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RIES ~ If you feel blessed this week, don’t be surprised. With last week’s soul vibration you were able to see a wonderful truth about yourself. Did you look? If you did then this week that truth will shine in everything you do. Soul Affirmation: The earthiness of my being reflects the sunshine of my soul.

AURUS ~ You may feel a bit frustrated that some of the miscellaneous items from your “to do” list reappear for this week.

Chill. Find ways to exert excess stress positively. Everything you need to get done will be done. You’ve got what it takes! Continue to shine! Soul Affirmation: Another day in which to rejoice is upon me. ah-h-h-h-h!

EMINI ~ The sincere emotions that should have flowed through you last week will begin to glow more brightly this week. No matter what the emotions were, you can find the good in them this week. If you have to search deeply, do so. The good is there in abundance this week. Soul Affirmation: My emotions provide me a pathway into the sunshine of my being.

ANCER ~ Energy is higher than it was last week. You might feel like the sunshine inside yourself provides blinding light.

Walk into it. There are no dangers. Put dark glasses on your soul vibrations and be cool.

This day is too light, too bright. Soul Affirmation: I love myself when I am laughing!

EO ~ You might get negative answers to an important question this week so you should have a backup plan. And you should know that in the long run it is better that the answer was not yes. Be daring! Make efforts to move beyond your comfort zone. You’ll be glad you did. Soul Affirmation: I will ask joy to marry me.

IRGO ~ Don’t waste your shine on solitude. Get out and let other people see it this week. The cheerfulness that should have come into your life last week is looking for places to express. Find them. Your winning ways can win big this week. Soul Affirmation: People love me, yes they do.

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IBRA ~ You like to shine. Everyone might not know it but you like to be a little superficial and playful. That side of your soul vibration is pleading for expression this week.

Listen to the plea. Give it a chance but be careful of the sensitive feelings of those who experience you in another way. Soul Affirmation: Light from my soul shines in many directions.

CORPIO ~ Some say optimism is fantasy.

Suppose the good thing you’re optimistic about never comes. This week you’ll know that the joy of anticipating it is joy enough.

Just the certainty of coming goodness is present goodness. The joy of tomorrow is available this week. Soul Affirmation: The certainty of coming goodness is goodness.

AGITTARIUS ~ The joy that you get from good results can make you a hero this week. Others will easily see how valuable your soul vibration is to them. It will be easy for them to see why they are glad they know you.

Feel pride in your ability to move towards distant goals. Soul Affirmation: The sunlight of my spirit shines in the land beyond the horizon.

APRICORN ~ Did you enjoy what flowed in last week? Tell someone about it. Sure you like to gossip. So what. Enjoy going over in conversation what you enjoyed in consciousness last week. Did you make the consciousness into reality? You could have.

You still can. Soul Affirmation: Things are as I know them to be.

QUARIUS ~ Well enough of being satisfied and being still and letting the wealth inside yourself be your joy. Spend some of that wealth. Get into your real bank account. Use some hard cash and buy something to make you look as good as you feel.

Soul Affirmation: Jewelry reflects the beauty of my feelings about myself.

ISCES ~ You find that waiting pays off, doesn’t it. Now is a better time to charge ahead. Good communication is favored. You’ll be more convincing. Others are more eager to work with you. Love is easier. Business is easier. People give approval in ways that they would not have last week. Soul Affirmation: A day of rejoicing is upon me. I celebrate.

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8th Annual Taste of Soul coming October 19th!

BlackFacts.com April 25, 1947 Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers and became the first Black in the major leagues in modern times. Larry Doby joined the Cleveland Indians on July 6 and became the first Black in the American League. Three other Blacks played in the major leagues in 1947: Dan Bankhead, pitcher, Brooklyn Dodgers; Willard Brown, outfielder, St. Louis Browns; Henry Thompson, infielder, St. Louis Browns.

If you haven’t been there, then where have you been? It’s Taste of Soul (TOS), the biggest family festival in L.A. In its 8th year, Taste of Soul promises to be bigger and better than before with more amazing vendors, entertainment, celebrities and fun-filled events than you can shake a stick at Saturday, October 19.

Created by Danny Bakewell Sr., TOS is a family-oriented event for the community to come together, celebrate and partake in all the aspects that make our community great.

Going on 8 years, TOS has shown itself to be one the largest events showcasing food, live entertainment and fun for the whole family.

TOS soared through popular media with an impressive voter registration drive and the inaugural StarQuest talent competition in 2012.

The event trended on Twitter and escalated on Facebook with more than 60,000, serving as a powerful

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economic engine among African American small businesses and providing citizens with much valued transportation tips from Metro.

This year will prove to be no different as more activities and events wait for the anticipated day.

Extending itself three additional blocks in 2012, TOS continues to grow by leaps and bounds. Vendors from all over Southern California, and other states, are flocking to be apart the TOS phenomenon.

TOS has expanded once again, in partnership with BET and AEG, to create ‘Taste of a Taste of Soul’ at the BET Experience at L.A. Live June 28-30. Vendors, entertainment and much more will give everyone a preview of the main event in October.

Get ready for the main course this October. The 8th Annual Taste of Soul Family Festival will be in full effect on Crenshaw Blvd. Saturday, October 19. Come and experience your soul’s delight!

For more information, please visit www.tasteofsoulla.org.

Report: L.A. tops cities with worst traffic (AP) — Los Angeles has the worst traffic in the nation and it’s gotten worse as the economy improves, according to a report released Wednesday.

Because of congestion, the average motorist in the Los Angeles metropolitan area spent an extra 59 hours in traffic during 2012, according to a national scorecard from traffic information firm INRIX. That was nine hours more than drivers in Honolulu.

San Francisco was in third place for congestion, followed by Austin, Texas; New York and Bridgeport, Conn.

San Jose, Calif., was in seventh place, followed by Seattle, Washington, D.C., and Boston.

The report looked at major metropolitan areas and measured how much longer it took drivers to get

somewhere because of congestion in 2012. It found that most areas also are seeing more traffic jams this year.

Nationally, congestion from January through March of this year was up 4 percent compared to the same period in 2012, while Los Angeles saw a 6 percent spurt, said Jim Bak, the study’s author.

Among the other top 10 communities for traffic jams, seven saw more congestion for the three-month period. Boston topped the list with a 30 percent increase.

Seattle’s rate dropped by 11 percent and Washington was down 5 percent, INRIX said.

The recovering economy played a large role in increasing traffic woes, Bak said.

The Los Angeles area added about 90,000 new jobs during that See L.A. TRAFFIC, page 10

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State cuts to college Sharp drop in Black aid exacerbates male affordability issue enrollment in med schools

BY FREDDIE ALLEN NNPA WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENTS

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investing in our historically Black colleges so that they will be comparable to the White schools,” said Lezli Baskerville, president the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO), an organization of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities.

Even though federal financial aid and tax credits have also increased significantly, Oliff said that the federal government erred by cutting off emergency aid to states at a time when state revenues were far from fully recovered.

Some state schools were forced to raise tuition to try and make up difference, but the increases in tuition haven’t been able to keep pace with the changes in lost revenue.

As schools try to balance their books, Oliff said that the price of attending a four-year public college has grown significantly faster than the growth in median income over the last two decades.

“Tuition increases as steep, as they have been, have made up for only part of the revenue loss resulting from state funding cuts. Public colleges and universities have often cut spending often in ways that threaten educational equality,” said Oliff.

According to the report, tuition at four-year colleges has increased by more than 50 percent in seven states; 25 percent in 18 states; and 15 percent in 40 states.

Because federal aid hasn’t kept paced with tuition increases, the cost of going to college has fallen heavier on families who can barely afford dayto-day expenses, let alone thousands of dollars in college tuition.

Black families held less than $ $9,976 in assets compared to $117,486 for Whites, according to the 2013 “State of the Dream” report by United for a Fair Economy.

“The Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce projects that by 2018, 62 percent of all jobs will require at least some college education. That is up from 59 percent in 2007, 56 percent in 1992, and 28 percent in 1973,” said the CBPP report.

The report added: “By 2018 the counSee STATE CUTS, page 10

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As President Obama continues to underscore the need to increase the collegeeducated workforce significantly by 2020, all except two states have slashed their funding for higher education.

“Cuts to state funding for higher education, since the start of the recession, have been severe and very widespread,” said Phill Oliff, a policy analyst for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a nonpartisan think tank that analyzes government policy and programs.

According to a report by the center, from fiscal year 2008 to fiscal year 2013, every state slashed spending on higher education except for North Dakota and Wyoming.

“States and to a much lesser extent local governments provide just over half of the revenue that can be used to support instruction at these schools.

When the funding gets cut public colleges and universities, generally must raise either tuition cut spending or a combination of both to fill the gap,” said Oliff. “That is exactly what’s happened since the start of the recession.”

The CBPP report found that states are spending $2,353 or 28 percent less per student on higher education, nationwide, in the current 2013 fiscal year than they did in 2008, when the recession hit.

Louisiana, Alabama Florida South Carolina and Mississippi – where 41 historically Black colleges and universities are located – have cut higher education spending by 30 percent or more in the last five years.

Louisiana schools experienced the steepest cuts of the southern states, shaving 41.2 percent from higher education budgets and North Carolina was least impacted with 14.6 percent.

Georgia, home to 10 HBCUs, has cut spending by nearly 30 percent in the last five years. The lack of resources at the state and local level and a fall in enrollment recently forced Morehouse College in Atlanta, Ga. to furlough its entire faculty and staff over spring break.

“Our states have a history of not

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Fewer Black males were enrolled in the first year of medical schools last year than 32 years ago, a trend that, if left uncorrected, could hamper efforts to provide quality health care to underserved communities, according to a top officer in the American Association of Medical Colleges.

Marc Nivet, chief diversity officer at the Association of American Medical Colleges, made that startling disclosure at the recent Howard University Symposium on Unites States Healthcare.

“We don’t have the luxury of waiting 10 years 15 years 20 years to intervene in effective ways to insure that we have the talent necessary to come to our institutions,” Nivet said. “If we don’t effectively intervene in this pipeline and

Dean Mark Johnson says med school worth the financial investment.

Mark Nivet presents troubling med school enrollment numbers.

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hold our institutions and ourselves accountable for finding the talent that we know exists than we have failed those 32 million people soon to be enfranchised and we have failed ourselves.”

The conference brought together health professionals, students and educators to develop strategies to improving the pipeline for people of color in healthcare.

According to a diversity study by the Association of American Medical Colleges, Black women account for nearly two-thirds of the students entering the first year of medical school.

“This positive trend for racial and ethnic minority women is not mirrored in their male counterparts: Black or African American males are applying to, being accepted to, and matriculating into medical school in diminishing numbers, which speaks to the increasing need for medical schools to institute plans and initiatives aimed at strength-

ening the pipeline,” the report stated.

Kendra McDow, 28, entered one of those pipeline programs, Minority Access to Research Careers, the summer after her freshman year at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School in Washington, D.C. “I knew that I wanted to be a doctor and felt like that program would provide me the opportunity to achieve my goal,” said McDow, who is currently a pediatric resident at the University of Maryland Children’s Hospital in Baltimore.

The Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program was offered through a partnership with Temple University in Philadelphia. High school students who participated in MARC were given the opportunity to perform research and present their findings in professional journals and science conferences. MARC also put those students See MED SCHOOL, page 11

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Marie Johns is leaving her mark on SBA Mayor Villraigosa

BY GEORGE E. CURRY NNPA EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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Marie Johns took care of business at the Small Business Administration.

I saw firsthand how that business not only improved the lives of our family, but also created opportunities for his employees and our community. My grandfather’s entrepreneurial spirit has inspired my work every day at the SBA.” Johns is proud of her accomplishments at the SBA. “All across the SBA, we have worked hard to address the needs of underserved communities,” she said in her note to the staff. “We have worked together to improve processes and programs with the goal of making the SBA one of the best places to work in the federal government. We have joined together after countless disasters to assist families and business owners as they rebuild their lives and livelihoods. We have provided businesses the capital, counseling, and contracting they need to fuel economic growth and create jobs. And, together, we have helped restore confidence in the American Dream.”

If the American Dream is going to be realized, it will be partly as a result of growing in global markets.

“About 87 percent of the exporters in the country are small businesses,” she said. “But the majority of them

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WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Marie Johns, the retired president of Washington Verizon, was busy managing a consulting firm when she received an unexpected call three years ago from the White House.

“I got a call one day from White House personnel to come in and talk about a position with the administration,” she recounted. “Of course, given the historic nature of President Obama’s ascendancy to the presidency, I was honored to answer that call.”

That call was to become Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration, a federal agency that provides small businesses with access to capital, federal contracting as well as training and counseling. The Senate unanimously confirmed her for the post on June 22, 2010.

At the end of May, Johns plans to return to her consulting firm, proud of the record she is leaving behind.

“Coming to the SBA was a natural for me,” she said during a recent interview at her office in Southwest Washington, D.C. “I had been focusing on small business for many years.”

She had been around small businesses all of her life.

“During the 1950’s my grandfather started a small landscaping company in our hometown of Indianapolis,” she said in a Feb.7 note to the SBA staff notifying employees of her intention to return to the private sector.

“It went on to become one of the first African American-owned businesses to win a state contract in Indianapolis.

export to one country.” She explained, “Ninety-plus percent of the consumer power in the world is outside of the United States. So, exports have to be part of the growth strategy for small businesses down the road.”

Michael A. Grant, president of the National Bankers Association, credited Johns with restoring trust between the NBA, most of whose members are Black, and the federal agency.

“She actively and aggressively worked to include minority banks in all new programs,” he said. “Instead of merely urging small banks to develop stronger ties to big banks, she made sure that happened. She brought five or six mega-banks to our meeting. She not only set up the meeting, she chaired the meeting herself. She is incredible.”

Harry C. Alford, president of the National Black Chamber of Commerce, is perhaps Johns’ fiercest critic. He uses another word – “terrible” – to describe her tenure at the SBA. “She has actually refused to meet with any of our 150 chapters,” he said via email. “Ignoring the largest Black business association in the world is a blueprint for failure. The numbers show it – 1% Black contracting and 1% SBA guaranteed loans to Black business.”

Alford cites the SBA as the source of his figures. However, Johns says the SBA does not separate figures by race, though it hopes to eventually be able to provide a more detailed breakout.

She says that over the past four years, SBA has supported more than $106 billion in lending to more than 193,000 small businesses and entrepreneurs, including two record years of providing more than $30 billion in loan guarantees.

In addition, she said, her agency has helped small businesses access more than $286.3 billion in federal contracts – $32 billion more than the preceding three years. That is more noteworthy because the increased spending with small businesses occurred as overall federal contract spending was decreasing.

She said Black businesses have profited from that activity.

See MARIE JOHNS, page 11

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mandates MTA hold contractors accountable Lack of Blacks hired on Phase I of Crenshaw Rail Project Mayor Antonio Villraigosa

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BY KENNETH MILLER ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR The Metro Transportation Authority (MTA) pledged significant African American participation during the construction phase of the Metro Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor and also signed a project labor agreement to ensure that Blacks received adequate employment representation, but contractors have drastically under performed in the hiring of African Americans in the first phase of the Crenshaw Advanced Utilities Relocation PLA for Targeted Worker Attainment.

According to MTA internal documents obtained by the Sentinel, which revealed the number of individual hires, Blacks ranked lower than any other demographic group.

The Executive order on the Crenshaw Advanced Utilities relocation summary showed an appalling percentage of Blacks contracted. The report indicated that no Blacks were hired during the month of December 2012 when the bids went out and only 2.65 percent in the month of January 2013.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villraigosa and local Black community activist were outraged and the mayor demanded a more aggressive campaign to ensure Black participation and increase employment among African Americans as part of advanced utility relocation activities for the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor Project.

After the mayor mandated the promoting of African American hiring during the construction phase, the number of Blacks hired in the month of February nearly doubled the percentage of the previous two months to 5.81 for February and escalated again in March to report its greatest gains yet reaching almost 8 percent.

“Finally, I think we are moving in the right direction because more African Americans are now included in the work force,” said Mayor Villraigosa. “However, I am not satisfied and will not be until I see that

African Americans who live in this community are employed and reflected in the bottom line. I believe that it is only appropriate that residents of this community be active participants and work on this rail system being built. I want to see the number of people hired that represents the population of the community. They deserve it and I demand it. My legacy as mayor of the City of Los Angeles rides on it, and my commitment to Leimert Park and the entire Crenshaw community will not waiver.”

The Metro Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor Project will extend from the existing Metro Exposition Line at Crenshaw and Exposition Bls. The Line will travel 8.5 miles to the Metro Green Line’s Aviation/LAX Station and will serve the cities of Los Angeles, Inglewood, Hawthorne and El Segundo; and portions of unincorporated Los Angeles County. The project includes 6 stations and 2 optional stations: Crenshaw/Exposition, Crenshaw/Martin Luther King Jr., Leimert Park (optional), Crenshaw/Slauson, Florence/West, Hindry (optional), and Aviation/Century.

The new Metro Rail extension will offer an alternative transportation option to congested roadways and provide significant environmental benefits, economic development and employment opportunities throughout Los Angeles County. Riders will be able to make easy connections within the entire Metro Rail system, municipal bus lines and other regional transportation services.

The project purpose is to improve public transit service and mobility in the Crenshaw Corridor between Wilshire and El Segundo Bls. The overall goal of the proposed project is to improve mobility in the corridor by connecting with existing lines such as the Metro Green Line and the Expo Line.

The majority of the funding for the project came from Measure R, the half-cent sales tax initiative approved

by Los Angeles County voters in November 2008.

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Los Angeles Nevada senator comes out as gay during debate settles with women fired on in manhunt

BY SANDRA CHEREB ASSOCIATED PRESS

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This Feb. 7, 2013 file photo law enforcement officers look over the scene of an officer involved shooting where two women were wounded after being misidentified by LAPD officers during the hunt for rogue ex-cop Christopher Dorner. The city of Los Angeles reached a $4.2 million settlement on injury claims by two women, Margie Carranza and Emma Hernandez, who were hurt when police mistakenly opened fire on them during a manhunt an official said Tuesday April 23, 2013.

BY TAMI ABDOLLAH ASSOCIATED PRESS The city of Los Angeles reached a $4.2 million settlement with two women who were injured when police mistakenly opened fire on them during the manhunt for disgruntled ex-cop Christopher Dorner, an official said Tuesday.

City Attorney Carmen Trutanich announced the sum to KNBC-TV Los Angeles, and an attorney representing the women confirmed the amount to The Associated Press.

The settlement must still be approved by the Los Angeles City Council.

Margie Carranza and her 71year-old mother, Emma Hernandez, were delivering papers around 5 a.m. on Feb. 7 when LAPD officers guarding the Torrance home of a target named in an online Dorner manifesto blasted at least 100 rounds at their pickup.

Hernandez was shot in the back and Carranza had minor injuries.

The settlement means they cannot pursue any future injury claims against the city.

Dorner had vowed warfare on Los Angeles Police Department officers and their families for what he called an unfair firing.

He killed four people, including two law enforcement officers, during his nearly one-week run from authorities.

Attorney Glen Jonas, who repre-

sents the women, called the settlement amount fair and said it spared the city from defending a case that involved eight police officers and would have likely cost millions of dollars.

“The only certainty was the litigation was going to cost everyone a lot of money and a lot of time,” Jonas said.

Jonas sent a nine-page demand to the city more than a month ago that provided an opening to negotiations.

He said he negotiated with Trutanich for weeks before the deal was reached on Monday night.

“We’re two veteran trial lawyers trying to settle a case, and we both understand the reality of litigation and what it costs to both sides,” Jonas said.

The women agreed to receive the payment after June 30 — the end of the fiscal year — to help the city with its budgeting. The agreement came in addition to a separate $40,000 settlement reached earlier for the loss of the women’s pickup truck.

“For them, the money is not the issue as much as (the city) just doing the right thing,” Jonas said.

“Everyone agreed that they were wronged, but we didn’t know whether responsibility would be assumed ... It’s pleasant to get that done without having to go through years of litigation.”

The eight officers remain assigned to non-field duties pending an internal investigation.

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — As Nevada legislators emotionally debated a move toward same-sex marriage, one lawmaker rose to his feet and declared, “I’m gay.”

Nevada state Sen. Kelvin Atkinson says that he quickly picked up hundreds of new friends on Facebook and followers on Twitter.

“I never considered myself not out,” said Atkinson, a North Las Vegas Democrat. “I didn’t care who knew, I just didn’t ever think that I needed to make a public statement about it.”

However, he was moved to speak out late Monday night after listening to passionate, soul-searching testimony from his colleagues as they debated Senate Joint Resolution 13, which would abolish the heterosexual definition of marriage that’s been in the Nevada Constitution since 2002, when voters overwhelmingly approved the Protection of Marriage Act. “I didn’t think. I just knew it was time,” Atkinson said.

Nevada is one of 29 states with a constitutional provision prohibiting same-sex marriage, and SRJ13 seeks to repeal the law and declare that Nevada recognizes all marriages,

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This May 10,2011 file photo shows Nevada Assemblyman Kelvin Atkinson, D-North Las Vegas, listens to a debate during a joint budget hearing at the Legislature in Carson City, Nev. regardless of gender. It passed the Senate and is now in the Assembly where passage is likely. If approved by legislators this year and in 2015, it would go before voters in 2016.

The debate brought revelations from lawmakers who described personal evolutions on gay marriage and personal conflicts between religious See ATKINSON, page 11

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Black jockeys race into history

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Jockey Kevin Krigger will ride Goldencents in the 2013 Kentucky Derby.

SPECIAL TO THE NNPA FROM THE KEY NEWSJOURNAL KENTUCKY – Black jockeys Kevin Krigger and Victor Lebron, both of St. Croix, US Virgin Islands

will be the first Crucians to ever race in the Kentucky Derby. Krigger will ride Goldencents at the Derby and is ranked second and Lebron will be on Frak Attack and is ranked twentyeighth.

When thoroughbred horse racing began, Black jockeys reigned supreme. From Oliver Lewis, the first Kentucky Derby winning jockey in 1875 to Isaac Murphy, who won three Kentucky Derby’s (1884, 1890, 1891) Black jockeys were the sports heroes of the late 1800’s. It was 1902 when a Black jockey last won the Derby. That race was run by Jimmy Winkfield of Kentucky.

Many have predicted that Krigger could be the winner of the 2013 Kentucky Derby on May 4.

Earlier this month, Krigger won a total of four races during California’s Santa Anita meet. He became the first Black jockey to win the Santa Anita and did it riding Goldencents which is partially owned by former University of Kentucky Coach, now University of Louisville Basketball Men’s Basketball Coach Rick Pitino.

Kevin Krigger will be a guest on Key Conversations Radio Sunday, April 21st. Key Conversations Radio airs at 10 a.m. on WUKY-HD2. Listen online at www.wuky.org.

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Dumped by Lakers Mike Brown speaks out new Cleveland coach says L.A. not fair

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BY KENNETH MILLER ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR Mike Brown was sitting way up at the top of the Redondo Union High School gymnasium while his older son Elijah Brown was playing in a local high school all-star basketball game, but the former Lakers coach will soon be sitting front row as head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers again.

Brown has been keeping a low profile since being canned by the Lakers after just five games into the season, but last Saturday following his son’s game, he managed to speak openly and candid about his one plus season with the Lakers.

Flashing his signature smile, Brown said that he didn’t feel the Lakers organization was in full support of him during his reign.

When told that I didn’t think the Lakers would hire a Black coach and was surprised to see that he accepted the job, Brown responded: “I kind of thought about that. I felt they were going to pull out all of the stops to doing everything to win a championship, but that was not the case.”

During his first season, the strike-shortened season of 20102011, Brown didn’t have the benefit of training camp and with a roster that had Derek Fisher and Lamar Odom on the team.

Then one day in December, he was called into General manager Mitch Kupchak’s office.

“So, I go up there and he tells me that we just traded Lamar Odom! My mouth just dropped. He explained to me that it was for salary cap reasons, but nothing that he did after that justified anything to do with the salary cap,” Brown said.

Brown said that he wasn’t even consulted or asked what he thought before the trade went down.

“I mean, how can I not be told in

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advance of losing one of my primary pieces, a guy who was ‘Sixth Man of the Year?’”

Then in March, the Lakers traded Fisher to Houston for Jordan Hill.

Brown went on to lead the Lakers to the Pacific Division championship with a 41-25 record before being swept in the Western Conference semifinals by eventual NBA champion Dallas Mavericks.

He was under the impression that with a full off-season and a complete training camp, the addition of key acquisitions the Lakers would furnish him with a roster that could compete for an NBA championship.

The Lakers traded away young star center Andrew Bynum and got a bigger star in Dwight Howard, then added Steve Nash to go along with Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol.

Teams usually don’t put much stock into the preseason, but after the Lakers went winless, the pressure mounted on Brown.

Then the team under performed in the first five games of the season, but rarely if ever does a team terminate its coach so early in the campaign.

White coaches Mike Dunlap lasted the season after only winning 11 games with Charlotte. Dunlap was an assistant at St. Johns University and had no head coaching experience before he was hired.

Lawrence Frank won just 29 games in Detroit, but lasted the season before he was fired.

Brown’s former player LeBron James was miffed at the Lakers firing, but Mike Brown exited with class.

“Yea, it was rather shocking. I mean, I take a team without a training camp into the second round of the playoffs and then I’m gone.”

The Lakers have lost their cornerstone Bryant for the remainder of the playoffs and barely go in as a seventh See MIKE BROWN, page 11

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‘The Couple’ reveals honest portrait of Black love

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On set for “The Couple”, Co-creator, Dennis Dortch gives direction to actors Desmond Faison and Numa Perrier. Co-creator Jeanine Daniels watches behind the scenes.

BY NICOLE WILLIAMS LAWT CONTRIBUTING WRITER If there ever was a show that positively represented the elements of what Black relationships should be, then YouTube sensation ‘The Couple’ is that show.

‘The Couple’ is apart of Black and Sexy TV, a network that was created

by Numa Perrier and Dennis Dortch.

According to its website, it is “a network established to provide viewing audiences a more accurate depiction of black culture.” It also says their shows focus on love and relationships in the Black community.

The show is compiled of web episodes and mini episodes all centered on a Black couple and the daily situations they go through, which can be anything and everything. It can be as simple as a living situation like which side of the bed to sleep on to a controversial text message that paint a simple picture for the audience: it could relate to your relationship too! In fact, Black and Sexy TV gets more than 2 million views on their videos, with ‘The Couple’ getting hundreds of thousands of views in itself.

The inspiration behind the episodes of ‘The Couple’ is what makes the show unique. One of the creators, Jeanine Daniels says it was her own life experiences that sparked the inspiration for the creation of the show. More specifically, it was when Daniels was living with her boyfriend and his roommate at the time where inspiration hit.

“It was just really weird because I had never lived with a guy before and I was writing all these things down and I would tell Dennis about all the random stuff that was happening, funny stuff. And I had this idea in my head that there needs to be a show about a couple, not just a story, but all the things that couples go through.”

She continued, “There has to be a show about how these two characters in my head—an anal jock and a really artsy chick are together and how a lot

of random stuff happens. When I pitched the idea to the group, they were like yeah, let’s do it.”

Those experiences were the talk of a typical conversation with the creators of the show Dennis Dortch and Jeanine Daniels and the cast who plays the couple in the show, Numa Perrier and Desmond Faison, who had previously been friends before the creation of the show.

As Daniels explained the guy who became the inspiration for the show, Dennis shockingly said, “Oh Wow, I didn’t know that!” as he laughed.

While speaking to all four you can tell that there is some major chemistry going on. I wasn’t even able to tell if the two actors for ‘The Couple’, both Faison and Perrier, weren’t an actual couple in real life! Unfortunately, they weren’t able to disclose that information because they are on contract, but either way, they had me beat!

Because of that chemistry and how relatable the show is, Dortch says the show is a success, but for more than just those reasons.

“It is a success because its accessible, relatable and I think also because you don’t have to follow every single story. You could drop it and you could’ve seen 10 of them out of 20 and still feel like you know the show and you know them,” Dortch said.

Not only that, but Dortch also says ‘The Couple’ is different from other Black shows because of their cast.

“It’s a collaboration where people are bringing themselves to the table.

Both Desmond and Numa bring something that’s unique that we discover as we shoot,” he said.

According to Dortch, who directs and edits the episodes, editing the episodes down is more tedious than the actors actually performing in front of the camera. They are given a description of the episode and do not use scripts; everything is done free style.

Not only that, but ‘The Couple’ uses the actors’ apartments and former apartments to shoot the episodes.

See ‘THE COUPLE’, page 11

Richie Havens dies at 72 Folk singer-guitarist was first Woodstock performer (AP) — Richie Havens, the folk singer and guitarist who was the first performer at Woodstock, died Monday at age 72.

Havens died of a heart attack in New Jersey, his family said in a statement. He was born in Brooklyn.

Havens was known for his crafty guitar work and cover songs, including his well-received cover of Bob Dylan’s “Just Like a Woman.”

His performance at the three-day 1969 Woodstock Festival, where headliners included Jimi Hendrix, was a turning point in his career. He was the first act to hit the stage, performing for nearly three hours. His performance of “Freedom,” based from the spiritual “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child,” became an anthem.

Havens returned to the site during Woodstock’s 40th anniversary in 2009.

“Everything in my life, and so many others, is attached to that train,” he said in an interview that year with The Associated Press.

Woodstock remains one of the events that continues to define the 1960s in the popular imagination.

Performers included The Who, Janis Joplin, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and dozens of others, and the trippy anarchy of Woodstock has become legendary. There was lots of nudity, casual sex, dirty dancing and open drug use.

The stage announcer famously warned

Richie Havens plays in 2008 at the opening night ceremony during the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France.

Havens, who sang and strummed for a sea of people at Woodstock, has died at 72.

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people to steer clear of the brown acid.

Havens had originally been scheduled to go on fifth but had been bumped

up because of travel delays. Festival producer Michael Lang said in the book See RICHIE HAVENS, page 11

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The Boston Marathon’s media frenzy

At 1:45 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17, John King reported on CNN that a suspect had been taken into custody.

That was false.

King also erred when he reported last Wednesday: “I want to be very careful about this, because people get very sensitive when you say these things. I was told by one of these sources who is a law enforcement official that this is a dark-skinned male.”

PBS anchor Gwen Ifill tweeted, “disturbing that it’s OK for TV to ID a Boston bombing suspect as a ‘dark skinned individual.’”

King’s description of the so-called suspect sparked a lively discussion on the National Association of Black Journalists listserve.

Askia Muhammad, a columnist and radio host, wrote, “How did they know that sand n—er was a suspect?

He must have been wearing a towel on his head.”

Roger Witherspoon, a veteran journalist and public relations executive, said: “Well, now that the FBI has released photos of the two men who apparently carried the bombs, I’m puzzled. Perhaps there’s a problem with the contrast on my TV, but they don’t look dark skinned to me.”

The Associated Press, Fox News, and the Boston Globe also mistakenly

reported that a suspect had been arrested in the case. The reporting was so inaccurate that the FBI issued a statement that said: “Contrary to widespread reporting, no arrest has been made in connection with the Boston Marathon attack. Over the past day and a half, there have been a number of press reports based on information from unofficial sources that has been inaccurate. Since these stories often have unintended consequences, we ask the media, particularly at this early stage of the investigation, to exercise caution and attempt to verify information through appropriate official channels before reporting.”

The Boston Police Department scooped journalists when it announced Friday, via Twitter, that an arrest had been made in the case.

In view of the grievous errors made in covering high-profile crimes, news outlets should spend less time showing yellow police tape, flashing police lights and hyping their own reporters and more time explaining to the public that in an ongoing investigation, they will not get the facts before the next commercial break.

We should have learned this lesson from the experience of covering Newtown, Conn., when there were conflicting accounts on everything from whether Adam Lanza had forced his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School or had been buzzed in to whether he or his brother, Ryan, was the shooter.

As President Obama said, “In this age of instant reporting and tweets and blogs, there’s a temptation to latch on to any bit of information, sometimes jumping to conclusions. But when a tragedy like this happens, with public safety at risk and the stakes so high, it’s important that we do this right. That’s why we have investigations. That’s why we relentlessly gather the facts.”

George E. Curry, former editorin-chief of Emerge magazine, is editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA.) He is a keynote speaker, moderator, and media coach.

Curry can be reached through his Web site, www.georgecurry.com. You can also follow him at www.twitter.com/ currygeorge.

Baskerville said that HBCUs, as a collective, only have endowments of $15.8 million dollars, compared to the average endowment of $122 million dollars for White schools.

“Those are dollars that are used to cushion the blows,” said Baskerville.

In the absence of vast resources afforded to some predominantly White institutions, Baskerville said that HBCUs must seek out entrepreneurial opportunities to sustain and grow enrollment during tough economic times.

Baskerville said that NAFEO is

leading an initiative to not only provide greater access to entrepreneurial programs at HBCUs but to also turn cost centers into revenue-generating entrepreneurial opportunities as well She said, “We have to make our campuses and our goods and services work for us so that we can generate independent resources and have more flexibility to help students that are unable to meet the cost of college.”

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BY GEORGE E. CURRY NNPA COLUMNIST I am a certified news junkie, but even I had to step away from the oversaturated media coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings. Anyone who has covered crimes on a smaller scale than the twin explosions in Boston knows that investigators don’t have instant answers for everything and it’s ridiculous to think that in a frenzied atmosphere, accurate information will be available in abundance. But that did not prevent news outlets and social media from rushing to be first rather than calmly waiting to be accurate.

The result was a string of embarrassing mistakes that did little to comfort a nation on edge, a nation that still hadn’t gotten over the shock of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Conn.

Of course, this is not to suggest that everything reported by the media was wrong. The news media helped disseminate photos of the two bombing suspect that eventually led to their being identified. The media was able to pass along instructions for people to remain in their homes until the suspects were captured. And most of us learned what had happened in Boston by watching television, going to the Internet or social media.

Ironically, on the day the Pulitzer Prizes honoring excellence in journalism were announced – The Denver Post won the award for breaking news for its coverage of a mass shooting in a movie theater in Aurora, Colo. that left 12 dead and 58 injured – news outlets were making major blunders while covering the Boston bombings.

Among the most egregious: The New York Post gave an inflated death count, saying there were “ at least 12 dead.” At the time, three people had been killed.

The Wall Street Journal reported that police had discovered five additional explosive devices in addition to the two that been discovered, a statement that was later retracted.

In what it called a “world-beating scoop,” the New York Post reported that a Saudi national was a suspect in the case when, in fact, he was a witness and a victim.

STATE CUTS Continued from page 3 ty’s system of higher education will produce 3 million fewer college graduates than the labor market will demand, Georgetown projects.”

Mary Frances Berry, a history professor at the University of Pennsylvania and former Assistant Secretary of Education, said some actions by the Obama administration are counterproductive.

“On one hand the Obama Administration says that they are trying to increase the number of people that are graduating from college in the United States,” Berry explained. “On the other, recent policy changes governing federal student aid and the continued erosion of state funding for higher education just don’t make sense.”

Even though some Black colleges and universities are experiencing challenges, Baskerville said others are thriving and would be doing better if they had access to the hefty endowments that aid White schools in times of falling enrollment and budget shortfalls.

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L.A. TRAFFIC Continued from page 2 period, Bak said.

“We’re really seeing a strong correlation between return of employment and return of traffic,” Bak said.

“More people going back to work means ... more people are willing to go out and spend money,” he said.

“They’re going shopping, they’re going to a movie.”

It also means merchants are shipping and receiving more products, further adding to the congestion.

“You want to not like bad traffic but on the other hand it shows the economy is coming along pretty well,” Bak said. “It’s kind of a good news, bad news for drivers.”

The worst times to be on Los Angeles roads were Tuesday morning and Friday afternoon, the study said.

Blame a darkskinned man

BY JULIANNE MALVEAUX NNPA COLUMNIST I don’t know where CNN’s John King got the information that a suspect in the Boston bombing was “a dark-skinned male,” but beyond apologizing, he needs to explain himself.

How many sources gave him the false tip? If it was fewer than two, then he violated a basic journalism rule. Who were these sources (if you don’t want to out them publicly, tell your editor)?

Did King understand that he used the kind of racial/ethnic coding that once got people, even uninvolved and innocent people, lynched?

Remember Charles Stuart? He was riding through Roxbury (used to be the ‘hood) when he says a Black man, wearing a jogging suit with a stripe on the sleeve, shot him and his wife in an attempted carjacking.

Pregnant Carol Stuart lived for just a few hours, and their baby, delivered

by C-section, lived for only 17 days.

Stuart’s report of the alleged incident sparked a national outpouring of sympathy of him, and an excoriation of “Black criminals” who do such senseless things.

The police were going door to door looking for a suspect, and several Black men were interrogated.

Stewart identified one man in a lineup, and police were building a case against him when it discovered that Stuart’s wounds were self-inflicted and that his brother had helped him slaughter his wife. Meanwhile, Stuart collected at least $100,000 from an insurance policy on his wife, using the money to pay for a new car in cash, and to buy jewelry. Unable to face the consequences of his actions, Stuart committed suicide by jumping off a bridge.

Stuart was too much a coward to be judged by a jury of his peers, but hundreds of Black men could not escape the injustice of the Stuart accusations. The Roxbury community was traumatized by the results of Stuart’s lies. Innocent men were questioned, many spending time at police stations in an effort to clear themselves. Those questioned and detained included students, professional men, the unemployed, and everybody in between.

When in doubt, blame a Black man, any Black man, and let the chips fall where they may.

In 1994 Susan Smith, a South Carolina housewife, said that a Black man stole her two children. Later, she confessed to killing her own children.

Again, dozens of innocent Black men were stopped, frisked, and taken to police stations for questioning. Clearly Susan Smith was mentally ill, but she wasn’t so broken that she didn’t know that blaming her children’s disappearance on a Black man gave her lies more credibility.

The Stuart and Smith cases made

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Julianne Malveaux headlines in the late 20th century.

Now, our feet are firmly planted in the 21st century. Does this kind of racist stereotyping still take place? While these kinds of cases no longer make headlines, I wouldn’t be surprised if any of these occurrences continue to be. When in doubt, blame a Black man.

So here comes CNN’s John King, a heretofore respected newsman, who repeatedly said that a “dark skinned man” was a suspect in the Boston bombing. Here we go again. This kind of false reporting makes every dark-skinned man in Boston a suspect, reminds Bostonians of the Stuart hoax, and sends a shudder through those African Americans who remember police officers going door to door in housing projects rounding up the Black men.

Thanks, John King. Your job is to report the news, not make it. I wonder if you will apologize as many times as you said “dark-skinned man” or if you will ever explain where you got your false information. I’d hate to think that you transitioned from journalist to creative writer when you shared this information.

Some will say no harm was done because there was a correction. No harm was done if you don’t know the history. If someone described an alleged criminal as a White man with brown hair, it is unlikely that the police would go door to door looking for a White man with brown hair.

That’s the basic racism that is the foundation of our nation’s history.

John King’s erroneous reporting reminds us how easy it is to blame a “dark skinned” man.

Julianne Malveaux is a Washington, D.C.-based economist and writer. She is President Emerita of Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, N.C.

Black Facts.com April 28, 1967 World Boxing Association and New York State Athletic Commission withdrew recognition of Muhammad Ali as world heavyweight boxing champion because of his refusal to serve in the U.S. armed forces.

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RICHIE HAVENS Continued from page 9 “The Road to Woodstock” that he chose Havens “because of his calm but powerful demeanor.”

His performance lasted hours because the next act hadn’t showed up.

“So I’d go back and sing three more,” Havens said in an interview with NPR. “This happened six times. So I sung every song I knew.”

Havens’ website said that he had kidney surgery in 2010 and that he never recovered enough to perform concerts like he used to. He performed at Bill Clinton’s presidential inauguration in 1993.

Havens, who released his breakthrough, “Mixed Bag,” in 1967, released more than 25 albums. He sang with doo-wop groups on the street corner in his Brooklyn neighborhood at an early age. At 20, he moved to Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, where he performed poetry, listened to folk music and learned how to play the guitar.

“I saw the Village as a place to escape to in order to express yourself,”

MED SCHOOL Continued from page 3 on a track to earn a Ph.D. or M.D. “It was an amazing experience for me, and honestly changed my life,” said McDow. According to McDow, the MARC program at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School lost its funding, and now she wonders what will happen to students like her that want to pursue science or medical careers and don’t have the same opportunity she had.

With states and the federal government planning deeper cuts in higher education, more of those pipelines may get shutdown permanently.

Without access to pipeline programs, Black enrollment at medical schools may continue to decline. In 2011, Blacks accounted for 7.3 percent of medical school applicants, compared to 54.6 percent for Whites. Despite comprising 5.6 percent of the U.S. population, Asians accounted for 20.4 percent of medical school applicants that year.

Applying is only the first step.

The number of Blacks accepted to medical schools fell from 40 percent in 2010 to 38.3 percent in 2011.

Meanwhile, the percentage of Whites accepted to medical schools increased from 47.9 percent in 2010 to 48.3 percent in 2011.

The numbers show that once Blacks were accepted to medical schools, they struggled to earn degrees.

The percentage of Black medical students who matriculated fell from 6.3 percent in 2010 to 6.1 percent in 2011.

The percentage of White students grew from 57.1 percent to 57.5 percent.

Even as researchers continue to address pipeline issues, the cost of medical school continues to be prohibitive for Black students who often show up at medical school already burdened with thousands of dollars in debt.

“Black or African American matriculants have higher rates of premedical debt than other racial or ethnic groups and among all students carrying premedical debt, most of it exceeds $25,000,” noted the AAMC report.

That’s nothing compared to the cost of earning a medical degree.

The Association of American Medical Colleges estimates that the average cost of for four years at a pub-

he said in his biography.

Stephen Stills said he remembered hanging with Havens in Greenwich Village and experiencing the singer’s talent.

“Richie Havens was one of the nicest most generous and pure individuals I have ever met,” Stills said in a statement, adding that Havens was unique and could “never be replicated.”

“When I was a young sprite in Greenwich Village, we used to have breakfast together at the diner on 6th Avenue next to The Waverly Theatre.

He was very wise in the ways of our calling. He always caught fire every time he played.”

Havens’ last album was 2008’s “Nobody Left to Crown.” He also started his own record label called Stormy Forest in 2000.

“I really sing songs that move me,” he said in an interview with The Denver Post. “I’m not in show business; I’m in the communications business. That’s what it’s about for me.”

Havens also became an actor in the 1970s and was featured in the original

lic medical school, including living expenses and books, is $207,868. That bill balloons to $278,455 for private institutions.

“There is increasing recognition that we need to look at new ways to deliver that education in a more costs benefit way,” said Mark Johnson, dean of the College of Medicine at Howard University. “There’s a lot of initiatives being looked at right now, expansion of technology and using more resources in the community to see if we can bring some of these costs down.”

Johnson said that ultimately it’s up to parents and students to look at the education as a long-term investment.

Johnson said that he tells students who are weighing their options, that they’re worth it.

In 2012, Medscape, an online

ATKINSON Continued from page 5 convictions and their love for gay family members and friends.

State Sen. Mark Hutchison, who is Mormon, said supporters of gay marriage should refrain from categorizing those against it as bigots and intolerant. He said he supports same sex unions, but not marriage.

“I simply cannot do that because of my own religious beliefs and con-

MARIE JOHNS Continued from page 4 Ron Busby, president of the U.S. Black Chamber, Inc., has worked closely with Johns. He drafted a letter on behalf of his organization, the National Bankers Association, the NAACP, the National Urban League, the National 8(a) Association and other groups urging President Obama to select her to head the SBA following the resignation of Administrator Karen Mills.

“Deputy Administrator Johns is one of the strongest advocates in the federal government for small businesses overall, as well as for small businesses owned by racial and ethnic minorities,” the letter said. It went on to praise her for increasing access to capital, expanding federal contracting

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stage presentation of The Who’s “Tommy.” He appeared in the 1974 film “Catch My Soul” and co-starred with Richard Pryor in “Greased Lightning” in 1977.

Havens was the eldest of nine children. He is survived by his three daughters and many grandchildren.

A public memorial for Havens will be planned.

resource for physicians produced by WebMD, reported that doctors earn between $156,000 and $315,000 on average. Pediatricians reported the lowest earnings for specialists and radiologists and orthopedic surgeons topped the list at $315,000.

Dean Johnson said, “The cost is an issue. Though it is expensive, it’s worth it, because if you are going to make an investment in yourself and that investment is going to allow you to double or even triple your earnings over the next 20 or 30 years, you’re making an investment in yourself. So, I would tell students not to be deterred by the costs, because they are worth it.”

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victions,” he said.

Atkinson, on the floor, scoffed at comments that gay marriage would threaten the sanctity of marriage.

“If this hurts your marriage, then your marriage was in trouble in the first place,” he said.

Atkinson said his statement confirmed something that he hadn’t tried to hide.

“I know who I am,” he said. “My family knows who I am. My daughter knows who I am.” with people of color and helping create partnerships with other ethnic business associations.

Johns says she has also sought to build a greater sensitivity to what she calls underserved groups. By her count, she has met with staff in all 10 regions and visited 48 district offices, 41 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia.

Johns said she is pleased that capital is again flowing to small businesses, SBA paperwork has been reduced and that she has aggressively engaged business groups, not waiting for them to come to the SBA for support.

When pressed to cite her greatest accomplishment, Johns said, “I would say leaving a legacy of commitment to the underserved agenda for the SBA and really putting in place programs and initiatives that will carry on.”

CITY OF LOS ANGELES $75,000 REWARD NOTICE The City of Los Angeles offers a reward payable at the discretion of the City Council to one or more persons in the sum or sums up to an aggregate maximum total sum of $75,000 for information leading to the identification and apprehension of the person or persons responsible for the act of murder against, ROY MILTON LOVE, JR., in the City of Los Angeles.

On Tuesday, January 17, 2012, at approximately 3: 40 p.m., 31-year old Roy Milton Love, Jr. was in the driver’s seat of his red 2000 Ford Taurus which was parked in front of 6320 Raymond Avenue. Mr. Love was talking to Da’Shanai Tarver who was seated in the passenger seat. A male suspect approached the driver’s side of the vehicle from the rear and began firing a handgun. Mr. Love and Ms. Tarver were both shot. , and Mr. Love died from his injuries while Ms. Tarver survived. To date, detectives have been unable to identify the suspect(s) responsible for the murder of Mr. Love and the Assault of Da’Shanai Tarver. Detectives hope that a monetary reward may motivate witnesses to come forward and identify the suspects responsible. The person or persons responsible for this crime represent an ongoing threat to the safety of the people of Los Angeles.

Unless withdrawn or paid by City Council action, this offer of reward shall terminate on, and have no effect after, OCTOBER 18, 2013.

The provisions of payment and all other considerations shall be governed by Chapter 12 of Division 19 of the LAAC Code, as amended by Ordinance Nos. 158157 and 166666. This offer shall be given upon the condition that all claimants provide continued cooperation within the criminal justice system relative to this case and is not available to public officers or employees of the City, their families, persons in law enforcement or persons whose misconduct prompted this reward. If you have any information regarding this case, please call the Los Angeles Police Department at 1-877-LAWFULL, 24 hours.

C. F. No. 12-0010-s37 4/25/13 CNS-2473193# WATTS TIMES $50,000 REWARD NOTICE The City of Los Angeles offers a reward payable at the discretion of the City Council to one or more persons in the sum or sums up to an aggregate maximum total sum of $50,000 for information leading to the identification and apprehension of the person or persons responsible for the act of murder against, CRAIG ALEXANDER SYKES, in the City of Los Angeles. On Thursday, December 16, 2010, at approximately 9:00 p.m., Craig Alexander Sykes was shot while standing in the street talking to a woman, who was inside of her car in front of 6407 South Arlington Avenue. A Black male approached Mr. Sykes with a gun and began firing at him. An ambulance responded to the scene and transported Mr. Sykes to a hospital where he died from his injuries. Detectives are continuing to investigate the murder but have not identified a suspect or a motive at this time. Detectives hope that a monetary reward compels members of the public to provide more information. The person or persons responsible for this crime represent an ongoing threat to the safety of the people of Los Angeles. Unless withdrawn or paid by City Council action, this offer of reward shall terminate on, and have no effect after, OCTOBER

18, 2013.

The provisions of payment and all other considerations shall be governed by Chapter 12 of Division 19 of the LAAC Code, as amended by Ordinance Nos. 158157 and 166666. This offer shall be given upon the condition that all claimants provide continued cooperation within the criminal justice system relative to this case and is not available to public officers or employees of the City, their families, persons in law enforcement or persons whose misconduct prompted this reward. If you have any information regarding this case, please call the Los Angeles Police Department at 1-877-LAWFULL, 24 hours.

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GOVERNMENT REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP# 7580) RECREATION PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH AT PICO GARDENS AND RAMONA GARDENS GYMNASIUMS The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (“Authority”) invites proposals from qualified community organizations and/or social service provider(s) to provide recreation programs for youth (“Programs”) between the ages of 6 to 18 years at the gymnasiums of Pico Gardens and Ramona Gardens public housing development (“Service”).

Copies of the RFP may be obtained beginning April 19, 2013 online at www.hacla.org/ps. Proposals will be accepted until 2:00 P.M., May 17, 2013.

4/25, 5/2/13 CNS-2475371# WATTS TIMES LEGAL NOTICE Drew Child Development Corporation, Inc. (Drew CDC) is a community based non-profit organization providing family services in southeast Los Angeles for the past 25 years. Drew CDC is issuing this Request for Qualifications for legal services required to successfully complete a proposed real estate development project to incorporate business offices and program services on its current site at 1770 E. 118th Street. Legal services needed include, negotiation of contract for A&E services, funding agreements (CDBG, HUD Section 108, new market tax credits, private foundations, etc.) and a transaction agreement with the owner of the property, the Los Angeles Community Development Commission. Interested firms should submit their qualifications and fee information no later than May 1, 2013. Please submit three (3) copies of your response to: Ms. Veronica Aguilar Executive Assistant to CEO Drew CDC 1770 E. 118th Street Los Angeles, CA 90059 4/18, 4/25/13 CNS-2471041# WATTS TIMES

MIKE BROWN Continued from page 8 seed playing sudden death the final weeks of the season.

Bryant logged more minutes than he has since his prime and went down with a torn Achilles tendon ruining any chance of the Lakers competing

‘THE COUPLE’ Continued from page 9 “It’s a little funny because we shoot in my old apartment in Korea Town for The Couple and now my friend lives there, so sometimes that gets a little weird because it’s like I’m taking over that place again,” Perrier laughs.

The creators of the show were purposeful for those locations being that they wanted to create a more intimate and realistic setting. The surrounding being realistic caters to the scenes being realistic, which are all made up of ideas or actual experiences. All of these factors set up a platform for the audience to react to, which the creators and actors say they love and encourage feedback. In fact, according to Dortch and Pierrer, viewers tend to take sides.

Dortch says this can be in part because large portions of their viewers tend to be women.

“However you set it up, the audience is going to play into it. If you set it up to take sides, they will happily take a side. From episode to episode it will be his side or my side, but if we’re together then all of our past transgres-

for the title under Brown’s replacement Mike D’Antoni.

“Could you imagine what they would have said if I was the coach with Kobe playing all of those minutes?”

We will never know, but you can just imagine…

sions don’t matter, they love us,” Perrier added.

“Between the two of us, 80% think I’m right,” Desmond joked.

Having an online show allows ‘The Couple’ to take in their feedback, which enables them to see what their audience likes. They say that their success online is their main focus.

“This is really where the future is, online. Production companies and studios are starting to throw a lot of money into this, so we’re sort of looking at it with two lenses. We’re not just looking at it as a means to end up getting to TV,” Dortch said.

Currently ‘The Couple’ is in its second season. Episodes are slowing down a bit, but it’s because Black and Sexy TV has a movie getting filmed this summer that will be a spin-off of ‘The Couple’. So if you already loved the realistic nature of this web-based show, looks like you’ll have something more to look forward to!

Go to www.youtube.com and type ‘The Couple Black and Sexy TV’ into your search bar and see with your own eyes what this popular show is all about.

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L.A. Watts Times Calendar, Compiled by Brandon I. Brooks, Co-Managing Editor THIS WEEK 4/26 CAREER SUCCESS

WITH STYLE: The Gordon Group and KL Image Group have partnered with J.C. Penney Stylist to present Career Success with Style, a workshop focused on professional women who are ready to make a career change, need help conducting an online job search or building a social media presence. The event is FREE to registered attendees. WHEN: Friday, April 26, from 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. WHERE: The South Bay Pavilion Mall located at 20700 Avalon Avenue, Carson, CA. Online registration is available at http://careersuccesswithstyle.eventbrite.com.

4/27 BIRD LIVES!: A solo play (with music) about the jazz giant Charlie Parker, will premiere at the Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center.

Written by Willard Manus, the new play stars Leslie A. Jones and is directed by Tommy Hicks, with Barbara Morrison producing. WHERE: (BMPAC) Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center located at 4305 Degnan Blvd. (in Leimert Park). WHEN: Saturday, April 27, at 8 p.m.

BIRD LIVES! is based on the life of Charlie Parker, one of the founders of the 1945 new-jazz movement known as bebop. Parker’s legacy as a musician, composer and arranger is celebrated in this solo show, which is being presented as part of Jazz Appreciation Month at BMPAC. Tickets are $20. Call 310-462-1439 or visit bmorrblues@aol.com.

WOMEN OF ESSENCE: Women of Essence cordially invites you to attend our 12th Annual Mother’s Day Luncheon “Remember the Times” Saturday April 27, 12 p.m. – 3 p.m. Ports O’ Call Restaurant, Berth 76 , San Pedro, Ca. This year keynote speaker will be Denise Dowse from her latest movie the Call. And back by popular demand comedian Edwanda White. Tickets are $45.00 in advance $50.00 at the door. For more information call (310) 537-8227.

BLACK TALKIES ON PARADE AND THE 7TH ANNUAL LEIMERT PARK VILLAGE BOOK FAIR: Black Talkies On Parade presents a very special afternoon celebrating one of L.A.’s most colorful communities. This month the Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum will be screening the documentary film Leimert Park: The Story of a Village in South Los Angeles directed by Jeannette Lindsay. The film explores the neighborhood’s vibrant culture with thriving art, music, and poetry scenes. After the film there will be a panel discussion and Q&A with filmmakers Jeannette Lindsay, Zan Zetina, and Steve Isadori. Other featured guest will be author Cynthia E. Exum and co-author Maty GuizaLeimert who together wrote a comprehensive book detailing the history of Leimert Park since it’s conception in 1927 by Walter H. Leimert Sr. Autographed copies of Images of America: Leimert Park will be made available during the event or advance copies may be purchased at Eso Won Book Store located in Leimert Park, 4327

Degnan Blvd, LA., Ca 90008, (323) 290-1048.

The movie screening is FREE! WHEN: Saturday, April 27, 4:00 p.m. WHERE: Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum 4130 Overland Ave. Culver City, CA 90230 www.claytonmuseum.org.

notables Eric Dolphy, Dexter Gordon, Melba Liston, Charles Mingus and other unsung heroes such as Horace Tapscott, Thurman Green, Harold Land, Sr. and many more. WHEN: For more information visit www.rgclubvenice.com.

WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT SEMINAR:

4/28

Dr. Beverly “Bam” Crawford and The Company International return to Long Beach for a full OneDay Women’s Empowerment Seminar: Loving Me First to Renew, Replenish and Restore.

WHEN: Saturday, April 27, from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

WHERE: Hyatt Regency Hotel Long Beach, 200 S. Pine Ave, Long Beach. The modern woman is faced with many decisions regarding family, career, health and beauty. Why not make health and wellness the priority? Loving Me First will provide a day of refreshing knowledge and resources to maintain your personal best; from domestic violence to breast cancer, from heart disease to depression and from alternative solutions to HIV/AIDS. Dr. Beverly “Bam” Learn about makCrawford ing healthy lifestyle choices, prevent disease, and anti-aging secrets. For nearly four decades Dr. Crawford has deeply influenced the lives of women from celebrities to homeless; from professionals to prostitutes; from homemakers to those serving life sentences in prison and everyone in between. Proceeds from this event will benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Children’s Cancer Network. Registration details and a special video presentation can be found at www.thecompanyinternational.org. For more information about sponsorship and vendor opportunities please call (310) 863-1907.

UNESCO’S 2ND ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY: Come and experience live Jazz at its highest level in celebration of UNESCO’s 2nd Annual International Jazz Day (4/30th) and witness “Serious Jazz” with Azar Lawrence and special guest, Phil Ranelin.

WHEN: Saturday, April 27. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Show Time is 9:00 p.m. Cover $15 (Free Admission 12 midnight – 2:00 a.m.). No minimum - Street Parking. WHERE: The RG Club 2536 Lincoln Blvd., Venice, CA 90291. Azar Lawrence is showcasing Ranelin as an International Jazz Ambassador because of his ongoing effort in Los Angeles to inform communities of important internationally recognized late Phil musicians who Ranelin called Los Angeles their home, yet who are unknown in their own neighborhoods.

This has resulted in a long list of great musicians who have been honored by local elected officials, including

HELP LEUKEMIA PATIENTS!: The statistics are alarming. African Americans only make up 7% of the 10 million bone marrow registry and lives are being lost every day! “The Live Music Movement Foundation” (Non-Profit Organization) together with the “Be The Match Foundation” will use Old School Soul Music to raise awareness of blood cancer diseases such as leukemia, lymphoma, and sickle cell anemia by hosting a bone marrow drive and fundraiser in honor of Carol Martin Hicks, who doctors say will die without the transplant. The Live Music Movement Foundation’s Founder/Chairperson, Kathy Drayton, (a Breast Cancer Survivor) says … “Music can heal in so many ways!” We believe that we can find a match for Carol Martin Hicks right in Leimert Park but we need folks to join us in this event and get their cheek swabbed in hopes of being a match and saving lives.

“Everyone knows someone, who has struggled, or is struggling with a life threatening disease… so we plan to use music to make a difference – and let the healing begin!” Enjoy the Afternoon of Old School Soul with Sensual Baritone Bass Vocalist Will Wheaton, Jr. WHERE: The historic Maverick’s Flat 4225 Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008. WHEN: April 28, from 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. Contact Cheryl Brown for additional information at contact@livemusicmovement.com or call (818) 259-0493.

UP & COMING 5/2 & 5/6 LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT JOB FAIR: Los Angeles World Airports’ (LAWA) First Source Hiring Program is coordinating a Targeted Recruitment Job Fair to fill 80 positions for a new Duty Free Shops (DFS) high-end retail store opening this summer in the New Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). DFS, one of the world’s leading luxury retailers for the traveling public in airports, is seeking bilingual employees to fill 50 sales associate and 30 beauty advisor positions for cosmetic and fragrance brands. Candidates must speak fluent English and one additional language to apply: Mandarin Chinese, Korean, Japanese, French, Portuguese, or Russian. For the sales positions, languages other than the ones stated above may be considered. Job seekers must apply online at www.lawa.org/bjrc to be considered for an interview with a hiring manager during the morning session, which will be by appointment only. WHEN: Resumes will be pre-screened, and selected applicants will receive an e-mail invitation with interview appointment information by Thursday, May 2. Scheduled Interviews will be conducted the morning of Monday, May 6. WHERE: In the Flight Path Museum, 6661 W. Imperial Highway, Los Angeles. In addition to scheduled interviews, this recruitment will be open to walk-in applicants from 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. that afternoon. All walk-in candidates must bring with them two copies of their resumes. The language requirements for both positions also apply to walk-in candidates. Job descriptions are posted on the website: www.lawa.org/bjrc for these and other LAX job openings. Candidates must select the “Search Job Opening” option to apply for a specific position. Applicants are urged to read the entire

job posting and pay special attention to any specific requirements listed, such as education, shift availability, and other applicant instructions. All candidates must be at least 18 years of age and pass a 10-year background security screening in order to work on airport property.

Candidates must also have government-issued photo identification, and must have “Proof of Work Eligibility in the U.S.,” such as a Social Security card or work visa. For information on other non-construction jobs at LAX view the website at www.lawa.org or visit the LAWA Business and Job Resources Center located at 6053 W. Century Blvd., Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90045. The BJRC is open to the public Mondays through Thursdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

5/5 THE LINCOLN UNIVERSITY CONCERT CHOIR SPRING 2013 TOUR: Church of the Redeemer invites you and your family. WHEN: Sunday, May 5, 10:30 a.m. WHERE: 900 E. Rosecrans Avenue (Between Avalon & Central), L.A., CA, 90059. For more information contact Marian Battle (310) 537-1372.

5/5 – 5/11 THE KING CENTER IMAGING PROJECT: Hundreds of digitally preserved speeches, sermons and correspondence of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will be on view as part of an unprecedented effort to showcase the work of the civil rights leader. With the help of JPMorgan Chase and The King Center in Atlanta, a team of more than 300, including U.S. veterans and students, have digitized more than 200,000 pieces of paper, including Dr. King’s I Have a Dream speech, the Letter from Birmingham Jail and his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech.

Barbara Morrison Those documents are now travelling around the country, in an interactive display called The King Center Imaging Project. WHERE: California African American Museum (CAAM) located at 600 State Drive, Exposition Park, 90037. Parking is $10 located in the lot adjacent to CAAM, at 39th and Figueroa Street. WHEN: May 5 -11. The museum will be closed on Monday, May 6th.

This interactive booth encourages visitors to share their own dreams on an illuminated Dream Wall.

More information and a full archive of the project are available at www.thekingcenter.org/archive.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information on CAAM visit www.caamuseum.org.

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