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Project Censored’s Top Stories Show Missing Patterns in Corporate News

By Paul Rosenberg, Senior Editor

Ever since 1976, Project Censored has called attention to a carefully considered list of the most significant stories that somehow failed to reach the vast majority of Americans. There is no central censor in the American media and yet, year after year many similar sorts of stories show up again and again on Project Censored’s list — similar themes with variations, evolving slowly over time. Despite journalism’s call to afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted, it is primarily the inequalities of race, class and gender that serve to stifle stories across the years, and that can be seen once again here, in our second installment on this year’s top 10 list of Project Censored stories.

Those inequalities structure whose stories get told, and from whose perspective, as well as for what purpose. The inequalities of both race and gender are obvious in #7. “Underreporting of Missing and Victimized Black Women and Girls” — an underreporting that media complicity is part of, which helps explain why the story continues unfolding as it does. So clearly, there’s a class element here as well. But the class element comes to the fore in two other stories covered here: #4. “Congressional Investments and [See Censored, p. 8]

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n a warm September evening, Maya and Gina (their last names are withheld because of death threats), organized a vigil on 6th and Mesa streets in solidarity for those killed by the police recently. That is when an older, dark colored sedan with trash strewn inside pulled up. A man in the passenger seat began to discuss the Black Lives Matter T-shirt Gina was wearing. What happened next was both common and shocking.

Gina, a San Pedro native whose father was a fisherman and a Sicilian immigrant, engaged the 50-something man sporting a common white supremacist tattoo of double lightning bolts on his neck. Referencing the chalk messages of solidarity with calls for justice for Breonna Taylor (a young emergency medical technician who was killed in a no-knock raid in Kentucky), the suspect, Timothy James Carroll, known locally by the name, “Yo,” dared Gina to draw the same chalk messages on the sidewalk on his block.

“I’m going to come back and execute you,”

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This holiday season, Los Angeles County is partnering with the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank to provide 100,000 food insecure families the food they need all the way through New Year’s Day. If you are hungry this season, dial 2-1-1.

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Getting Into Good Trouble Carroll said to the women.

Shocked, Gina asked him to repeat himself and Maya asked him to get out of his car and talk to them about that. Carroll allegedly replied “belligerently” and Maya pulled out her phone and asked him to repeat what he said on camera.

The driver of the car, a woman, “peeled off,” but not before Maya had snapped a photo of the license plate.

The women didn’t make too much of the matter, then. They chalked it up to one more incident like all of the others where people drive by and yell at them to which they always respond the same way: “Why don’t you park your car and have a conversation with us?”

The week after the incident, Carroll returned to the weekly vigil, this time on a Harley Davidson motorcycle, and issued the same threat to “execute” them. It turned out one of the vigil participants, a man who does not want to be identified, knew of Carroll. This man called Maya the next day. He told her Carroll had also now threatened his ex-wife and his child. By the man’s account, his ex-wife confirmed Carroll had a firearm and Carroll allegedly told the man’s exwife that he and his friends “plan to come back and attack people, execute his wife and child and all of them.” The man asked Maya to call the police and make a complaint, which she did.

Toward the end of September, Maya called

Gina, in foreground, and Maya chalking names on 6th and Mesa streets. Photo by Arturo Garcia Ayala.

the Los Angeles Police Department to report the incidents. She noted she was told to go online and report the incidents to the FBI, which she also did. Afterward, the women said the LAPD became unresponsive to any more of their calls but Maya received a call from the FBI at the end of September. They wanted to come out and take a witness statement. At this point, Good Trouble canceled its event for that week and was told by the FBI that it would be in touch. Maya tried again to contact the LAPD with no response.

Then, about mid-October, Carroll allegedly returned to the vigil location again just circling the event on his motorcycle and then “gunned off.” Maya called the LAPD again to report the incident and was told to call back when something happens.

Maya reported that the LAPD has a major crimes unit that coordinates with the FBI. LAPD detective Scott Padin was assigned to the local FBI office. The FBI alerted Padin that it didn’t [See Good Trouble, p. 4]

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have the resources to move quickly with this case, so as the local LAPD liaison he could pursue the case. Maya explained Padin ran these incidents up the chain of command and got the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office to issue a search warrant which ultimately led to Carroll’s arrest by the FBI on Oct. 28.

The San Pedro man now faces six felony counts of criminal threats alleged to be hate crimes, one felony count of possession of a firearm by a felon (a .357 Magnum plus ammunition), a felony count for possession of a leaded cane and one misdemeanor count of possessing a controlled substance (hydrocodone). Carroll pleaded not guilty to the charges and was scheduled to return to the Superior Court in Long Beach Nov. 13, which resulted in scheduling a preliminary hearing Dec. 7. He faces a possible maximum sentence of more than 12 years in state prison.

Despite the antagonism they were met with on this day, this moment was an opportunity to do what they had set out to do in June, which was bring out into the light conversations about injustice and systemic racism in particular. This was the “good trouble,” which former Rep. John Lewis encouraged others to undertake in following his footsteps after his death.

Beginnings of a Friendship

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In June 2020, Maya and Gina met each other in front of the San Pedro City Hall at a rally protesting the killing of George Floyd.

After attending a subsequent rally at the Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles in Rancho Palos Verdes, the two women became fast friends and partners committed to upending systemic racism

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A Black Lives Matter sign at a Good Trouble Brigade vigil. Photo by Arturo Ayala.

through dialogue in the San Pedro community.

Since July, they have met every Friday at 6th and Mesa streets at the parking kiosk.

Gina posited that with only three people at the vigil the first day when Carroll drove by and was bothered by her BLM shirt, he felt emboldened.

What came out of that friendship was the Good Trouble Brigade, a group that considers itself a community organization, or as Maya said, more so an organization of community.

“We believe in the idea, act locally, change globally,” Maya said. “It may not seem like a lot but I live here. I want to live in a town that respects everybody that lives there. I don’t want to live in a town that’s known for being racist. I have a responsibility because I chose this place as my home. I’m an immigrant to this country.

I have a responsibility to my community to try

to do that.”

Gina concurred. The women agreed they had to do something. They wanted to open the vigils up as a dialogue space. That part has been less successful but what has happened is they’ve received feedback from people who tell them that they appreciate that this is happening and that it’s helping them feel more welcome in this town. Members of the Black community have also participated in their vigils. They have also received vitriol but the majority of response, they estimate about 85%, is positive.

For Gina this is very personal. Her children, now grown, are biracial. Their father is Black.

“I feel like I’m fighting for them,” Gina said.

“If anything I’m more invested because I would do anything for my kids.”

Maya sees herself as an ally and as a facilitator in that role.

“I recognize that I have privilege,” she said. “As an ally, it’s my responsibility to use my privilege to facilitate space for the people who don’t have that privilege. I can step in, in front of a police officer with very little fear. The likelihood of my getting shot is fairly low.”

They chose that language, ‘vigil’ specifically, saying the events are vigils for victims of systemic racism.

“Those victims also include, for example, police officers who are killed in these kinds of events,” Maya said. “Everyone suffers from systemic racism. We’re trying to create this space where no one feels excluded. We’re also recognizing clearly that Black lives matter — that right now they are the biggest victims of this beast. This is about community and the kind of town we want to live in.”

The community dialogue space was born from what both women believed they saw

happening on the San Pedro, CA Facebook page, which was “a lot of vitriol and racist leaning ideology,” Maya said.

“Social media is just not an effective place to have a conversation with people,” she said.

Both women come from European, Native American and Jewish descent. Maya who was raised in Northern Israel by American expatriates, immigrated here at 20 years old.

They both love this town. Maya moved to San Pedro from Long Beach one year ago. Gina, who was raised in San Pedro, was moved to start this group because her father is an immigrant.

“That’s what San Pedro was built on, people who immigrated here,” she stated. “It really pisses me off to see so much racism in this town. It was disheartening when we first started because we didn’t have much support from people coming. I thought we’d get much more support.”

Maya works in the social services sector and said there are far better ways to deal with problems.

“Until we can actually have an open dialogue — and I’m not just talking about a dialogue about reforming the police department,” Maya said. “I’m talking about an actual truth and reconciliation dialogue about the way that this country was formed. There are two options: either we are going to sit down and talk about it or we’re going to do what is happening in my country, which is, we’re just going to kill each other until everybody is dead.”

Gina works in the medical field.

“We don’t have guns,” she quipped. “We have a bazillion other ways to get a person to put a gun down or a knife down.”

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Maya said.

After attending protests, the women started watching out for each other. They soon wanted to host local events in San Pedro. Maya credited Gina with the “ingenious” idea to use chalk — saying it’s not invasive and things happened organically from there. As a brigade of two, Good Trouble hosts participants at its weekly events and welcomes people to write their own messages or have a conversation. They play music, draw murals and write the names of the people who have died at the hands of police in chalk and sometimes display their photos. They express their thoughts to passersby on how to create peace in hopes of sparking dialogue.

White Privilege and Racism

Maya takes seriously her role as an ally of communities of color resisting oppression and has put skin in the game. In an unrelated situation, Maya described being pinned under the boot of a police officer and placed in a chokehold during a demonstration. She’s happy to talk to anyone about her heritage and their understanding of the conflict in Israel. Privilege allows her to take risks that people who are marginalized in this country can’t. She says it’s her responsibility to use that privilege in a way that is helpful.

“Sometimes that means putting myself in between [people] and danger,” Maya said. “It’s that and using my voice at every opportunity to educate people, to remind people that this is happening.”

Gina cosigned on Maya sentiments.

“It’s something that I can use and this is something that I have to do,” Gina said. “Even

though my skin isn’t Black, my kids are. I have to do this for them and everyone else. White supremacy was built by white people. So, it’s up to us to break it down. It’s definitely a movement, not a moment.”

Good Trouble is about ensuring that people cannot turn away. That’s why Gina and Maya chose a public space, why they wear BLM shirts and bring signs. Their aim is to disrupt, yes, even your Friday night meal.

“It’s so easy to go through life, go to the supermarket, meet with your family and friends.

Those things are wonderful,” Maya said. “But guess what? Breonna Taylor doesn’t get to see her family and friends or go to dinner. If you sit there complacent, acting like none of that matters, then you are part of the problem and I’m going to tell it to your face every day of the week.”

“I wanted to be an example,” Gina said.

“People can say ‘If [she’s] out here at whatever age setting an example, I can do it too.’”

Maya drew upon her upbringing in Israel “… where community comes before the individual,” she said. “It’s going to take every single one of us for systemic change. It cannot be just the people who are affected by it. It is only through dialogue, really painful, hard dialogue, that we actually get anywhere. We cannot forget that there is a lot of atrocity that has taken place and continues to take place daily across this country, in this town.”

Beyond the threats, Maya and Gina have coped with the ridicule and incredulity some have thrown their way.

“I’ve actually heard people say that this will die out, that we’re going to go away,” Gina said.

“They say things like, ‘Oh, they’re at the corner again,’ and ‘this isn’t serious.’ A lot of other Facebook pages were trying to embarrass us and were talking crap about us. But we’re standing

our ground, we’re not going anywhere.”

Maya sees the conflict over the status of the Palestinians and Israel as a metaphor for the conflict Americans are facing during this racial justice uprising.

“We have been in armed violent conflict with each other in my country for centuries now,” she said. “It doesn’t change. It’s a closed circuit. You cannot fight violence with violence.

That does not mean that you don’t hold people

accountable.”

Maya said that was why she and Gina worked with the FBI. “You cannot threaten to kill people and use acts of violence to solve your problems,” Maya said. “At the same time you cannot go around in a blue uniform with a loaded gun shooting people.”

Details: www.tinyurl.com/San-Pedro-GoodTrouble-Brigade

ILWU Feeds a Community in Need

On Nov. 24, the ILWU handed out food at the 23rd annual ILWU Feed the Community Turkey Basket Giveaway. Turkeys and groceries were donated to 1,500 families this year in the union’s effort to serve the community by making sure every family has food for the holidays. Executive Director for California Families in Focus, Tracy Fuentes (in red bandana) is pictured helping hand out food. Photo by Arturo Garcia-Ayala.

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Talk Is Cheap, Free Speech is Priceless

By James Preston Allen, Publisher

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This has been a rather sad and sorrowful beginning to the holiday season except for a brief moment of joy after the conclusion of the 2020 general elections. What has filled this emotional void is anxiety over whether No. 45 will leave the White House, how No. 45 might steal the election he lost, or if what No. 45 has done thus far is anything short of a coup attempt on our democracy. It will be curious to see if he even attends President-elect Joe Biden’s Jan. 20 inauguration or just goes golfing again.

We have not seen a year like this one in all the years I have been publishing Random Lengths News. The closest we have come to this in my lifetime is President Richard M. Nixon resigning after the Watergate scandal and the resistance to the Vietnam War and the legal battle over the Pentagon Papers.

Before that though you’d have to go back to the 1950s McCarthy Era or perhaps the Influenza pandemic of 1918 and the propaganda campaigns of World War I ( remember from your history books that was the “war to end all wars”).

These times have all exposed the darker side of American exceptionalism. We haven’t always been “that shining light on the hill.”

We have not only witnessed unrelenting attacks on the media, science and other foundations of our democracy, but we have lived with the very real fear that this tyrant would wreck the whole mechanics of our democracy with ignorance, hate, vitriol and 20,000 lies.

Curiously enough, many millions of our fellow citizens voted against all of the evidence to keep this corrupt reality TV brand name in power, but he lost by more than more than 6.8 million votes, fortunately. It makes you wonder where those people get their ideas?

All across this nation, news deserts have formed. There are whole communities whose media markets only have access to rightwing cable news, conservative talk radio or worse, online fake news propaganda sites owned by hedgefund billionaires and run by their stooges. This is where the followers of Donald Trump get their QANON conspiracies and COVID-19 hoaxes. Most of these rightwing media are not even staffed by real journalists, but “personalities” like Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity or other scoundrels like Stephen K. Bannon and a growing number of aspirants.

The growing number of rightwing

platforms (it’s disingenuous to call them “news media” as they mostly regurgitate the daily conservative talking points or political spin) are spreading all across America’s heartland, just like the pandemic. The map of the spread of the coronavirus in the middle of the country looks a lot like the political map. If you take a look at the political divide in this country between the west coast, the northeast and the urban cities that voted blue, there is this great wide swath of rural red America.

Most of them are dominated by conservative media held in a limited number of wealthy hands. And the great lie that is told is about the “liberal media’’ is just that — most of the media is not “liberal.” These are the places where protests to social distancing and mask wearing come as infringements to personal liberty — kind of like in Huntington Beach in Orange County.

As if dying of COVID-19 because of community disregard to health directives like wearing a mask, isn’t the ultimate “infringement” on your liberty, but in some places health directives are a cause for armed uprisings and death threats against public health officials.

However, here in Pedroville you have one of the last bastions of free and independent journalism; we have stood the test of time, 41 years this December. We have walked through the fires of conservative vitriol and hate speech, fought against injustice and bigotry, given voice to community activists defending our schools, the environment and unions and to cap it off this year we had the great privilege to defend free speech and the free press itself by fighting a phony libel lawsuit from Nick Tonsich. Which cost us a small $27,000 to defeat.

Telling the truth isn’t cheap these days. The satisfaction comes with vindication from a judge.

So through all of the chaos, coronavirus and corruptions I still have this cautious optimism and tenacious gratitude that at least in this small part of the vast Los Angeles cityscape a free press can still exist against all the odds. So thank you to all who continue to believe that what we publish matters, for standing with us and for taking the time to read or support this free press enterprise.

In the final analysis, there are some things that are more important than money — family, friends that you trust, a community that cares about its future and a free independent press dedicated to speaking truth to power.

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We Can’t Wait for Politicians’ Promises We need a public works program to create jobs now

By Mark Friedman, Contributor Masks and social distancing help, but are not enough. We are paying the collective price for a for-profit health “care” system with the highest infection and death rate in the world. There is no end in sight as Los Angeles County nears 8,000 deaths and 25% in intensive care. Other countries are beating this virus, while the U.S. hasn’t. In the U.S., anti-science is strong, and it’s common to hear elected officials reject the coronavirus as a “con-job.” In the wealthiest country in the world, nurses have had to protest to get adequate personal protective equipment.

More than 1,700 health care workers across the U.S. have died, while in Cuba, none have died from the coronavirus.

Nine months into a deadly pandemic, workers, farmers and small proprietors of all kinds face a deep and intertwined crisis of jobs, wages, safety and health. Neither party has acted to provide new stimulus checks for individuals and small businesses, each blaming the other.

New shutdowns in California promise tens of thousands of new unemployed workers. We are told to wait and place our faith in President-elect Joe Biden, Gov. Gavin Newsom or Mayor Eric Garcetti as more of us become unemployed and near homelessness.

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The few remaining supplemental government aid programs run out in a month. And state and city governments are moving to impose new lockdowns without providing financial relief.

Governments at all levels and the owners of the nation’s hospitals, drug monopolies, nursing homes and the rest of the for-profit health industry are little better prepared for the current surge in coronavirus infections than they were in the spring. Kaiser Permanente nurses in Los Angeles are protesting once again for personal protective equipment. Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Moderna, Regeneron and others have reaped hundreds of millions at the public trough and still we are charged for testing. How about the future vaccine?

We can expect that working people will get as little protection from the pandemic, unemployment and rising prices from a Joe Biden administration as we do today from that of President Trump if we don’t act collectively, in the millions as we did in the protests against the cop killing of George Floyd and hundreds of others.

Our unions must take the lead now, not waiting for promises on Jan. 20. The AFL-CIO needs to speak up and organize the fight for a governmentfunded public works program to put millions [See Jobs, p. 7]

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Is He Gone Yet?

Matt Wuerker’s cartoon about Lincoln [in the Nov. 12 edition] and today’s Republicans was spot on! ​Check Mattout these two Lincoln quotes: These capitalists tend to act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people.

Labor is superior to capital.

Capital is but the fruit of labor and would never have existed had labor not come first. Labor is superior to capital and deserves much the higher consideration.

Lincoln is not the only Republican reaching for the Kleenex.

So are Theodore Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower as they gaze down on the 2020 GOP. If alive today all three would be reaching for voter registration forms to change parties.

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Giving Tuesday

“Giving Tuesday” follows Thanksgiving Day (in the U.S.A) in the wake of widely recognized shopping events such as “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday” kicking off the charitable season at the end of the year when many focus on their holiday and annual donations.

It began in 2011 and internationally known as a day of global giving generated by sincere altruism and understanding of the need to support various non-profit organizations who provide fundamental, and cultural, and educational resources to communities and individuals.

Those receiving this missive might have already supported the LA Harbor International Film Festival (LAHIFF) through donations or sponsorship and we are deeply appreciative. You may receive many requests, however we hope you will give due consideration the LAHIFF. We were very grateful last year to receive contributions on or about “Giving Tuesday.”

The LAHFF, a 501c 3 nonprofit organization now in its 18th year, has achieved its own prominence and recognition as a valued cultural and educational event.

With no paid employees or staff the budget derives from fiscal and in-kind sponsorship. We have an exciting “virtual” program being planned for the 18th annual LAHIFF in 2021.

A contribution to the LAHIFF demonstrates community awareness and support of the essential mission (see below); and partnerships between business and individuals in supporting cultural events is fundamental to perpetuate the humanity, creativity, and traits we value as citizens, and its significance can never be underestimated.

There is no donation too small (or too large!) and any amount is tax deductible to the extent the law allows (consult your tax advisor).

We urge you to consider the many worthy organizations that would benefit from your donation if LAHIFF is not where you choose to contribute.

We do not take credit card payments thus checks or money orders should be made out to LA Har-

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Cuba has had only 132 deaths and under 50 new infections daily. Their doctors live in their communities, know the patients and the ratio of doctors to patients is 1:150.

Los Angeles County clocks in at 362,000 total infections (daily 4,000-plus) and nearly 8,000 deaths. And this country attacks Cuba for sending medical teams worldwide. Maybe we need them to come here to Los Angeles. Things aren’t great in the U.S. colony of Puerto Rico — which has less than half the population of Cuba.

Puerto Rico has had 85,000 total cases and over 1,100 deaths.

Workers face lockdowns, job cuts

For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, the number of unemployed workers who have been permanently laid off exceeded those who are on temporary layoff. Retail chains have shut down 47,000 stores and more closures are threatened.

In response to new lockdowns, bosses everywhere are cutting workers or slashing their hours and pay. More working people face plummeting incomes at the same time prices of gasoline, meat, eggs and other necessities are rising.

Workers need to fight for jobs, to be working side by side with fellow workers, to be able to fight together as a class. This is the only road forward to solve today’s economic, social and health crises — all products of the workings of the dog-eat-dog capitalist system. We need a national health care plan (not a tweaked Obamacare), free for all, something which the new Biden administration opposes.

the public interest in mind. The last thing we should be doing is awarding them with more control over the public airwaves. Tell the lame-duck FCC that any decision to waive media-ownership limits for Fox is unacceptable.

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In a country such as Cuba, with a socialist society and health care based on people’s needs and not profits, the pandemic has been successfully managed. Health care is free- from birth to death.

With a similar population to LA County,

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai is hellbent on doing as much damage as possible before the Joe Biden administration takes office. And that includes doling out one last favor for Rupert Murdoch.

Fox asked the Donald Trump FCC to permanently waive a restriction that limits Fox’s TV station and newspaper ownership in the New York City market — where the company already owns two local television stations and one local newspaper. This move would make Fox’s ownership of WWOR, WNYW and the New York Post permanent — despite the agency’s own rules that prohibit one company from controlling this many broadcast stations and newspaper outlets in a given market.

Chairman Pai is trying to quickly push this Fox request through the FCC, allowing public comment only until Dec. 4. He’s hoping that this big-media handout will fall under the radar during the holiday season.

But we’re here to make sure that doesn’t happen. Sign this petition and make it clear to Chairman Pai that handouts to Fox and the Murdoch family are not in the public interest: https://tinyurl.com/freepresspetition.

It’s clear that the outgoing FCC’s Trump-allied members are

Trump’s term.

Chairman Pai’s eagerness to grant a permanent waiver to Fox is part of a pattern of bending over backward to put industry interests before those of the public. If we’ve learned anything over the last year, it’s that the Murdochs don’t have

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set on doing as much damage as possible before they leave their positions in January. They’re moving quickly with their review of this proposal to bend the rules for Fox — even after House leadership called on the agency to refrain from making such controversial decisions in the final days of

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back to work at union-scale wages to build the hospitals, schools, housing and other things we need. And for universal government-guaranteed health care for all from cradle to grave.

Medical workers are inundated throughout California as hospitalization rates soar. Nurses report COVID-19 patients are being left to die with minimal efforts to resuscitate the worst affected. “There’s not enough nurses to take care of all the patients that are coming in,” Idali Cooper, a nurse at Hospitals of Providence Memorial, told KFOX-TV. At a Nov. 23 virtual press conference to brief the nation on the challenges in the face of COVID-19 surges in almost every state, National Nurses United RNs passionately urged their employers, government and the public to “listen to nurses” and follow the science of infection control that the country needs to mitigate the catastrophic death and suffering they are anticipating heading into the winter and holiday seasons. Nurses at UCLA held a solidarity picket informing the public of the inadequate health care for COVID patients.

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Conflicts of Interest” and “#5 Inequality Kills: Gap between Richest and Poorest Americans Largest in 50 Years.” The former deals with the frequent intersection of money and political power — both of which have repeatedly proven able to buy silence about stories that need to be told — while the latter inevitably has both race and gender inequalities inextricably woven through it.

There are new wrinkles in these stories as well.

The depth of economic inequality is widening, as story #5 highlights, and part of the conflicts in story #4 involve complicity with the fossil fuel industry in perpetuating climate change. But the most striking new wrinkle can be seen in #6, “Shadow Network of Conservative Outlets Emerges to Exploit Faith in Local News.” Local newspapers have suffered dramatic losses over the last two decades — over 1800 papers have closed since 2004. Yet, despite lack of revenue, local media retain high levels of public trust: the perfect situation for fakers to exploit, which is precisely what has happened here. And so, without further ado, here’s the second installment of Project Censored’s Top 10 Stories for this year.

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Exposition, political corruption and conflicts of interest are age-old staples of journalism. So, it’s notable that two of the most glaring, far-reaching examples of congressional conflicts of interest in the Donald Trump era have been virtually ignored by corporate media: Republican’s support for the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and bipartisan failure to act on catastrophic climate change.

“The cuts likely saved members of Congress

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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) voted to approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. He is also the ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and owns stock in a coal business. File photo

hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes collectively, while the corporate tax cut hiked the value of their holdings,” Peter Cary of the Center for Public Integrity reported for Vox in January 2020.

It was sold as a middle-class tax cut that would benefit everyone.

“Promises that the tax act would boost investment have not panned out,” he noted.

“Corporate investment is now at lower levels than before the act passed, according to the Commerce Department.”

Once again, ‘trickle down tax cuts’ didn’t

trickle down.

“The tax law’s centerpiece is its record cut in the corporate tax rate, from 35 percent to 21 percent,” Cary wrote. “At the time of its passage, most of the bill’s Republican supporters said the cut would result in higher wages, factory expansions, and more jobs. Instead, it was mainly exploited by corporations, which bought back stock and raised dividends.”

Buybacks exceeded $1 trillion for the first time ever, the year after the cuts were passed, and dividends topped a record $1.3 trillion high.

The benefits to Congressional Republicans were enormous.

“The 10 richest Republicans in Congress in 2017 who voted for the tax bill held more than $731 million in assets, almost two-thirds of which were in stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and other instruments,” which benefitted handsomely as a result of their votes that “doled out nearly $150 billion in corporate tax savings in 2018 alone,” Cary noted. “All but one of the 47 Republicans who sat on the three key committees overseeing the drafting of the tax bill own stocks and stock mutual funds.

“Democrats also stood to gain from the tax bill, though not one voted for it,” he wrote. “All but 12 Republicans voted for the tax bill.”

Two special features deserve notice. First is a newly created 20% deduction for income from ‘pass-through’ businesses, or smaller, singleowner corporations.

“At least 22 of the 47 members of the House and Senate tax-writing committees have investments in pass-through businesses,” Project Censored noted.

Second was a provision allowing real estate companies with relatively few employees — like the Trump Organization — to take a 20% deduction usually reserved for larger businesses with sizable payrolls.

“Out of the 47 Republicans responsible for drafting the bill, at least 29 held real estate interests at the time of its passage,” Project Censored pointed out.

As to the second major conflict, “Members of the U.S. Senate are heavily invested in the fossil fuel companies that drive the current climate crisis, creating a conflict between those senators’ financial interests as investors and their responsibilities as elected representatives,” Project Censored wrote.

“Twenty-nine U.S. senators and their spouses own between $3.5 million and $13.9 million worth of stock in companies that extract, transport, or

burn fossil fuels, or provide services to fossil fuel companies,” Donald Shaw reported for Sludge in September 2019.

While unsurprising on the Republican side, this also includes two key Democrats.

Sen. Tom Carper, of Delaware, is the top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee. He has “up to $310,000 invested in more than a dozen oil, gas, and utility companies, as well as mutual funds with holdings in the fossil fuel industry,” Shaw reported.

But his record is not nearly as questionable as Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, the ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, who “owns between $1 million and $5 million worth of non-public stock in a family coal business, Enersystems,” and reported earning “between $100,001 and $1 million” in reported dividends and interest in 2018, plus $470,000 in ‘ordinary business income,” Shaw reported.

His support for the industry was significant: Manchin was the only Democrat to vote against an amendment to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil drilling in 2017, and he was one of just three Democrats to vote against an amendment to phase out taxpayer subsidies for coal, oil and gas producers in 2016. Manchin has also voted to approve construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, expedite the approval process for natural gas pipelines, and override an Obama administration rule requiring coal companies to protect groundwater from toxic coal mining waste.

While there has been critical coverage of 2017 tax cuts, this has not included coverage of lawmakers personal profiting, Project Censored noted.

“In addition, despite the significant conflicts of interest exposed by Donald Shaw’s reporting for Sludge, the alarming facts about U.S. senators’ massive investments in the fossil fuel industry appear to have gone completely unreported in the corporate press.”

5. Inequality Kills: Gap between Richest and Poorest Americans Largest in 50 Years

“In public health, decades of research are coming to a consensus: Inequality kills,” DePaul University sociologist Fernando De Maio wrote for Truthout in December 2019.

Even before COVID-19, his research added fine-grained evidence of broad trends highlighted in three prominent governmental reports: the gap between rich and poor Americans had grown larger than ever in half a century, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2019 annual survey, with dramatic evidence of its lethal impact: people in the poorest quintile die at twice the rate as those in the richest quintile, according to a report by the Congressional General Accounting Office. And, this is partly because jobrelated deaths are increasingly rooted in the physical and psychological toll of low-wage work, as opposed to on-the-job accidents, as documented by the United Nations’ International Labor Organization.

All these conditions were made worse

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Dance and the Ties to Community

Heidi Duckler Dance and San Pedro Arts Festival connect Angelenos via screenings

By Terelle Jerricks, Managing Editor

Restricted by the pandemic and COVID-19 lockdown measures, local artists across all mediums have had to make use of social media and other video platforms to connect to their audiences. That’s been particularly true for dance choreographers. The results are incredible productions linking various dance forms with community spaces in a place as huge and diverse as Los Angeles.

The Re-Quest, a Heidi Duckler Dance production, is the latest such screening. The dance company invites audiences to rediscover Los Angeles through sound, movement, and conversation.

In October 2020, the dance company celebrated 35 years of programming in Los Angeles by shooting ten premieres in ten different locations in Los Angeles.

The film covers ten Heidi Duckler Dance premieres in ten different locations in Los Angeles It will air at 6 p.m. on Dec. 6 and 7.

For 35 years, choreographer Heidi Duckler has been staging dance performances at far-flung and unexpected locales, from an abandoned Studio City gas station to the Frank Gehry-designed Cabrillo Marine Aquarium in San Pedro.

One important production was on the campus of Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science and the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital. Three years

ago, Duckler received a $75,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to create not just dance but a more cohesive community.

The two year project, entitled “Two-Eyed Seeing” had just concluded this past July. One of the goals of the project was to use the dancemaking process to build bonds among medical personnel, patients, students and residents in one of Los Angeles County’s most ethnically diverse and economically challenged neighborhoods.

Partnering with government and community groups, Duckler’s company will test the theory that dance can be the glue holding a place together.

The Re-Quest is just the latest Duckler project that seeks to bring Angelenos together. The footage is from seven live performances that took place in Baldwin Hills, Montecito Heights, Boyle Heights, the Fashion District, Studio City, Culver City and Watts.

The Re-Quest also features two short films: one shot at a historic landmark in Koreatown and the other on a vintage boat parked in the Arts District in downtown Los Angeles. Author and magazine editor Nancy Griffin will moderate a talk-back with some of Los Angeles’ most innovative creatives who collaborated on The Quest. Through short interviews and films, this experience will explore themes of health, education, architecture, sites of memory, community, the environment and our democracy.

Following the twonight screening, the 10

performances will permanently live as chapters in HDD’s first ever digital book, releasing on Dec. 20.

RSVP. Time: 6 p.m. Dec. 6 and 7 Cost: $5 to $120 Details: https://re-quest.eventbrite.com/

COVID Moves Dance Online with the San Pedro Arts Festival

The San Pedro Arts Festival, directed by Louise Reichlin, is presenting a digital festival in the form of two 2-hour curated programs shared for free on Vimeo. The festival as a whole features 10 dance artists across a number of styles with many falling under the contemporary concert dance umbrella. The program features works mostly captured on video prior to the COVID lockdown, including a number of works presented through archival footage of dances performed in theaters for a live audience. In addition, there are examples of dances created for the camera from both before and during the COVID closures and documentaries of dance projects. Because a few of the works were created post-COVID-lockdown, the festival as a whole feels even more timely and responsive to the current state of affairs.

Time: through Dec. 6.

Cost: Free Details: vimeo.com/showcase/ sanpedroartsfest

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Rooftop performance by dancers Rebekah Denegal, Raymond Ejiofor and William Jay YIvisaker of Heidi Duckler Dance.

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Local Restaurants Raise Money for Child with Cancer

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hen Michael Saluzzi learned that his she had all the visual signs of cancer start to 2-year-old daughter had cancer, his show,” Saluzzi said. “The hair loss … the whole world stopped. Everything he raccoon eyes, the discoloration, the weakness, was used to doing changed and all his priorities the tiredness, the nausea.” shifted. His daughter, Olivia Saluzzi, was Olivia has had four blood transfusions, two diagnosed with leukemia, which is also in her platelet transfusions, and five lumbar punctures. bone marrow, on June 7.

“It’s just hard to watch,” Saluzzi said.

Shortly afterward, Sebastian’s Sheila Saluzzi, Olivia’s mother, lost her job

By Hunter Chase, Reporter because of the pandemic before Mediterranean Cuisine reached out to the Olivia was diagnosed. family. It wanted to do a fundraiser “To have your wife lose her for her and wanted to involve other job because of COVID, and then, restaurants as well. right in the middle of it, have your “My wife and I have been pretty daughter diagnosed with cancer … much overwhelmed by people it was almost crippling,” Saluzzi reaching out, trying to help,” said said.

Saluzzi, a life-long resident of San Despite this, Saluzzi says he Pedro. “It’s overwhelming how and his family remain hopeful. many people have offered their They lean on their faith and pray time, money, support, clothing, … every night. toys.”

“We’re hoping for a very, very Ten San Pedro businesses positive outcome,” Saluzzi said. have held fundraisers or donated “We keep fighting, and she keeps money for Olivia, including Happy fighting.

It’s just a rough patch.”

Diner, Big Nick’s Pizza, San Pedro Big Nick’s Pizza held a Brewing Company, West Coast fundraiser for Olivia on Nov. 28, Philly’s, J. Trani’s Ristorante and and a little more than 20% of the San Pedro Fish Market. So far, the funds raised that day went to they’ve raised over $5,000.

Olivia’s medical bills, said John “It’s just been incredible,” Bagakis, managing partner of Big Saluzzi said. “It’s provided us …

Nick’s Pizza. He said that when with the week-to-week things that Olivia, Sheila and Michael Saluzzi standing outside The Corner Store, which was holding a fundraiser for Olivia. Olivia is 2-years-old, there’s a local individual in need, we need. And so many other people and was diagnosed with Leukemia in June. Photo by Arturo Garcia-Ayala the business community helps, and have just donated privately.”

“San Pedro’s Little Warrior.” intensification stage of her treatment, but she Big Nick’s likes to contribute.

The entirety of treatment could “She’s strong,” Saluzzi said. “She’s pushing will continue to have treatment until August “We’re locals,” Bagakis said. “We love our cost from $3 to $5 million. on, she’s fighting this with everything she has.”

2022. hometown and we want to give back.”

Saluzzi has received thousands of messages Olivia recently finished the delayed “This past phase, which was really difficult, offering support. People have dubbed Olivia [See Warrior, p. 11]

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BIG NICK’S PIZZA

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The best selection of Italian specialties include hearty calzones, an array of pastas and our amazing selection of signature pizzas. Call for fast delivery. Hours: 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sun.-Thurs.; 10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Big Nicks’ Pizza, 1110 N. Gaffey St., San Pedro, 310732-5800, www.bignickspizza.com

BUONO’S AUTHENTIC PIZZERIA

Family owned and operated since 1965, Buono’s is famous for exceptional award-winning brick oven baked pizza. Buono’s also offers classic Italian dishes and sauces based on tried-and-true family recipes and hand-selected ingredients that are prepared fresh. Takeout and delivery at all three locations.

Hours: Sun.-Thurs. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Buono’s Pizzeria, 222 W. 6th St., San Pedro 310-547-0655, www.buonospizza.com

CONRAD’S MEXICAN GRILL

Conrad’s menu reflects the cuisine of his native Oaxaca with a fresh focus on local, seasonal ingredients for breakfast, lunch and dinner. It features classic dishes from Oaxaca and regional Mexico, such as

mole sauces, ceviche, empanadas and sopecitos. Conrad’s also features an inventive vegetarian and vegan menu. Order online for curbside pick up and delivery. Open Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sun. noon to 8 p.m. Conrad’s Mexican Grill, 376. W. 6th St., San Pedro • 424-264-5452, www.conradsmexicangrill. com

HAPPY DINER #1

The Happy Diner #1 in Downtown San Pedro isn’t your average diner. The selections range from Italian- and Mexican-influenced entrées to American Continental.

Happy Diner chefs are always creating something new—take your pick of grilled salmon over pasta or tilapia and vegetables prepared any way you like.

Call for takeout breakfast, lunch and dinner. Hours: Mon. - Sat. 6 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., Sun. 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Happy Diner #1, 617 S. Centre St., San Pedro, 310-241-0917, www.happydinersp.com

HAPPY DINER #2

Built on the success of Happy Diner #1, Happy Diner #2 offers American favorites like omelets and burgers, fresh salads, plus

pasta and Mexican dishes are served. Call in your order for curbside pickup. Hours: Mon. - Sat. 6 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Sun. 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Happy Diner #2, 1931 N. Gaffey St., San Pedro, 310-935-2933, www.happydinersp.com

HAPPY DELI

The Happy Deli is a small place with a big menu.

Food is made-to-order using the freshest ingredients.

Breakfast burritos and breakfast sandwiches include a small coffee. For lunch or dinner select from fresh salads, wraps, buffalo wings, cold and hot sandwiches, burgers and dogs. Delivery to your home or office available. Hours: Mon. - Sat. 6 am. to 8 p.m., Sun. 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Happy Deli, 530 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro, 424-364-0319, www. happydelisp.com

SAN PEDRO BREWING COMPANY

A micro brewery and American grill, SPBC features handcrafted award-winning ales and lagers served with creative pastas, BBQ, sandwiches, salads and burgers. Order your growlers and house drafts to go! Open daily 12 to 8 p.m. for takeout and delivery through Grubhub, Postmates and Doordash. San Pedro Brewing Company, 331 W. 6th St., San Pedro, 310-831-5663, www.sanpedrobrewing.com

TAXCO MEXICAN RESTAURANT

We are proud to serve our community for almost four decades with generous plates of traditional Mexican Call in your order for pickup or order online for delivery through Doordash.com Open Sun. and Mon. 12 to 8 p.m.; Tues.-Sat. 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Taxco Mexican Restaurant, 28152 S. Western Ave., San Pedro, (310) 547-4554, www.taxcorestaurantpv.com

WEST COAST PHILLY’S

Welcome to West Coast P h i l l y ’ s Cheesesteak and Hoagies w h e r e authentic Philly ch ee se ste aks meet the waterfront in San Pedro. Along with serving the classic cheesesteak, West Coast Philly’s puts its unique twist on its cheesesteaks and hoagies. Also on the menu are subs, burgers, wings and salads.

Order online or call for pickup in the rear parking lot or delivery via Postmates, Doordash and Grubhub.

Hours: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. West Coast Philly’s, 1902 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro, 424-264-5322, www.westcoastphillys.com

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Little Warrior

Roman Carrillo, owner of Happy Diner, said he found out about Olivia from a customer.

Carrillo is the father of two little girls and was more than willing to help.

“It’s just heartbreaking knowing that a little girl … at her age is going through all this,” Carrillo said.

For Happy Diner’s fundraiser, it donated a little more than 20% of the money that it raised on Oct. 27, which was about $250 to $300.

“We had a really good day,” Carrillo said.

“The community was really supportive.”

In addition, Carrillo said that he and others at Happy Diner supported Big Nick’s fundraiser, and they do this when other restaurants have fundraisers as well.

Saluzzi said he is very grateful for what he has received so far.

“We can’t thank the people of San Pedro enough,” Saluzzi said. “It’s just been overwhelming, and we’re so fortunate that we have so much support from so many people.”

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MUSIC Dec. 4

MetriLodic Trio Live at The World Stage A highly energized trio will perform with Eric Barber’s “MetriLodic” with Tony Green & Breeze Smith.

It will be streaming from The World Stage.

Time: 8 p.m. Dec. 4 Details: https://zoom.us/MetriLodic Passcode: Concert

Dec. 5 David Benoit A tribute to the beloved holiday cartoon, A Charlie Brown Christmas will be streaming from Rick’s Café. Host Rick Braun, David Benoit and special guest James Tormé and his trio play classic holiday hits and favorite Vince

Guaraldi tunes from David’s new album It’s A David Benoit Christmas from Steinway Records.

Time: 6:30 p.m. Dec. 5 Details: www.carpenterarts.org/ event/david-benoit Miracle: A Comedy and Musical Fundraiser The Long Beach Playhouse, Held2gether and WomenShelter Long Beach have joined forces to put on a virtual show to raise spirits and money for these three organizations. The night of merriment includes improv by the award-winning troupe, Held2gether, along with music and performances by actors from the Long Beach Playhouse.

Time: 7 to 9 p.m. Dec. 5 Cost: $5 to $50 Details: www.eventbrite.com/ comedy-musical-fundraiser

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DEC 3 - 9 • 2020 Andy & Renee + California Wine Tasting This show features California wines and the music of SoCal favorites Andy & Renee. Hear the duo sing cover songs of California, plus their own originals. Andy Hill and Renee Safier have been playing together since 1986, building a musical catalog of more than 500 songs and attracting an enthusiastic and loyal fan base.

Time: 7 p.m. Dec. 5 Details: www.grandvision.org/ andy-and-renee

ENTERTAINMENT Dec. 12

Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce …

Pandemic!

UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance presents the Pomegranate Arts production Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce … Pandemic! The special, live-streamed event is reimagined for this time of social distancing.

Time: 7 p.m. Dec. 12 Cost: $25 Details: www.cap.ucla.edu/calendar/details/taylormacpandemic

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FirstThursday Armchair ArtWalk Tour The San Pedro Waterfront Arts District, in collaboration with the artists who have performed or exhibited their arts in San Pedro, announces the next Armchair ArtWalk Tour to be held on Zoom.

Join the last ArtWalk Tour of 2020, with some amazing artists by registering for a free ticket on Eventbrite. The registration will give you a link to Facebook where it will also be live streaming and feature traditions normally observed for the holiday season in the historic Warner Grand Time: 6 p.m. Dec. 3 Details: www.eventbrite.com/e/ armchair-artwalk-tour-tickets

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PVAC Virtually Speaking Virtually Speaking showcases the works of the Palos Verdes Art Center’s Studio School faculty who have devoted their efforts to deliver continuous high-quality distance education to the art community. During the ongoing COVID compliance shutdowns, the instructors have adapted to formatting their online art courses, made easily accessible for all.

Details: www.pvartcenter.org/ virtually-speaking

THEATER Dec. 6

600 Highwaymen Abigail Browde and Michael Silverstone are Obie Award-winning artists working together as 600 Highwaymen. They have created

a body of work that explores the relationship between spectator and performer. Though the processes are varied, each project revolves around the same idea — what occurs in the encounter between people. They operate at an intersection of social practice, civic event and theater.

Time: Various times from Dec. 6 and 13 and Jan. 24, 2021 Cost: $25/$100 person limit Details: www.cap.ucla.edu/

Dance Dec. 12

The Nutcracker The San Pedro City Ballet announces its first digitally streamed celebration of the beloved holiday tradition Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker. In lieu of a live performance, the company has opted to stream a recording of last year’s performance of The Nutcracker on its website, with special interviews with the artistic directors and former company dancers.

Time: 5 p.m. Dec. 12 Details: www.sanpedrocityballet. org

COMMUNITY Dec.4

San Pedro Farmers Market Every Friday, San Pedro residents can buy fruits and vegetables from local farms. Located in Little Italy, the market also features artisanal food from independent businesses.

Time: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 4 Cost: Free Venue: 638 S. Beacon St., San Pedro Details: https://tinyurl.com/SPfarmers Envisioning an Internationalist Green New Deal The Natural History Museum joins Science for the People and an international panel of scholars and advocates to explore the intersections of global climate change and imperialism, and the possibilities and promise of a Green New Deal that serves both the North and the South, and all the inextricably intertwined lives and lands on our ever-tilting planet. This webinar will take place online via Zoom and Facebook Live Time: 12:30 p.m. Dec. 4 Details: www.envisioning-an-internationalist-green-new-deal

Dec. 5 Virtual Holiday Treats for the Animals In celebration of the holiday season, the Aquarium of the Pacific’s Santa diver will dive with sharks, rays and colorful fish in the aquarium’s Tropical Reef Habitat. The sea otter exhibit will be decked out with “fishmas” treats and real snow, and visitors can watch virtually as the otters savor their holiday treats.

Time: 10 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Dec. 5 Cost: This virtual event is free.

Details: 562-590-3100; aquariumofpacific.org/events/info/holiday_treats_for_the_animals

Dec. 6 Free Long Distance Reiki Sessions In these one-on-one sessions, the practitioner will use Reiki, a Japanese form of alternative medicine called energy healing. The sessions last 15 to 25 minutes.

Time: 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. Dec. 6 Cost: Free Details: https://tinyurl.com/FreeReikiSessions 40th Annual San Pedro Holiday Parade Celebrate the festivities and the spirit of the San Pedro holiday parade to your home. This year’s parade is a tribute to years past.

Join the San Pedro Chamber of Commerce online, as they stroll down memory lane. Have a photo or video you want to share during the virtual parade? Email: Laura@ sanpedrochamber.com. Streaming platforms to be announced before the virtual event.

Time: 1 p.m. Dec. 6 Details: https://www.sanpedrochamber.com/

Dec. 9

Learning How to be Anti-Racist: Special Topics Join a monthly learning series as we cover a special topic around race and racism in the United States. December’s topic will be policing and incarceration.

Time: 6 p.m. Dec. 9 Details: www.zoom.us/How-tobe-Anti-Racist

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corporate media, as Project Censored noted: As of May 2020, Project Censored has not been able to identify any corporate news coverage on the GAO or Census Bureau reports on inequality and premature mortality, or on the ILO report about work-related illnesses, accidents, and deaths that take place when workers are off-duty.

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In late October 2019, Carol Thompson reported in the Lansing State Journal that,

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The August 2019 GAO report was based on health and retirement surveys conducted by the Social Security Administration in 1992 and 2014, looking at those between 51 and 61 years old in 1992, and dividing them into five wealth quintiles. “[T]he GAO found that nearly half of those (48%) in the poorest quintile died before 2014, when they would have been between 73 and 83 years old. Of the wealthiest quintile, only a quarter (26%) died,” explained Patrick Martin, writing for the World Socialists Website.

Death rates increased for each quintile as the level of wealth declined.

It’s at the level of cities and communities “that the most striking links between inequality and health can be detected,” De Maio wrote. “At the city level, life expectancy varies from a low of 71.4 years in Gary, Indiana, to a high of 84.7 in Newton, Massachusetts — a gap of more than 13 years.”

And at the community level, “In Chicago, there is a nine-year gap between the life expectancy for Black and white people. This gap amounts to more than 3,000 ‘excess deaths’” among Black Chicagoans due to “heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes and kidney disease. All of these are conditions that an equitable health care system would address,” he concluded.

“The poorest Americans are also more likely than their rich counterparts to face illness or premature death due to the inherent dangers of low-wage work,” Project Censored noted.

“In 2019, you no longer have to hang from scaffolding to risk your life on the job,” María José Carmona wrote for Inequality.org.

“Precariousness, stress, and overwork can also make you sick, and even kill you, at a much higher rate than accidents.”

She reported on an ILO story that found that less than 14% of the 7,500 people who die “due to unsafe and unhealthy working conditions every day” die from workplace accidents.

The greatest risk comes from “increasing pressure, precarious contracts, and working hours incompatible with life, which, bit by bit, continue to feed the invisible accident rate that does not appear in the news,” Carmona wrote. “The most vulnerable workers are those employed on a temporary or casual basis, those subcontracted through agencies and the false self-employed.

ILO data shows the rate of accidents for these employees to be much higher than for any others.”

As of May 2020, Project Censored has not been able to identify any corporate news coverage on the GAO or Census Bureau reports on inequality and premature mortality, or on the ILO report about work-related illnesses, accidents and deaths that take place when workers are off-duty.

“Dozens of websites branded as local news outlets launched throughout Michigan this fall … promising local news but also offering political messaging.” The websites’ ‘About us’ sections “say they are published by Metric Media LLC, a company that aims to fill the ‘growing void in local and community news after years of steady disinvestment in local reporting by legacy media.’” Thompson wrote, but it soon emerged that they weren’t filling that void with locallygenerated news, and the 40 or so sites Thompson found in Michigan were just the tip of the iceberg.

A follow-up investigation by The Michigan Daily reported that “Just this past week, additional statewide networks of these websites have sprung up in Montana and Iowa,” which was followed by a December 2019 report by the Columbia Journalism Review, revealing a network of 450 websites run by five corporate organizations in 12 states that “mimic the appearance and output of traditional news organizations” in order to “manipulate public opinion by exploiting faith in local media.”

All were associated with conservative businessman Brian Timpone.

“In 2012, Timpone’s company Journatic, an outlet known for its low-cost automated story generation, which became known as ‘pink slime journalism,’ attracted national attention and outrage for faking bylines and quotes, and for plagiarism,” CJR’s Priyanjana Bengani reported.

Journatic was later rebranded as Locality Labs, whose content ran on the Metric Media websites.

“The different websites are nearly indistinguishable, sharing identical stories and using regional titles,” Michigan Daily reported.

“The only articles with named authors contain politically skewed content. The rest of the articles on the sites are primarily composed of press releases from local organizations and articles written by the Local Labs News Service.”

“Despite the different organization and network names, it is evident these sites are connected,” Bengani wrote. “Other than simply sharing network metadata as described above, they also share bylines (including ‘Metric Media News Service’ and ‘Local Labs News Service’ for templated stories), servers, layouts, and templates.”

Using a suite of investigative tools, CJR was able to identify at least 189 sites in 10 states run by Metric Media — all created in 2019 — along with 179 run by Franklin Archer (with Timpone’s brother Michael as CEO).

“We tapped into the RSS feeds of these 189 Metric Media sites,” over a period of two weeks, Bengani wrote, “and found over fifteen thousand unique stories had been published (over fifty thousand when aggregated across the sites), but only about a hundred titles had the bylines of human reporters.” That’s well below 1% with a byline — much less being local. “The rest cited automated services or press releases.”

“Their architecture and strategy is useful to understand the way they co-opt the language, design and structure of news organizations,” Bengani explained.

Automation can make them seem far more prolific than they really are, and can help build credibility.

“Potentially adding to the credibility of these sites is their Google search ranking: in the case of some of the websites set up in 2015-2016, we observed that once sites had gained ample authority, they appeared on the first page of Google Search results just below [See Censored, p. 15]

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Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2020170948 The following person is doing business as:(1) Lili Bella Boutique, 1317 Woodbury Drive, Harbor City, CA 90710, Los Angeles County. Registered owners: Patricia R. Garcia Guitierrez, 1317 Woodbury Drive, Harbor City, CA 90710. This Business is conducted by an individual. The date registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) S/. Patricia R. Garcia-Gutierrez, owner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on 10/26/20.

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Notice--In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920. A fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920 where it expire 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner.

A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration.

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 1411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions code).

Original filing: 11/24/20, 12/04/20, 12/10/20, 12/22/20

Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2020175759 The following person is doing business as:(1) Able Design and Fabrication, (2) Mirotek, 1550 W. Manhalo, Rancho Dominguez, CA 90220, Los Angeles County.

Registered owners: ADF Inc., 1550 W. Manhalo, Rancho Dominguez, CA 90220.

This Business is conducted by a corporation. The date registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above: 09/2015. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) S/.

Louis Mannick, President This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on 10/30/20.

Notice--In accordance with subdivision (a) of section

17920. A fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920 where it expire 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. 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 1411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions code).

Original filing: 11/24/20, 12/04/20, 12/10/20, 12/22/20

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1 ___ Bator (Mongolia’s capital) 5 Part of a war plane 11 Italian or Swiss summit 14 Fantasy sports option 15 Qatar’s leaned 16 ___ Paulo (Brazil’s most populous city) 17 Bathrooms brimming with lawn clippings?

19 Fashion world star Anna 20 Words prior to “touche” or “tureen” 21 Obvious disdain 23 Wheat bread Pitt took in 2020 26 Appomattox initials 29 Country musician Axetone 30 Just ___, skip and jump away 31 Scandinavian fans of Wiggum’s kid (in Simpsonsiana)?

34 Quantity of bricks?

35 Two from Tijuana 36 Stir (up) 37 British artist William with a 1745 portrait of him and his pug dog 39 Hands out 43 Bangkok bankroll 44 Utmost ordinal 45 Wood that flavors bourbon 46 Thousand-dollar bills that fly and roost?

50 1052, to Tacitus

51 Last half of a tiny food contaminant (first half is, um, you know ...)

52 “Two Virgins” musician Yoko 53 Folks who Owen Meany films, say 54 Pang or misgiving 56 Military turndown 59 Big poet for java 60 Location of what you’ll ditch from all long solutions (and from Across and Down listings) for this all to work 66 Yahoo’s was in 1996, for short 67 Start to unite?

68 Pinocchio, notoriously 69 Brand Ides 70 “Grande” Arizona attraction 71 Vigorous

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1 It usually starts with “wee wee wee” 2 Hawaii’s Mauna ___ 3 Off-road transport, for short 4 “Ixnay” (or a conundrum in a tube?)

5 POTUS known for his feat 6 Jason’s mythical craft 7 Road tripe quorum 8 “I dunno,” in day books 9 ___ for “igloo” 10 Mama of 1960s pop 11 Part of ASAP 12 Hill who sang “Doo Wop (That Tee-heeing)” 13 Toepieces of discussion 18 “___ Gang” (film shorts with kid “Rascals”) 22 Potful at cook-offs

23 “Right hand on holy book” situation 24 “Buzz off, fly!”

25 Capitol Hill gp.

27 Took a jump 28 Bad guys pursuing peace, man 31 Latvian-born artist Marek 32 Mila’s “That ‘70s Show” costar (now husband) 33 Code and sea-lemon, for two 35 Transylvanian count, informally 38 Bubbling, in a way 40 Pro tour sport 41 Unworldly sort 42 Things worn to go downhill fast 46 Fined without fault 47 Hour for a British cuppa, traditionally 48 Gaucho’s grasslands 49 How you might wax nostalgic 50 Works of art on walls 53 Auction node 55 Meanly, in nouns (abbr.)

57 City full of fjords 58 Prompt jaws to drop 61 UFC fighting classification, for short 62 Holm of filmdom 63 Quick shot of brandy 64 Williams with a “Mortal City” album 65 Cook bacon, in a way

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and Professions code).

Original filing: 11/24/20, 12/04/20, 12/10/20, 12/22/20

Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2020183675 The following person is doing business as: (1) John Hart, 210 Whalers Walk Suite #123, San Pedro, CA 90731, Los Angeles County.

Registered owners: John McCormick, 210 Whalers Walk Suite #123, San Pedro, CA 90731. This Business is conducted by an individual.

The date registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above: 01/2000. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) S/. Thomas Gregory Compagnon, Managing Member.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los An-

geles on 11/10/20. Notice-In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920.

A fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920 where it expire 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. 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 1411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions code).

Original filing: 12/03/20, 12/10/20, 12/22/20, 01/06/21

NOTICE OF SCHEDULED VACANCIES ON CITY COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES, AND BOARDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that vacancies will exist on the following City Commissions, Committees, or Boards: Beautification Commission (9 members; 3 alternates) Bullying Prevention Commission (9 members; 3 alternates) Citywide Advisory Commission (9 members; 3 alternates) Cultural Arts Commission (9 members; 3 alternates) Economic Development Commission (11 members; 3 alternates) Environmental Commission (9 members; 3 alternates) Human Relations Commission (9 members - 7 general, 2 youth; 3 alternates) Parks and Recreation Commission (9 members; 3 alternates) Planning Commission (9 members; 3 alternates) Public Relations Commission (9 members; 3 alternates) Public Safety Commission (9 members; 3 alternates) Public Works Commission (9 members; 3 alternates) Senior Citizens Advisory Commission (11 members; 3 alternates) Technology Advancement and Innovation Commission (9 members; 3 alternates) Veterans Affairs Commission (11 members; 3 alternates) Women’s Issues Commission (9 members; 3 alternates) Youth Commission (11 members; 3 alternates) Community Civic Engagement Board (5 members-general, CSUDH representative, youth member, senior member, special needs advocate, or with certain disabilities) Measure C Budget Oversight Committee (5 members) Mobilehome Park Rental Review Board (7 members-2 resident homeowners, 2 park owners, 3 at-large who are residents of the City and not homeowners, park owners, landlords, property manager or tenants in multifamily housing; 8 alternates - 2 resident homeowners, 2 park owners, 4 at-large) Relocation Appeals Board (9 members; 3 alternates) All Terms of Office Ending November 30, 2020 except the Youth Commission.

APPLICATION CLOSING DATE/TIME: December 3, 2020, 6:00 P.M. Citizens interested in obtaining further information or submitting an application regarding the vacancies are requested to contact the City Clerk of the City of Carson, 701 East Carson Street, Carson, California 90745, (310) 952-1720.

I, DONESIA GAUSE-ALDANA, City Clerk of the City of Carson, California, do hereby certify that the above Notice of Scheduled Vacancies on City Commissions, Committees and Boards was posted on November 20, 2020.

DONESIA GAUSE-ALDANA, MMC CITY CLERK

7. Underreporting of Missing and Victimized Black Women and Girls

Black women and girls go missing in the United States at a higher rate than that of their white counter­parts. And, that very fact goes missing, too.

“A 2010 study about the media coverage of missing children in the United States discovered that only 20% of reported stories focused on missing Black children despite it corresponding to 33% of the overall missing children

Jason Roger Pope, a South Carolina disk jockey known as DJ Kid. He has allegedly participated in the trafficking of almost 700 underage Black girls. File photo

cases,” Carma Henry reported for the Westside Gazette in February 2019.

But it’s only getting worse.

“A 2015 study discussed in the William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender and Social Justice found that the disparity listed in the 2010 study between the reportage and the reality of missing Black children had increased substantially,” Project Censored noted: 35% of missing children cases vs. just 7% of media stories.

That discussion appeared in a paper that made two other pertinent points.

First, that Black criminal perpetrators are over-represented in the media, while Black victims are underrepresented, and second, that “because racial minorities are identified as criminals more often

victims of sex trafficking, according to statistics from Human Trafficking Search: they account for more than 40% of confirmed victims compared to 13.1% of the population.

While there is some coverage from small independent sources, “this gap in coverage of missing Black women and girls has gone widely underreported,” Project Censored noted.

It cited two exceptions (one from ABC News, another from CNN).

“But, broadly, U.S. corporate media are not willing to discuss their own shortcomings or to acknowledge the responsibilities they neglect by failing to provide coverage on the search for missing and vic­ timized Black women and girls.”

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media pages.”

So, the sites aim to fool people locally about the source of their “news,” and Google helps fool the world.

Although the New York Times did publish an article in October 2019 that credited the Lansing State Journal with breaking the story about pseudo-local news organizations, Project Censored notes that, “Corporate coverage has been lacking …. The Columbia Journalism Review’s piece expands on the breadth and scope of previous coverage, but its findings do not appear to have been reported by any of the major establishment news outlets.”

Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2020161148 The following person is doing business as:(1) Luxe Linen, 2803 E. 208th Street, Carson, CA 90810, Los Angeles County. Registered owners: The Diva Hair Jewelry $ Accessories, Inc., 2803 E. 208th Street, Carson, CA 90810. This Business is conducted by a corporation. The date registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above: 02/2015. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) S/.

Gary Wexler, CEO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on 10/13/20.

Notice--In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920. A fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920 where it expire 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner.

A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration.

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 1411 ET SEQ., Business

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Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2020161140 The following person is doing business as: (1) Global G. Hair Cosmetics USA, 29648 N. Enrose Ave., Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275, Los Angeles County.

Registered owners: Carlos Polichenco, 1259 W. 24th St, Unit #1, San Pedro, CA 90731. Marco Bird, 1622 Linda Vista, Pasadena, CA 91103. This Business is conducted by a general partnership. The date registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) S/. Carlos Polichenco, President This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on 10/13/20.

Notice--In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920. A fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920 where it expire 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. 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 1411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions code).

Original filing: 11/24/20, 12/04/20,

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than not, non-minorities develop limited empathy toward racial minorities who are often perceived as offenders.”

Non-minorities in the media are obviously not exempt.

“Media coverage is often vital in missing person cases because it raises community awareness and can drive funding and search efforts that support finding those missing persons,” Project Censored noted.

It went on to cite an illustrative extreme case: In October 2019, “The Atlanta Black Star shed light on perhaps the most prolific offender against Black women and girls in recent history, Jason Roger Pope, who has been indicted on charges relating to human trafficking and child sex crimes,” Project Censored wrote. “Pope, a white South Carolina promoter and popular disc jockey better known as DJ Kid, has made claims sug­ gesting he may have participated in the trafficking, assault and/or rapes of nearly 700 African American girls — primarily underaged — right up until his arrest in August 2019.”

The arrest didn’t come out of the blue.

“Pope has police records going as far back as 2011 relating to sexual misconduct with minors. Yet, outside of a few local news outlets, the corporate media has been silent on Pope’s crimes.”

Blacks are also over-represented as

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