May 11 2012
Green Party Candidate for California’s 30th Congressional District Left Out of Debates
The President’s trip to the Hollywood Hills yesterday kicked off a minor controversy between two local candidates vying for one hotly contested seat. Van Nuys Congressional Representative, Howard Berman was invited by the President to ride in his vehicle for the 15 minute drive from his helicopter pad to actor Clooney’s home. Berman, currently representing the 28th district is in …
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Privately run prisons in the United States are today among the fastest growing sector of the prison industry, housing well over a hundred thousand inmates. What most of us may not know, is that increasingly, juvenile offenders are being housed in such facilities, where a lack of accountability has led to serious violations of state and federal laws. 
Emmy-award winning Chicano rock legends David Hidalgo and Louie Perez, better known as founders of the world-renowned East L.A.-born band Los Lobos, have coalesced their creative talents once again in the form of a new multimedia play: “Evangeline: the Queen of Make Believe.” 
An Orange County judge this week announced that Fullerton police officers would stand trial for the fatal assault on a mentally ill homeless man. Thirty seven year old white man, Kelly Thomas suffered serious injuries after an altercation with at least four police officers, two of whom now face trial. Thomas died in the hospital five days after his beating …
Starting this fall incoming LAUSD High School Students will need to pass more college-prep classes with higher grades to earn a diploma in four years. On Tuesday the LAUSD board voted to raise the standards to graduate high school, while also lowering the total number of credits required. Among other changes, students will be required to take two years of …
Emmy-award winning Chicano rock legends David Hidalgo and Louie Perez, better known as founders of the world-renowned East L.A.-born band Los Lobos, have coalesced their creative talents once again in the form of a new multimedia play: “Evangeline: the Queen of Make Believe.” 
