some of these colleges have hip-hop classes and frequently sponsor hip-hop conferences that bemoan the current state of hip-hop, these initiatives unfortunately have not helped students develop a workable strategy that would force artists to produce music many college-educated students profess to want.

This is not to say that white colleges are bastions of morality by any means, as the keg parties and “Girls Gone Wild” scenarios are things that legends are made of. So, the question that some may ask is: Should black institutions should be held to higher standards?

Of course they should.

Our ancestors did not sacrifice their lives so that black students today can listen to “Tha Gooch” rap about getting wasted.

More than that, students owe it to the future generation who should be looking to them as the ones who will finally end centuries of perpetual black misery.

Black colleges across the country should band together and place a See SCOTT, page 5

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TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS — Rap artist and entrepreneur Curtis Jackson, more popularly known as 50 Cent, visited Macy’s Lakewood location on Nov. 11 for the launch of his new fragrance, “Power.� The public was invited to not only come out and purchase the product but to also have their photo taken with 50.

Holiday Airfares Close to Last Year but Climbing

BY JOSHUA FREED AP AIRLINES WRITER

If holiday travelers on the same plane compare what they paid to fly, they’re likely to find quite a spread, depending on when they bought their tickets.

Fares for travel around the holidays have been rising since late summer. On Nov. 7, Christmas fares were running 4 percent below a year ago, and the gap was likely to disappear.

Contrast that with a year ago, when the airlines essentially put the holiday travel season on sale. With the recession in full force, airlines used discounting to fill seats.

People who waited to book holiday fares last year saved money.

This year, holding off could cost you.

Most carriers pushed through a $10 fare increase at the end of October. For the holidays, the big airlines added a $20 surcharge each way on popular travel days closest to Christmas and New Year’s.

Tom Parsons of BestFares.com compared holiday fares purchased on July 1 with the same itinerary booked on Nov 2. Several had risen 50 percent or more. Los Angeles to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., had more than doubled to $528.

Airlines have been shrinking to match a decrease in travel. With the supply of seats more in line with demand, carriers have been able to raise fares close to where they were last holiday season.

Average Thanksgiving fares were up 2 percent to $351, according to Bing Travel, the fare-watching Web site owned by Microsoft.

The average Christmas fare was about $370 roundtrip, slightly below a year ago.

Thanksgiving fares were “up quite a bit even from where they were at the beginning of October,� said Joel Grus, who tracks fares for Bing Travel. He also said Christmas fares would be at last year’s levels.

Given the upward trend in fares, Grus said book now. Check on fares several times a day. Sometimes seats become available at a lower price.

Of course, the cheapest ticket is purchased with frequent flier miles.

Airlines only make some seats on

each flight available for purchase with frequent flier miles. Some were still available, but Randy Petersen, editor of InsideFlyer magazine, said they were getting scarce because most holiday travelers started booking those as early as August. “As we get closer, there are good airfare deals,� he said recently, “but there’s not a lot left in frequent flier miles.�

Some other things to consider this holiday travel season: • Some fees are higher. During the last year, airlines began charging $5 more each way if you pay your baggage fee at the airport instead of online. For a family of four traveling with one bag each, that would add up to an additional $40 for a roundtrip, on top of the base baggage fee.

Most airlines now charge $15 to $20 to check your first bag and $25 to $30 for the second. During the last year, airlines began charging $5 more each way if you pay your baggage fee at the airport instead of online. Southwest still allows two bags for free. JetBlue Airways allows one. Virgin America added a fee of $20 per bag this fall. • Airlines have reduced the amount of flying they’re doing. That could make it tougher to buy a seat on the flight you want. • Consider a change in plans.

If you want your own personal airfare sale, pay attention to which days you fly. A popular Thanksgiving itinerary is to fly on Wednesday before the holiday and return on Sunday. Grus said fares run about 25 percent cheaper if you fly on Tuesday and return Saturday.

Flying on Thanksgiving Day and returning on Monday can save fliers about 30 percent cheaper on average, he said.

Grus said shifting Christmas travel by a day or two doesn’t reduce fares nearly as much as it does for Thanksgiving. • Good news: You may get there on time this year. One positive of fewer flights is less congestion in the air. Airlines arrived on time for 79 percent of their flights through the first eight months of the year.

That’s an improvement from roughly 75 percent during the same period last year.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Banks will have to secure their customers’ consent before charging large overdraft fees on ATM and debit card transactions, according to a new rule announced Nov. 12 by the Federal Reserve.

The rule responds to complaints from consumer groups, members of Congress, and other regulators that the overdraft fees are unfair because many people assume they can’t spend more on a debit card than is available in their account. Instead, many banks allow the transactions to go through, then charge fees of up to $25 to $35.

For small purchases, such as a cup of coffee, the penalty can far exceed the actual cost of the transaction.

Amtrak Preparing for Thanksgiving Travel WASHINGTON (AP) — Amtrak is preparing for what it believes will be its busiest travel day this year.

Amtrak said Nov. 16 that it believes the Wednesday before Thanksgiving — Nov. 25 — will be its busiest travel day.

The railroad predicts ridership could be as high as 125,000 passengers that day. On an average

Wednesday, the railroad carries roughly 74,000 passengers.

Amtrak says it is scheduling extra trains to accommodate additional passengers, but the company is encouraging riders to plan ahead.

All Amtrak trains in the northeast will require reservations. A special timetable for Thanksgiving travel in the northeast corridor is now available online at the company’s Web site.

On the Net: www.amtrak.com.

Jobless Claims Fall, But Hiring Gains Seem Far Off WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer people are claiming unemployment benefits — but still too many to signal that the economy is close to gaining jobs.

First-time claims for jobless benefits dropped recently to a seasonally adjusted 502,000, the Labor Department said Nov. 12. That’s the fewest claims since the week ending Jan. 3.

Claims would have to fall to the high 400s to indicate the economy could soon produce even a slight gain in jobs, Abiel Reinhart, an economist at JPMorgan Chase, estimated. That level of claims could be reached by January, he said, and the economy should start gaining jobs sometime in the first quarter of 2010.

Partnership on Housing and Community Stabilization Launched (Urban League) — The National Urban League has entered a three-year, multimillion-dollar partnership with Wells Fargo to address challenges within the African American community, starting with a focus on sustainable housing and community stabilization.

During its first year, the multifaceted relationship will include grants to selected Urban League affiliates for foreclosure counseling, technical assistance for foreclosure prevention programs, staff training on foreclosure counseling and a significant presence at Urban League events — including its annual conference.

Wells Fargo’s Hands on Banking financial education curriculum — which includes a focus on credit management — also will be an integral part of the campaign.

The partnership builds on an initiative announced earlier this year between the Urban League and Wells Fargo to co-sponsor a new edition of “The Foreclosure Workbook: The Complete Guide to Understanding Foreclosure and Saving Your Home.� A reprinting of this workbook will be part of the effort the two organizations will undertake over the next 12 months.

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COMMUNITY BRIEFS Continued from page 1 religious and other forms of bias, a 2 percent drop from a year earlier.

More than half were based on a victim’s race or ethnicity, and of these, the vast majority were directed against black people.

Hate crimes based on religious bias were the second most common.

In 2008, there were 184 assaults, threats, and other crimes directed at Jews, a 37 percent increase from the year before.

Incidents targeting gays and lesbians rose by 28 percent, from 344 to 440.

THE NATION School Irked by Slavery Role-Play at Plantation CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Officials at a North Carolina school say their students will never again visit a living history plantation after a black tour guide picked three black students to help re-enact slave life.

The Charlotte Observer reported that when Rea View Elementary fifth-graders from Waxhaw traveled to Latta Plantation recently, a veteran presenter at the historic cotton plantation called up three student helpers as he talked about the work slaves did in the fields.

The three were the group’s only

black students, said Union County school spokeswoman Luann Ingram.

About 60 were listening to Ian Campbell speak about the Civil War and slavery at the centuries-old plantation in Huntersville. As he mentioned the different kinds of work slaves did, he called up the three students. He had one girl hold a burlap bag on her shoulder but did not ask her or the other two to simulate cotton picking, said Latta’s executive director, Kristin Toler.

Toler said he meant no harm, and for all future tours, guides will ask for volunteers. She said she didn’t know anyone was upset until an angry parent called the next day.

Campbell agreed with Toler’s account, and said people have spread lies about what the students were asked to do.

“I’m sick of it,” he said. “As far as I’m concerned, I’ve moved on.”

Family: Black Player Targeted in Pennsylvania Cross Burning NEW FLORENCE, Pa. (AP) — State police are investigating a cross burning in western Pennsylvania outside a home of a white family that had taken in a black child who plays for the local high school football team.

State police say they still don’t know who burned the 6-foot wooden cross that Joe and Mary Walbeck found charred in their yard early

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COMMUNITY MEETINGS, FORUMS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Plaza Housing Complex, 6050 S. um, will wind its way through Los Councilwoman Hahn to Angeles, West Hollywood, BeverWestern Ave., Los Angeles.

Host Meeting with New Community members can ly Hills and Santa Monica on the Police Chief Beck come and find out what has and way to a finish in front of the Councilwoman Janice Hahn is hosting a meeting with new Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck Nov. 19, 4:30 p.m., in the Peck Park Community Room, 560 N. Western Ave., San Pedro. The meeting is designed to give community members the chance to get to know the chief and ask him questions.

Information: (310) 732-4515.

Forum Set for Serial Murders in South L.A. The Black Coalition Fighting Back Serial Murders will hold a community forum on the unsolved serial murders of women in South Los Angeles Nov. 21, 2 p.m., in the community room of the Amistad Nov. 15. The Walbecks live in West Wheatfield Township, Indiana County, about 50 miles east of Pittsburgh.

Joe Walbeck says his family took in 16-year-old Shaq Howard after he had family problems.

Howard has lived with the Walbecks for about three years and plays for the United High School football team.

THE DIASPORA Nigeria Militants Start Peace Talks With President ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s main militant group in the oil-rich Delta region said Nov. 15 that it had started formal peace talks with the country’s president for the first time since it declared an indefinite cease-fire last month.

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta called Nov. 14’s dialogue with President Umaru Yar’Adua useful.

The president’s spokesman, Olusegun Adeniyi, said that Yar’Adua met with a group of negotiators “in continuation of his efforts to find lasting solution to the problem in the Niger Delta and following on his earlier promise to meet with any individual or groups in that direction.”

The group had declared an indefinite cease-fire on Oct. 25 after a meeting between the Nigerian president and its longtime leader, Henry Okah. Gbomo had said that after the meeting, Okah had “indicated the willingness of the government to negotiate” with the militant group, which then formed a team to negotiate, Gbomo said.

Attacks by the militant group and unrest in the Delta region had cut Nigeria’s oil production by about a million barrels a day, allowing Angola to overtake it as Africa’s top oil producer.

The militants say they are fighting to force the federal government to send more oil revenue to the southern region that remains poor despite five decades of oil production.

has not been done by city and county officials and to hear from family members of some of the victims.

Information: (323) 221-1698, www.blackcoalitionfightsback.org.

Pacific Ocean.

The course, which trends downhill and loses roughly 400 feet from start to finish, is expected to be among the fastest courses in LA Marathon history.

Information: www.lamarathon. com.

New Route Expected to be Among Fastest in LA Marathon History

Citizens Group to Hold Meeting on Rail Line

(Lamarathon.com) — Marathon officials have unveiled the detailed 2010 route that, for the first time, takes runners from Los Angeles’ downtown area all the way to the coastline.

The new Stadium to the Sea course, starting at Dodger Stadi-

The Citizens’ Campaign to Fix the Expo Rail Line will hold its next meeting Nov. 23, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., in the second floor conference room at 3731 Stocker St., Los Angeles.

Information: (323) 761-6435, http://fixexpo.blogspot.com/.

A Guide to Thanksgiving Meals, Food and Fun The following is a list of locations serving up traditional Thanksgiving meals and sites for families to pick up turkeys and trimmings to make their own meals. Nearly everything is free and available to those in need on a first-come, firstserved basis.

KJLH (102.3) will join Union Rescue Mission for its annual street party and Thanksgiving meal Nov. 21, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., on San Pedro Street between 5th and 6th streets.

Everyone is welcome. There will be rides and activities provided for children. Entertainment will also be provided. The mission will serve a Thanksgiving meal on Thanksgiving Day. Jackson Limousine and KJLH (102.3) will pass out thousands of turkeys and boxes of food Nov. 24 at 3669 W. Slauson Ave., starting at 8 a.m. Lines usually form a day in advance.

KJLH will also be on the steps of Compton City Hall passing out turkeys and boxes of food to Compton residents only Nov. 24, beginning at 10 a.m.

Los Angeles Mission, at 303 E. 5th St., has scheduled its street party and dinner for Nov. 25.

Laugh Factory, at 8001 Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, will serve dinner Nov. 26 at 1, 3, 5 and 7 p.m. All are welcome.

House of Blues Hollywood, at 8430 Sunset Blvd., will have its event Nov. 26, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

There will be a gospel show after dinner. Walk-ups are welcome.

Unity Fellowship Church, 5149 W. Jefferson Blvd, continues it annual Thanksgiving feeding by taking meals to homeless people on the streets, the sick and the shut-in Nov. 26. For donations or more information, call (323) 9388322.

Facts Nov. 22, 1865 Mississippi’s Legislature enacts “Black Codes,” which restrict the rights and freedom of movement of the freedmen. The codes enacted in Mississippi and other Southern states virtually re-enslaved African Americans. It was a crime in Mississippi for blacks to own farm land; in South Carolina, blacks had to get a special license to work outside the domestic and farm laborer categories.

Source: blackfacts.com

Midnight Mission, at 601 S. San Pedro St., and Fred Jordan Missions, will have a Thanksgiving meal and street party for the homeless and hungry on Skid Row Nov. 26.

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. will hand out Thanksgiving dinners in Watts Nov. 22, beginning at 11 a.m., at Lee’s Market, 11000 S. Wilmington Ave., Los Angeles. The organization will serve until all dinners are gone.

Nearly 400 dinners were distributed to area residents last year. For more information, call (323) 5663549.

Mothers In Action will host its annual Thanksgiving Day feeding Nov. 26, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Ward Villa Senior Complex, 1117 W. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles.

Donations and volunteers for the event are being accepted. For more information, call (323) 846-1645, (323) 299-3800, or visit www. mothersinaction.org.

The Chosen Temple Christian Fellowship, Chosen Women of Destiny, and Much More Bounce Inc. Youth Foundation will celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday with the Gift of Giving Nov. 21, 2 p.m., at 2222 W. Manchester Blvd., Inglewood.

One hundred food baskets will be given out to those who have preregistered. For more information, call (323) 778-0192 or e-mail mmb_youth_foundation@yahoo. com.

Stuff I Eat, a vegan/vegetarian restaurant in Inglewood, will have an “all you can eat” Thanksgiving dinner buffet Nov. 26, 2 to 6 p.m., at 114 N. Market St., Inglewood. There will be a main entrée and a variety of salads and side dishes, including traditional foods such as stuffing, mashed potatoes, peas and pearl onions, okra and corn and homemade cranberry sauce. The prices are $40 per person, $20 for children under 12, and $25 for take-out plates. For more information, call (310) 671-0115 or e-mail catering@stuffieat. com. RSVP by Nov. 22.

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WHAT’S GOING ON? Deadline for receipt of What’s Going On listings is Friday, 12 p.m., at least two weeks prior to activity.

Fax to: (213) 251-5720, e-mail us at lawattsnus@aol.com or mail to: L.A. Watts Times, 3540 Wilshire Blvd., PH3, Los Angeles, CA 90010.

ROUNDTABLE — The Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable will host a countywide “Break the Code of Silence� Domestic Violence Prevention Summit on Nov. 21, 10 a.m., at Leimert Park’s Lucy Florence Coffeehouse, 3351 W. 43rd St., Los Angeles. The summit will bring together county officials and domestic violence prevention groups to discuss and expand on measures to prevent domestic violence. Information: (323) 383-6145.

MANUSCRIPT WORKSHOPS — The International Black Writers & Artists/Los Angeles’ manuscript workshops are held in Pasadena on the third Saturday of each month. This month’s workshop will be Nov. 21, 1 to 5 p.m., at the San Rafael Branch of the Pasadena Library, 1240 Nithsdale Road, Pasadena. Information: (323) 964-3721, www.ibwala.com.

FREE HAIR CUTS — Marcus Malone, a former Dominguez High School basketball player, is giving back to Compton by sponsoring free hair cuts, manicures and a “kids day� Nov. 21, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Three As One Beauty Salon, 1703 E. Compton Blvd., Compton. Information: (310) 637-5414.

SEMINAR — There will be a free living trust and wills seminar open to the public Nov. 21, 10 a.m., at the Westchester-Loyola Village Branch Library, 7114 W. Manchester Ave., Los Angeles. Attorney Caprice Collins will address the issue of “how to protect yourself and loved ones

SCOTT Continued from page 2 moratorium on the minstrelsy so prevalent in much of today’s hip-hop.

GOODMON Continued from page 2 understanding of the pulse of the Crenshaw community, because they live here.

I don’t yet know why the PB Americas team was not selected, but the MTA board should overrule the staff recommendation, to ensure that the promises made by elected officials to generate more jobs and a leadership role for members of the

from financial loss in a bad economy� and “providing a values-based legacy for your family.� Seating is limited for this event. Information: (310) 677-9787, ext. 5, www.collins lawgroup.com.

MEETING — The California Community Council of Elders will host a meeting to determine the nominations for the next Representatives and Observers to the African Union.

This meeting will be held Nov. 21, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., in room LL103 at Los Angeles Southwest College, 1600 W. Imperial Highway, Los Angeles.

Candidates will be made aware of duties and responsibilities of both positions. Nominations will be taken for an election at a later date.

Information: (310) 334-9051.

TENNIS MIXER — The Rancho Tennis Club will host its November Mixer Nov. 20, 6:30 to 10 p.m., at the Arthur Ashe Tennis Center, 5001 Rodeo Road, Los Angeles.

There will be music, a potluck and tennis. All ages are welcome, but children under 18 must be accompanied by a parent. Information: (323) 445-4294.

LECTURE — “The Spirituality of Howard Thurman: Foundations for Our Families� is a lecture that will be given by Maulana Karenga Nov. 22, 3 p.m., at the African American Cultural Center, 3018 W. 48th St., Los Angeles. Karenga is professor of Africana Studies at California State University, Long Beach, and chair of The Organization Us. Information: (323) 299-6124.

DAY OF THE CHILD — Children Uniting Nations, which brings attention to the plight of at-risk and foster youth in Los Angeles County, is sponsoring this fundraiser Nov. 22, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at The Barker Hangar, 3021 Airport Ave.,

suite 203, Santa Monica. Children from foster homes, residential facilities and homeless shelters in Los Angeles will be treated to a day of games, rides, live entertainment and food with volunteer mentors. Care packages including books, educational materials, and every day necessities will be given out at the end of the day. Information: (310) 577-1122.

BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT — The 2009 Black Barbershop Basketball Tournament is scheduled to take place Nov. 22, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., at the HAX Facility, 3203 Jack Northrop Ave., Hawthorne. This event is part of the Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program. A $3,000 cash prize will be awarded. Information: (310) 4128009, www.blackbarbershop.org. ‘SUNDAY STORY TIME’ — The Cabrillo Marine Aquarium tells sea tales by the seashore. The aquarium’s education staff and volunteers will share ocean tales at the “Sunday Story Studio� Nov. 22, 1:45 to 2:45 p.m., at 3720 Stephen M. White Drive, San Pedro. Listeners of all ages can join along and be part of the story using puppets and other props or choose to read a book of their own.

Information: (310) 548-7562, www. cabrillomarineaquarium.org.

ULTRA WAVE REUNION — Los Angeles-area alumni from the classes of 1980 through ’89 will relive their glory days and the ’80s and ’90s dance crazes. The reunion will be hosted by comedian Bill Bellamy Nov. 25, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., at Club Tatou, 333 S. Boylston St., Los Angeles. The event will feature Jayo Felony. In addition, Michael Jackson fans will be able to see a performance by impersonator Scorpio. Admission to this event is $20 plus two canned food items, which will be donated to

The student body presidents at HBCUs should draft a “manifesto against the madness� and vow not to spend student funds to bring to their

campuses rappers that shame the black community.

Instead, they must seek out those artists that seek to encourage young black children to strive for college yards instead of prison yards.

So, intelligent brothers and sisters of HBCUs, the choice is yours.

Are you going to raise your voices against Gucci gangsta-ism, or are you going to be at the next concert singing “Freaky Gurl� at the top of your lungs?

Paul Scott writes for NoWarning ShotsFired.com. He can be reached at info@nowarningshotsfired.com or (919) 451-8283.

community are promises kept.

We will be working in the coming weeks to persuade the MTA Board to address these issues promptly so our region and the Crenshaw corridor communities can receive what is necessary and what we are due: a fast, safe and reliable alternative to the traffic that is clogging our streets and polluting our air.

Damien Goodmon can be reached at dg@fixexpo.org.

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NIGHT OF POETRY & JAZZ — Activist, essayist and poet laureate of the State of New Jersey, Amiri Baraka (middle) performs some of his works with a live jazz band at The Echo Nov. 14 in Echo Park.

the nonprofit Mothers in Action.

Information: (323) 422-4405, www. ultrawaveentertainment.com.

HOLLYWOOD HIKING — A pair of free nature walks to the famed Hollywood sign in Griffith Park, led by a park ranger, will be offered during the 2009 Thanksgiving holiday weekend by the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks. The excursions will take place Nov. 27 and 28, 8 to 11 a.m. Park Ranger Ernie Ybarra will lead the treks, which will start at the Griffith Park Visitor Center, 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, adjacent to the Ranger Station. Those planning to participate should dress accordingly and bring drinking water and snacks. The intermediate-level hike will be 4 to 6 miles and is designed for those who have some previous hiking experience. Information: (323) 644-6661, ext. 1549, ernie.ybarra@lacity.org.

SOULFUL GIFT AFFAIR — This second annual event will take place Nov. 27 and 28, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Lula Washington Dance

Theatre, 3773 Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles. There will be numerous vendors and entrepreneurs from the community selling jewelry, handcrafted items, baked goods, handbags and more. There will also be a food court. Information: (310) 403-1630, alyson0319@yahoo.com.

HANDEL’S ‘MESSIAH’ — The DLW Community Chorale will present Handel’s “Messiah� Nov. 28, 2 p.m., at the First Baptist Church, 760 S. Westmoreland Ave., Los Angeles. The chorale, directed by its founder Don Lee White and assisted

by Philip Roh, will sing choruses not usually heard in this oratorio. Information: (213) 384-2151, reled1@ sbcglobal.net.

DANCE — Afro-Caribbean Dance Classes with dance ethnologist Kimberly Miguel Mullen are held on Fridays, 7 to 8:30 p.m., at Crenshaw Yoga and Dance, 5426 S. Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles.

There is live drumming, and the class is for all levels. Information: (323) 294-7148, www.kimberly miguelmullen.com.

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ARTS & CULTURE PARTYING WITH A PURPOSE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. celebrated his 68th birthday during the Rainbow/PUSH organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 11th annual awards dinner Nov. 13 at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills.

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THE SHIRELLES â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Erica Ash, Paulette Ivory, Berlando Drake and Crystal Starr Knighton, known as The Shirelles. The Pasadena Playhouse production of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Baby Its Youâ&#x20AC;? tells the story of the founder of the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s record label, Florence Greenberg.

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Congresswoman Maxine Waters helps cut the cake for Jackson. Honorees included Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; music industry executive Al Bell; Shonda Rhimes, creator and executive producer of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Greyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Anatomyâ&#x20AC;?; Bishop Henry M. Williamson Sr., of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church; and Elton John.

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Pictured: Jazz musician Herbie Hancock performing for the audience.

Pictured: Jackson having a good laugh with an interviewer from â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Tonight Show with Conan Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien.â&#x20AC;?

There was a lot going on: a sexual revolution; the Vietnam War; Martin Luther King Jr.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Have A Dreamâ&#x20AC;? speech; the assassinations of King, Malcolm X and President John F. Kennedy.

Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon, The Beatles invaded America, Shirley Chisholm was elected Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first black woman to Congress and

Woodstock rocked.

It was an especially socially and politically turbulent time for black Americans.

But, in the midst of all the angst, there was always music. In fact, music would help to define the era. Of course, there was the unmistakable Motown sound. But, there was also something brewing on the East Coast.

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Race relations are only one of the layers in Hebertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest work.

The play is also about family and memory. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Treeâ&#x20AC;? runs Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sundays at 3 and 7 p.m.,

through Dec. 13. There will be no show on Nov. 26 (Thanksgiving).

General admission for this play is $20. Admission for seniors and full-time students with ID are $12, and all Thursday evening performances are â&#x20AC;&#x153;pay-what-you-can.â&#x20AC;?

[Inside] the Ford is at the Ford Theatres complex at 2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East, Hollywood.

On-site, nonstacked parking is free. Information: (323) 461-3673, www.FordTheatres.org.

EXHIBIT â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;After 1968: Contemporary Artists and the Civil Rights Legacyâ&#x20AC;? is a collaboration between the California African American Museum and the Skirball Cultural Center. The exhibit showcases the works of African American artists that explore the actions and ideologies of the Civil Rights Movement and how they are relevant today. This exhibit is a companion exhibition to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement,â&#x20AC;? which is being presented concurrently at the Skirball. The exhibit runs Nov. 19 through March 7, 2010, with an opening reception on Dec. 4 at 6 p.m. Information: (213) 744-2024, www.caamuseum.org.

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EDUCATION NOTEBOOK State Legislators to Address Student Concerns Over California’s Budget California State Assemblyman Mike Davis and Dr. Jack E. Daniels III, president of Los Angeles Southwest College, will participate in a town hall discussion on California’s budget and its effect on community colleges Nov. 23, 2:30 p.m., in the Little Theater of Los Angeles Southwest College.

The town hall discussion, organized by the students at Los Angeles Southwest College, will focus on the state budget and will provide an opportunity for students and faculty members to ask questions concerning the future of education in California.

NDESANDJO Continued from page 1 wife to him. She is his biggest fan,” he said.

Shortly after divorcing the president’s mother, Obama Sr. met Nidesand while studying as a graduate student at Harvard University.

Nidesand returned with Obama Sr. to his native Kenya in 1965, where Mark and his brother David were born and grew up.

David later died in a motorcycle accident.

In Kenya, Obama Sr. also had four children with his first wife, Kezia, some of them while he was still married to Nidesand. Nidesand and Obama Sr. eventually divorced amid allegations of domestic abuse.

Nidesand returned to the United States and later married a man whose surname Mark Ndesandjo took.

Obama Sr. died in an automobile accident in 1982 at age 46.

Ndesandjo, who is an American citizen, spent most of his childhood in Kenya before moving to the United States to go to college and work in telecommunications and marketing. He has a bachelor’s degree from Brown University in

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For several months, students have expressed a growing concern that cuts to the community college budget are making education inaccessible for millions of students throughout the state. The budget cuts have resulted in increased fees and the cancellation of hundreds of classes.

Information: Kessha Perry at (323) 608-9760, (323) 241-5253.

Cal Poly Pomona Confirms 5-Year Privacy Breach POMONA (AP) — Cal Poly Pomona says personal information for hundreds of student applicants was made available on the Internet for five years.

University officials say Social Security numbers, home addresses and other information for as many

physics and a master’s degree in the same subject from Stanford University. He also earned an MBA from Emory University in Atlanta, he said.

“I see myself in many ways as a person who has many places, has feet in many places,” he said.

Intensely private, Ndesandjo declined to answer several questions about himself. He even refused to give his age, saying only that “I’m younger than Barack.”

With a trim, athletic physique, he has a strong resemblance to his taller brother in Washington. His left ear is pierced, and he wore a black crew neck shirt under a dark jacket to The AP interview.

Ndesandjo moved to China after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks when his job was cut in the rocky U.S. economy. He taught English, immersed himself in the study of Chinese culture and volunteered as a piano teacher at an orphanage.

He now speaks Mandarin and said he earns a living as a consultant in strategic marketing, though he would not elaborate on his business.

The author said 15 percent of the book’s proceeds would be donated to charities for children.

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as 355 applicants were inadvertently left in a publicly accessible computer folder from 2003 until November 2008.

A former applicant found the mistake while searching for information on himself.

The school says even after the data was removed from a university server, some of it remained available through Google until a few months ago.

The school recently contacted Google to purge the information and sent letters to the applicants, urging them to contact credit reporting agencies.

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Affirmative Action Ban LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A federal appeals court is set to con-

Closely patterned on Ndesandjo’s own life, the novel depicts David, an American who leaves the U.S. corporate world after the 9/11 attacks to create a new life in China. He falls in love with a Chinese dance instructor and develops a bond with an orphan who is a gifted pianist battling a serious illness.

In the book, David also writes letters to his American mother asking for details about her failed marriage to his late Kenyan father.

In one passage, Ndesandjo writes, “David easily remembered the hulking man whose breath reeked of cheap Pilsner beer who had often beaten his mother. He had long searched for good memories of his father but had found none.”

Ndesandjo said such passages were drawn from his own experience.

“I remember situations when I was growing up, and there would be a light coming from our living room, and I could hear thuds,” he said in the interview, tears welling in his eyes. “I could hear thuds and screams, and my father’s voice and my mother shouting. I remember one night when she ran out into the street and she didn’t know where to go.”

Ndesandjo said his mother often called Obama Sr. “a brilliant man but a social failure.”

On Nov. 4, a week after speaking to The AP, Ndesandjo said at a book-launching news conference that his brother’s election victory, among other recent events, helped “peel away the hardness” that he developed emotionally during his difficult childhood.

“I became proud of being an Obama,” he said.

Since the election, he said the extra attention has changed his life, but he has coped by focusing on things that are important to him: music, writing, calligraphy and teaching piano to disadvantaged children.

“The simple things sort of help pull you through,” he said.

Ndesandjo told The AP he didn’t want to touch on any political themes in the book.

“I think my brother’s team is doing an extraordinary job and I really don’t want to cause him additional heartburn,” he said.

Besides the inauguration, he

sider a lawsuit challenging Michigan’s ban against racial preferences in public university admissions and government hiring.

Nineteen University of Michigan students, faculty and applicants say the 2006 anti-affirmative action ballot measure approved by voters is unconstitutional.

Critics say the constitutional amendment has created an unfair process where universities give weight to geographical diversity and legacy status but not racial identity.

Allowing race to be a factor in admissions could change only with a statewide voter initiative rather than a vote of the university’s governing board.

Supporters say the law reflects the will of the people.

said he last visited his brother in Austin, Texas, before a debate last year with then-Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton.

“He came up to me, and we hugged. I gave him a gift, a gift of calligraphy,” Ndesandjo told The AP. “I was just thinking of how happy I was and how proud and how much I loved him.”

“It was a very powerful experience.”

BIZSHORTS Continued from page 3

California Export Trade Figures Improving SACRAMENTO (AP) — California’s export trade is showing signs of improvement after being battered all year.

Jock O’Connell, international trade adviser at the University of California Center Sacramento, says the state’s exports from September showed a 3.2 percent gain from August.

But the export trade of $10.35 billion is still 16 percent below the amount of goods the state shipped abroad the same month last year.

It was California’s lowest export figures for the month of September since 2005.

O’Connell says the data suggests Northern California is recovering faster than Southern California.

The number of containers leaving the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach was down 8.9 percent in September while the Port of Oakland saw a 12.5 percent gain from last year.

HUTCHINSON Continued from page 2 victims on programs to assist victims, and provide non-English domestic violence complaint forms.

The drawback is that district attorneys still have the sole right to decide whether to prosecute domestic violence cases; funds for counseling, treatment, and shelter space are still short; and outreach efforts to inform victims of their rights and resources are not uniform in all counties. Women’s groups still loudly complain that some police agencies still slough off complaints from victims.

A zero tolerance by police, public officials, and the courts toward

Arguments were held Nov. 17 at the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati.

Chicago School Gets $50,000 from NFL Network CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago school is one of a handful of middle schools in the United States receiving $50,000 to help get its students in better shape.

Chicago Bears defensive end Alex Brown helped present the check from NFL Network’s Keep Gym in School program to Williams Preparatory Academy Middle School Nov. 17.

The money will be used to spruce up the South Side school’s gymnasium as well as buy exercise equipment.

Another of the president’s half brothers, George Obama, 27, of Huruma, Kenya, has penned a memoir that will be published by Simon and Schuster in January 2010.

Other Obama relatives working on books include a half sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, daughter of Obama’s mother and her second husband, Lolo Soetoro; and Craig Robinson, first lady Michelle Obama’s brother.

Foreclosure Assistance for 26th District Residents State Sen. Curren D. Price Jr. will join forces with Bank of America and Chase Nov. 21, 10 a.m., to come to the aid of thousands of 26th District homeowners who could lose their homes to foreclosure.

This “Making Your Home Affordable” workshop will offer direct assistance from mortgage lenders to homeowners. The event will be held in the Wallis Annenberg Building of the California Science Center, 700 Exposition Park Drive, Los Angeles.

This workshop is free and no appointments are necessary. Certified housing counselors and mortgage loan servicers will provide advice, counseling and assistance at this event.

Bank of America Home Loans (formerly Countrywide Home Loans) and Chase will have representatives at the event to consider and approve loan modifications.

Information: (213) 745-6656, (866) 920-3111.

domestic violence is crucial in the fight to curb it. The front line in the fight, though, is the willingness of victims to speak out when threatened or suffering from domestic violence.

That means breaking the silence on domestic violence.

The Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable will host a Break the Silence on Domestic Violence Summit at Lucy Florence Coffeehouse on Nov. 21 at 10 a.m.

Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst. His weekly radio show, “The Hutchinson Report,” can be heard in Los Angeles, Fridays on KTYM Radio 1460 AM, and streamed live nationally on ktym.com.

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HEALTH THE PULSE Swine Flu Deaths Rise to 297 in California (AP) — Swine flu deaths in California are on the rise.

State health officials say there have been 297 deaths attributed to swine flu in California, as of Nov. 12, up from 266 reported on Oct. 31.

California Department of Public Health Director Dr. Mark Horton said Nov. 12 in Sacramento that the virus is widespread in California, and had caused 5,380 hospitalizations, as of Nov. 12, up from 4,820.

Horton said the vaccine’s arrival has been slower than expected in California, with about 4.5 million doses shipped to the state so far.

Sexual Diseases Up ATLANTA (AP) — Sexually spread diseases continue to rise, with reported chlamydia cases setting yet another record in 2008, government health officials said Nov. 16.

Last year there were 1.2 million new cases of chlamydia, a sometimes symptomless infection that can lead to infertility in women. It was the most ever reported, up from the old record of 1.1 million cases in 2007.

Better screening is the most likely reason, said Dr. John M. Douglas Jr. of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Syphilis also has been increasing. About 13,500 cases of the most contagious form of the disease were reported in 2008, up from about 11,500 the year before. Syphilis rates are up among both gay men and heterosexuals, said Douglas, director of the CDC’s Division of STD Prevention.

Syphilis can kill if untreated, but chlamydia is not life-threatening; neither is gonorrhea, which seems to have plateaued in recent years. Gonorrhea cases dropped to about 337,000 cases in 2008, down from about 356,000 cases.

Girls, ages 15 through 19, had the largest reported number of chlamydia and gonorrhea cases, accounting for more than one in four of those cases. But they’re often screened more than other people.

The government estimates there are roughly 19 million new cases of sexually transmitted disease annually.

Study Suggests Costs Rise Under Health Care Bill WASHINGTON (AP) — Overall U.S. spending on health care would rise as a result of legislation approved recently by the House of Representatives, according to a report by a top official at the agency that oversees the government’s health insurance programs for the elderly and indigent.

The analysis was issued by Richard Foster, the chief actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, which is part of the Health and Human Services Department. The study was conducted at the request of House Republicans, who tried to turn it against Democrat President Barack Obama’s administration.

Foster’s report says legislation

would expand insurance coverage to an estimated 32 million people who now lack it, according to the report, creating a demand for services that “could be difficult to meet initially ... and could lead to priceincreases, cost-shifting and/or changes in providers’ willingness to treat patients with low-reimbursement health coverage.”

Billions of dollars in projected savings contained in the measure will be difficult to maintain, the report said.

Rep. John Boehner, the House Republican leader, issued a statement saying the study “confirms that this bill violates President Obama’s promise to ‘bend the cost curve.’ It’s now beyond dispute that their bill will raise costs.”

Congressional budget experts say the House-passed bill would cost $1.2 trillion over 10 years and expand coverage to an additional 36 million people.

Poll: Americans Divided on Health Care Bills WASHINGTON (AP) — A recent Associated Press poll shows Americans are divided about the Democratic health care bills advancing in Congress.

Although most agree that major health care changes are needed, the public is worried that hidden costs are lurking in the legislation’s fine print.

The poll found that 43 percent oppose the health care plans under discussion in Congress, while 41 percent are in support — a statistical tie. Another 11 percent remain undecided and could hold the key to the final verdict on President Barack Obama’s signature issue.

The results mark a slight slippage for the overhaul plan, down from a 40-40 split in an AP poll last month.

AIDS Activists Tell Obama to Send Funds to South JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — People with AIDS, activists and health care professionals want the Obama administration to provide more money to combat the disease’s toll in the rural South.

A top White House aide was expected to participate in a community meeting earlier this week in Jackson to gather input on a national strategy to combat the disease.

Patrick Packer of the Southern AIDS Coalition says the South leads the nation in the percentage of new HIV cases, yet it receives the less federal funding than any other region in the United States.

Packer says that medication assistance programs in some states have waiting lists, and that care for patients is lacking despite changes to steer more money to rural areas.

FDA Approves New Drug for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials have approved a new drug as the first nonhormonal treatment for heavy menstrual bleeding.

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CAUSE FOR CONCERN — Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas and L.A. County Public Health Director Dr. Jonathan Fielding (second and third from left, respectively) receive a report on the day’s activities at the Bradley-Milken Youth Center in Southeast Los Angeles on Nov. 14. The supervisor has expressed concern about the low turnout of African Americans and other high-risk populations receiving H1N1 (Swine) flu vaccinations.

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A Doctor’s Word — Tips for Finding Low-Cost Medications

BY ERIN MARCUS, M.D. NEW AMERICA MEDIA

Editor’s note: Many doctors prescribe expensive, new drugs that are marketed to them by pharmaceutical companies. But generic drugs are cheaper and in the vast majority of cases work just as well.

The article below gives you tips on some places to find these drugs. Dr. Erin Marcus is associate professor of clinical medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

A Doctor’s Word is supported by a grant from the Ford Foundation.

One of the toughest parts of my job is seeing patients who don’t take their medicines because they can’t afford them. It happens frequently, and it’s becoming more common as people lose their jobs and their health insurance.

And for many conditions, such as high blood pressure, not taking prescription medications can be extremely dangerous, triggering strokes and heart attacks.

Out of necessity, I’ve had to find ways of treating conditions on a shoe-string budget, whenever possible. Despite the ridiculously high cost of prescription medicines, it is possible to find relatively inexpensive treatments for many common, uncomplicated, bread-and-butter medical problems.

Unfortunately, many doctors don’t seem to be aware of their patients’ difficulties filling prescriptions, and put them on expensive newer medicines when older, lessexpensive generic drugs would work just as well (or, some might argue, work better, since patients are more likely to fill a prescription they can afford).

When a new medicine is introduced for sale in the United States, its manufacturer has exclusive rights to its sale and can charge a high price. The pharmaceutical companies give these medicines a catchy “trade” name, market them to doctors, and often pay a lot to advertise them. But it’s important to remember that just because a drug is new, that doesn’t mean that it’s any better than the medicines that are already on the market.

After several years, other companies are allowed to manufacture the same drug, though they can’t use the trade name. These competing drugs are called generic, and they’re

cheaper than trade medicines and in the vast majority of cases work just as well (there are a few exceptions, such as thyroid medicine).

Generics aren’t advertised by drug companies, but the “first line” treatments for many conditions, such as high blood pressure, are available in generic form.

As a physician who takes care of low-income, mostly uninsured people, I’ve learned to accommodate my patient’s financial circumstances by using generic drugs when possible and by letting patients know about pharmacies that sell these generics at a relatively low cost.

Below are some of the places where I direct patients. (By the way, none of the companies I’m mentioning have paid me in any way, and I don’t own individual stock in any of them.)

Target and Wal-Mart Both provide a month’s supply of certain generic drugs for $4, and offer hundreds of different medicines in their programs. You can see their $4 medication lists at www. walmart.com/4prescriptions and www.target.com.

The lists include medicines that are considered “first line” therapies for high blood pressure and heart failure. There are some notable exceptions. For example, the newer diabetes medicines and protonpump inhibitors (which reduce stomach acid) aren’t there.

Their lists do not include drugs that aren’t yet available in generic form. If you are on a more expensive “trade” medicine, you might want to ask your doctor if a less-expensive drug that’s available in generic form could safely be used instead. For example, a few weeks ago, I saw a new patient who had been prescribed Valsartan, a medicine that’s not available in generic form, for her uncomplicated high blood pressure.

She couldn’t afford the medicine and hadn’t taken it in a month. I was able to substitute it with Lisinopril, a medication for high blood pressure that is on the Target list, and she’s been taking it without problems.

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keep Michael Vick or let him go?

The Eagles are paying Vick $1.6 million this season. If he remains an Eagle, Vick will receive a $5.2 million next season.

And the beat continuesâ&#x20AC;Ś Did you know that the head basketball coach at the University of Alabama is a man of color? Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Anthony Grant, former head coach at Virginia Commonwealth University. Grant posted a 76-25 report card and had two NCAA tournament entries.

The late Fred â&#x20AC;&#x153;Popâ&#x20AC;? Long, head football coach with Paul Quinn, Texas College, Prairie View A&M and Wiley College, has been named the American Football Coaches

Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2009 Trailblazer Award recipient. He died in 1966.

And the beat continuesâ&#x20AC;Ś Violent Palmer, the NBAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first female referee, worked the LakersSuns game Nov. 12 at the Staples Center. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a product of Compton High. One of Palmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mentors was the late Aaron C. Wade, her principal at Compton High and the man then-AFL Commissioner Al Davis made the first black game official in that league.

Andrew Bynum could become the greatest center in Lakers history if he keeps improving like he has in the last three years. Bynum has had the master teacher of them all in Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the all-time NBA scoring record holder. In the Lakersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 121-102 victory over the Phoenix Suns Nov. 12, Bynum had 26 points (three less than Kobe Bryantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 29) and 15 rebounds to look like the best young center in basketball.

And the beat ends.

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epilepsy and HIV. What about the Web sites you may have seen advertising cheap medicines from Canada?

According to the federal Food and Drug Administration, some of the online pharmacies purporting to be Canadian really are sending medicines from other countries, and the pills may be fake or may contain dangerous ingredients.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also technically illegal to buy

prescription medicines from another country, though an FDA spokesperson told me that they â&#x20AC;&#x153;use discretionâ&#x20AC;? in their enforcement and most likely arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to start arresting people who are buying their personal, medically necessary prescribed medicines this way. If you are wondering if an online pharmacy is legitimate, the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy has a verification program you can use to check.

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kind. Both are the only undefeated teams in the NFL after the 10th week of play. Peyton Manning staged another one of his patented fourth-quarter comebacks to give the Colts an unbelievable 35-34 victory over the New England Patriots Nov. 15 with about 13 seconds to play.

By the way, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s impossible for two black men to face each other in the Super Bowl XLII because the three serious contenders â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Steelers, Colts and Bengals are all from the same division.

And the beat continuesâ&#x20AC;Ś Stanford thrashed USC 55-21 Nov. 14. In my five decades covering the Trojans, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never seen Stanford maul a team as they did the Trojans. University of California at Los Angeles had much better luck over the weekend, trouncing Wash-

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Michael Cooper has his USC womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball assistants set.

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Kelley Gibson, Mary Wooley and associate head coach Ervin Monier.

And the beat continuesâ&#x20AC;Ś The L.A. Angels of Anaheimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s general manager Tony Reagins deserves his big boost in pay. One insider says Reagins was given a long-term contract extension, reportedly longer than the threeyear deal he first signed with the Angels. Reagins has been with the

MEDICATIONS Continued from page 9 medicines on their lists. The companies are hoping theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll make a profit anyway, because people who come in for the inexpensive medicines often buy other things as well.

When the companies introduced the $4 medicine programs a few years ago, many people criticized them for trying to put small independent pharmacies out of business. I personally have mixed feelings about the programs, since Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve found independent drug stores are friendlier and provide better service than the chain stores. But it does my patients no good if I write prescriptions they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fill.

CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid These stores have similar discount generic programs, but you need to sign up for a â&#x20AC;&#x153;savings passâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;membershipâ&#x20AC;? for each. Walgreens charges a $20 membership fee, and CVS charges $10 annually for individual people to get the generics at a low cost. More about these companiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; programs can be found at www.cvs.com, www.walgreens.com, and www.riteaid.com.

Local Supermarkets Local grocery store chains with pharmacies sometimes have reduced cost-generics too. Where I live,

JACQUETTE Continued from page 1 when he struggled to get funding for the Festival, when traditional donors such as the business community and others wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t contribute, he â&#x20AC;Ś was able to put on a Festival, using the resources he had and his amazing life skills, largely stemming from being a self-made man.â&#x20AC;?

Jacquette was on the board of directors of several community and civic organizations, including Wattstar Theater and Education Center and the Watts-Willowbrook Chamber of Commerce.

He was also the chair of the WattsWillowbrook Christmas Parade, and he was a fixture at the Watts Gang Task Force meetings spearheaded by L.A City Councilwoman Janice Hahn, who called Jacquetteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death a huge loss for not only Watts but all of Los Angeles. â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;ŚHe was an indispensable member of the Watts Gang Task Force and a true historian of the community,â&#x20AC;?

organization for 18 years.

Ken Griffey Jr. returns for his 22nd year as a major leaguer with the Seattle Mariners. Griffey turns 40 on Nov. 22. He is fifth on the alltime home run list with 630.

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And the beat continuesâ&#x20AC;Ś Will the Philadelphia Eagles Publix Supermarketâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pharmacies offer a 14-day supply of certain frequently prescribed antibiotics, including penicillin, for free. If your supermarket has a pharmacy, you may want to check their Web site to see if they have a discount plan.

What if you are on a medicine that isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t available as a generic and has no acceptable substitute?

Many drug companies have patient assistance programs, which provide medicines at little or no cost to low-income people. The best place to find out about these is through NeedyMeds.org, a nonprofit group that is not affiliated with any drug companies. Its Web site has a long list of prescription medicines with links to information about how to get them cheaply.

The patient assistance programs usually require that patients and their doctors fill out a lot of forms and send in proof of income and other paperwork. This can feel overwhelming, but the NeedyMeds Web site has a link to lists of groups that help people fill out these forms. (The NeedyMeds staff members do not fill these forms out for you.) The Web site also can direct you to Medicaid programs in different states as well as groups that help people with certain diseases, such as she said in a press statement.

Congresswoman Laura Richardson said in a statement that: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tommy Jacquette will forever be remembered and beloved for his unyielding passion for the African American community in Watts and throughout the nation. His loss leaves an enormous void.â&#x20AC;?

Loreta Garcia, a Watts Summer Festival board member and spokesperson, said the death of Jacquette is detrimental emotionally but the festival will continue. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are continuing Tommyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legacy,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He has left a legacy that we are bound by and we will carry forward.â&#x20AC;?

Plans are underway for a public memorial and Dr. Maulana Karenga of The Us Organization is scheduled to officiate.

Garcia said the family has requested that donations in memory of Jacquette be made to the Watts Summer Festival Inc., 944 W. 53rd St. Los Angeles, CA 90037.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;BABY ITâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S YOUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Continued from page 6 had become bored just sitting around her house, built a highly successful independent record label called Scepter Records. After her daughter asked her to listen to a singing group at her high school, Greenberg, who had no experience or track record in the music business, started a label and signed the group, who went on to become The Shirelles (Paulette Ivory, Berlando Drake, Erica Ash and Crystal Starr Knighton).

Eventually Greenberg signed Dionne Warwick, The Kingsmen, The Isley Brothers and Chuck Jackson.

Greenbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story and how she, along with African American songwriter Luther Dixon, helped change the face of music in America with their songs, is told in the new musical â&#x20AC;&#x153;Baby Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s You,â&#x20AC;? currently enjoying a world premiere at the Pasadena Playhouse through Dec. 13.

Geno Henderson, a Los Angeles native and veteran musician who has played with The Gap Band, Sly Stone, The Pointer Sisters and The 5th Dimension, stars in the production as Ron Isley, Chuck Jackson and Gene Chandler.

Acting as a narrator in the show, Hendersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s various characters take us back to a time when the music industry was finding its feet. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be transported back in time to the pre-Motown era, the processes, bouffant hairdos, iridescent suits and all the great music shortly after Doo Wop when music began to transition into another phase into the Motown era,â&#x20AC;? Henderson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a time when melodies became a little more sophisticated. It was a more innocent time. This is a colorful show. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a

very visual show with a lot of glitter.

Emotionally, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get a sense of the time.â&#x20AC;?

Although he is a seasoned professional, having cut his teeth at the age of 18 on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Soul Trainâ&#x20AC;? playing with artist D.J. Rogers, Henderson, whose cousin was the late actor Roscoe Lee Browne, is making his acting debut in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Baby Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s You.â&#x20AC;?

However, he admits it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t difficult to immerse himself into the music created by legendary performers because he actually grew up listening to them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m trying to exude the essence of those men,â&#x20AC;? said Henderson, who has played at Carnegie Hall with Roberta Flack, Aaron Neville, Patti Austin, James Ingram and Melissa Manchester. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not trying to mimic them. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m trying to give the audience a sense of who they were. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m trying to maintain the integrity of the sound of the performer Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m trying to emulate.â&#x20AC;?

While the show is highlighting the music of the past, Henderson said neither the story nor the music is dated. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Young people can relate to this music and this time,â&#x20AC;? said Henderson, who first picked up a guitar when he was 9 years old. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You know, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about retro now. Plus, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll enjoy it because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just good music.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Baby Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Youâ&#x20AC;? is directed by Floyd Mutrux and written by Mutrux and Colin Escott. The Pasadena Playhouse is at 39 S. El Molino Ave., Pasadena. Show times: 8 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; 4 and 8 p.m., Saturday; 2 and 7 p.m., Sunday.

For more information, call (626) 356-7529 or visit www. pasadenaplayhouse.org.

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THE PULSE Continued from page 9 Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals.

The main ingredient in the drug was first approved in 1986 as an injection for patients with hemophilia, an inheritable disease that prevents blood clotting.

The FDA warns that taking Lysteda with hormonal contraceptive drugs can increase the risk of blood clots, stroke and heart attacks.

Women should only use the products together if there is a strong medical need, the agency says.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20091529178 The following person is doing business as: Golden West Maintenance 509 So. Chester Ave. Compton, CA 90221 William Tatum 509 So. Chester Ave. Compton, CA 90221 This business is conducted by an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (The registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) is William Tatum. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on October 7, 2009.

The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. NOTICE: This Fictitious Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the Los Angeles County Clerk. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before that time.

The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

First Filing: 10/29/09, 11/5/09, 11/12/09, 11/19/09 LAWT 391

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20091665785 The following person is doing business as: Families for Children, Inc. 2500 West Manchester Blvd.

Inglewood, CA 90305 ADOPT-A-CHILD 2500 West Manchester Blvd.

Inglewood, CA 90305 This business is conducted by a Corporation. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (The registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) is Andrew Henderson. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on November 4, 2009.

The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. NOTICE: This Fictitious Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the Los Angeles County Clerk. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before that time.

The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

First Filing: 11/12/09, 11/19/09, 11/26/09, 12/3/09 LAWT 392

OUTRAGE Continued from page 1 kitchen to her living room to watch TV on Oct. 20, a .9-mm bullet pierced her hip and traveled to her lungs. She died several hours later at a nearby hospital.

“We must be just as vigilant against the shootings that are random, gang related, or intentional, because we are in a crisis state and too many lives are being forsaken,” Sharpton said in a press release.

“We’ve got to come together across all lines to fight this battle.”

The coalition will also highlight the death of 19-year-old Jasmine Lynn, a Spelman College sophomore who was hit by a stray bullet, while walking on the campus of Clark Atlanta University (CAU).

Lynn’s parents, Constance Franklin and Clint Lynn, have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against CAU, charging that the school had too little security.

“We want to take this opportunity to highlight the incredible amount of violence that is happening all around the country. We are outraged, not just from an Afrocentric perspective, but about, for instance, in Los Angeles, the Latina victim, who was stabbed to death while the police were right outside of her house. So this includes domestic abuse,” Wafford said.

He added: “Violence throughout America has become so commonplace that people aren’t even outraged anymore. It’s like, cool.

The purpose of this action is to say that it isn’t commonplace and it is not OK.”

NOTICE OF RELEASE OF THE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) FOR THE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND ACADEMIC REMEDIATION PROGRAM The County of Los Angeles (County) Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) will release an RFI for the Educational Services and Academic Remediation Program (Program), CMS No. 09-016. This RFI is to determine the extent of interest of qualified agencies in implementing the Program. The Program is targeted to youth, ages 14 to 18 in out-of-home care, preparing to transition into adulthood. The Program will provide intense academic services to enhance educational opportunities, and provide employment preparation and support to youth facing significant challenges to comple-tion of their education and successful transition to adult life.

Interested organizations are directed to the County of Los Angeles' Website at http://camisvr.co.la.ca.us/lacobids/BidLookUp/Bi dOpenStart._asp. To access the RFI from the website, click on “List by Department,” then select “Children & Family Services/Adoption” from the drop-down list and click on the “Select Department” button to view the Department's Open Bid listing, or go to the DCFS Website at www.lacdcfs.org, click on “DCFS Contracts” and search for the RFI listing. In addition, effective November 17, 2009 at 12 Noon, soft copies of the RFI on compact disks (CD) will be available during regular business hours Monday through Friday at: Department of Children and Family Services Contracts Administration 425 Shatto Place, Room 400 Los Angeles, CA 90020 Responses to the RFI are due by December 1, 2009 at 5:00 P.M. Pacific Local Time. If you have any questions regarding the release information, please contact Rosemary Osuna, Contract Analyst, at (213) 351-5557 for this project.

Please note that the County shall not be liable for any costs incurred by any interested party in connection with preparing and submission of the Statement of Interest in response to the RFI. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20091556749 The following person is doing business as: All Together Lovely 2816 S. Hobart Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90018 ATL 2816 S. Hobart Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90018 Kate Sterlin 2816 S. Hobart Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90018 Claudia Bruce 3505 Marguerite St. Los Angeles, CA 90065 This business is conducted by a General Partnership. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (The registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) is Kate Sterlin and Claudia Bruce.. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on October 14, 2009.

The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. NOTICE: This Fictitious Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the Los Angeles County Clerk. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before that time.

The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

First Filing: 11/12/09, 11/19/09, 11/26/09, 12/3/09 LAWT 393

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP #7524) WIRELESS CAMERA SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles invites proposals from qualified vendors to provide a fully developed wireless camera surveillance systems. Copy of the RFP may be obtained beginning November 9, 2009 via www.hacla.org/ps website or call (213) 252-5405 or 252-1832. Proposals will be accepted until 2:00 P.M., on December 9, 2009 11/12, 11/19/09 CNS-1732872# WATTS TIMES INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) NO. 1682 THE RE-ROOFING OF TWELVE (12) BUILDINGS AT PUEBLO DEL RIO The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) invites vendors to submit bids for the The ReRoofing of twelve (12) buildings at Pueblo Del Rio Housing Development located at 1801 East 53rd Street, Los Angels, CA 90058.

Copies of the IFB may be obtained at the HACLA's General Services Department, 2600 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 3100, Los Angeles, CA 90057. Copies of the IFB may also be downloaded from the internet at www.HACLA.org/cgs.

Bids will be accepted at the same location until 2:00 p.m. (local time), December 4, 2009.

INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) No. 1683 THE REPAIR OF ELEVEN (11) FIRE DAMAGE UNITS AT IMPERIAL COURTS AND NICKERSON GARDENS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) invites vendors to submit bids for the The Repair of eleven (11) Fire Damage Units at Imperial Courts Housing Development located at 11541 Croesus Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90059 and Nickerson Gardens Housing Development located at 1590 114th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90059. Copies of the IFB may be obtained at the HACLA’s General Services Department, 2600 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 3100, Los Angeles, CA 90057. Copies of the IFB may also be downloaded from the internet at www.HACLA.org/cgs.

Bids will be accepted at the same location until 2:00 p.m. (local time), December 4, 2009.

11/12, 11/19/09 CNS-1728803# WATTS TIMES

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AFRO-CARIBBEAN DANCE — “Essensibility: A Performance of Essence and Sensibility” took place at the Electric Lodge in Venice Nov. 15. The performance, based on Afro-Caribbean cultural and religious traditions, was a duet by Brazilian artist Rosangela Silvestre and dance ethnologist Kimberly Miguel Mullen.

Pictured (top): Mullen dances to the rhythms of Oxossi, the hunter; (bottom) Silvestre performs as Osumare, the serpent.

Photo by EARL L. DOTSON

READY TO SERVE AGAIN — Close to 1,000 job seekers came out to the “Honor a Hero, Hire a Vet” Career Expo and Resource Fair Nov. 10 at the LAX Marriott. More than 70 exhibitors, including Vons and Northrop Grumman, were in attendance at the event designed to connect military veterans with jobs and resources. Pictured: Dwight Radcliff, chief executive officer, U.S. VETS; Michael Dolphin, division chief of the Employment Development Department; and California Assemblyman Mike Davis (48th District).

Photos by BROOKS ANDERSON

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