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Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science to
Host the 3rd Annual Legacy Leaders Spring Gala April 9
LOS
ANGELES—On
Thursday, April 9, 2015, Charles R.
Drew University of Medicine and
Science (CDU) Legacy Leaders
Spring Gala, Honoring Legends -Champions for Health and Education Access, presented by Dignity
Health will be held at the historic
Beverly Hilton Hotel from 6-9pm.
This year, the CDU Legacy Leaders Spring Gala will honor
Dr. Robert K. Ross, President and
CEO of the California Endowment
and Dr. Cornelius L. Hopper, current Member of the Board of Trustees, two individuals – “legends” –
whose life and work has helped
guide CDU through some difficult
times to its current state of financial
stability and growth.
Proceeds from the event
will contribute to the University’s
one-of-kind pipeline program, Saturday Science Academy II, and
towards training future health providers that are as diverse as California’s population.
Dr. Ross is president and
chief executive officer of The California Endowment, a private,
statewide health foundation established in 1996 to address the health
needs of Californians.
Prior to his appointment
Toni Guinyard
Dr. Robert K. Ross
in September 2000, Dr. Ross
served as director of the Health and
Human Services Agency for the
County of San Diego from 1993 to
2000.
A current CDU member
of the Board of Trustees, Dr. Cornelius L. Hopper is the Emeritus
Vice President for Health Affairs
for the University of California
System.
The two men worked
closely together from March 2004
until November 2005, on the Future
of The King/Drew Medical Center
(Los Angeles) which is what the
affiliation between CDU and the
former Martin Luther King Hospital was once called.
Dr. Hopper chaired the
special Steering Committee under
the sponsorship of The California
Endowment. Once the hospital was
closed, the two continued to work
to support Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, advocating for its needed investments to
sustain and grow the University so
that it can continue to fulfill its
mission.
“The Legacy Leaders
Spring Gala gives us a chance once
a year to recognize the people that
made the University what it is today. These people believe the Uni-
Dr. Cornelius L. Hopper
ton Hotel in Beverly Hills, 9876
Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
Vermont Slauson Economic Development Corporation Celebrates
Women History Month With “Her Story” A Celebration of Women
Damien Lawson, Finalist, Season 7, “The Voice”.
90210, over 300 CDU friends and
alumni will gather to recognize
these legends and raise funds to
support CDU students, as well as,
CDU academic and pipeline programs.
Event sponsors also include Diamond Sponsor: David
Geffen School of Medicine,
UCLA; Gold Sponsors: Kaiser
Permanente and The California
Endowment; and Silver Sponsors:
Office of L.A. County Supervisor
Mark Ridley-Thomas and Comerica Bank and numerous other
Nikki Potts
of the Kurt Carr Singers
Photos by Gloria Zuurveen
Jules Hirst, Etiquette Consulting Inc., Debra Hubbard, Black Don’t Crack, Kimberly Meckwood, Click and Carry (above) were presenters at the Vermont Slauson Economic Development Corp. “Her Story” A Celebration of
Women on Wednesday and the crowd was very attentive to the valuable information.
versity is a beacon of hope and
have allowed us to create an institution that serves the community with
excellence and compassion,” said
Dr. David M. Carlisle, President
and CEO of CDU.
Presented by Dignity
Health, the signature University
event will be a one-of-a kind evening with live entertainment provided by Jacob Lusk, Finalist , Season
10, American Idol, Nikki Potts, of
the Kurt Carr Singers and Damien
Lawson, Finalist, Season 7, “The
Voice”. Emceed by NBC4 reporter
Toni Guinyard at the Beverly Hil-
Jacob Lusk, Finalist
Season 10, American Idol
friends of the University.
For ticket information,
please call (323) 357-3669 or purchase
online
at
https://
donate.cdrewu.edu/
Spring_Gala_Event-tickets.asp.
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EDITORIAL/OPINION
Publisher’s Column
Dr. Gloria Zuurveen
Founder /Owner/ Publisher/Photographer
Photo by Ian Foxx
Hello Everyone,
Here we are today in 2015 and
we are still hearing about the
news
of
lynching
in
Mississippi. This is a sad
commentary on these United
States of America.
It seems like every day there is
some type of evil being
perpetrated
on
Black
Americans. This is senseless
and it is a clear picture that
after all these years there is
still the burning question,
“What to do with the Negro”.
The answer it appear to be for
many is to kill them all off and
that will be the solution but I
thank my God who gives us
the victory that that will never
happen. God is demanding and
commanding that we as a
people take stock of what is
happening and come together,
not for bad or retaliation, but
for good. For our good and for
our survival in these times of
hatred and disrespect for us as
a people. We must not get
weary in all that is happening.
We draw closer and see how
important it is for us to trust
that God is trying to tell us
something if we will listen.
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188 Years of Black Press Excellence in the United States
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.
NNPA Columnist
In recognition of the 75th Anniversary of
the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), I believe it is important to
emphasize both the historical and contemporary mission, value and success of the
Black Press in America. For the past 188
years Black Americans have labored diligently and responsibly to publish and distribute Black-owned newspapers in the interests of millions of Black
Americans and others who cry out for freedom, justice, equality and
empowerment.
What the first Black American publishers and editors of Freedom’s Journal, Samuel Cornish and John Brown Russwurm, worked
hard to accomplish began a long and vibrant legacy that still continues
today across the United States by publishers who are members of the
NNPA. In the first edition of Freedom’s Journal published on March
16, 1827 in New York City, Cornish and Russwurm clearly stated,
“We wish to plead our own cause…Too long have others spoken for
us.
Too long has the public been deceived by misrepresentations,
in things which concern us dearly.” Freedom’s Journal was widely
read in the northeast of the U.S. and secretly read and admired
throughout the South among those who were fighting the oppression
and brutality of the slavery of African people in America. Thereafter
over the next 188 wherever Black Americans were concentrated across
the nation, the emergence of the Black-owned newspapers came forward with a firm commitment to excellence in journalism and the empowerment of the Black American community.
From the very beginning of the Black Press in America, publishers and editors asserted their Constitutional rights of freedom of
speech and freedom of the press, as well as the fundamental human
right of self-determination.
“Pleading our own cause” and speaking for the rights, news,
aspirations and dreams of Black America all continue today to be the
undergirding foundation of the Black Press. Frederick Douglass was
one our greatest orators and leaders who exemplified the audacity and
genius to challenge all who would seek to oppress and deny freedom
and equality.
Yet Frederick Douglass was also a freedom-fighting newspaper owner and publisher of The North Star. The first edition of The
North Star was published on December 3, 1847 in Rochester, New
York. Douglass believed that “owning” The North Star gave him a strategic advantage to effectively articulate in the interests of Black American liberation from slavery and poverty. Concerning The North Star
Douglass emphatically stated, “We are now about to assume the management of the editorial department of a newspaper, devoted to the
cause of Liberty, Humanity and Progress. The position is one which,
with the purest motives, we have long desired to occupy. It has long
been our anxious wish to see, in this slave-holding, slave-trading, and
Negro-hating land, a printing-press and paper, permanently established,
under the complete control and direction of the immediate victims of
slavery and oppression.”
This quote from Frederick Douglass certainly applies to some
of the challenges that Black Americans still face in 2015. The mission
and purpose of the NNPA in part states “To promote the interests of the
Black Press by securing unity and action and all matters relative to the
profession of journalism and the business of publishing…To advance
the highest and best interest of all people of African descent.” Today in
a growing multiracial, multilingual and multicultural society, it remains
a critical necessity for all Black-owned businesses, in particular Blackowned newspapers and other media businesses, to be conscious of how
the marketplace is changing and transforming.
The point here is that Black Americans cannot afford to understate the value and market impact of our businesses, institutions and
communities. The fact that we are trillion-dollar annual consumers in
the American economy should translate more effectively and efficiently
into strengthening Black-owned businesses.
I am optimistic about the Black Press in the USA because I see
greater business development opportunities today than ever before this
period of time. Yet we must all learn the lessons from our history and
from the shining examples of excellence and determination of freedomfighting publishers like Cornish, Russwurm and Douglass.
From Selma to Ferguson, our struggle for freedom and empowerment continues. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. is the President and
CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and
can be reached for national advertisement sales and partnership proposals at: [email protected]; and for lectures and other professional
consultations at: http://drbenjaminfchavisjr.wix.com/drbfc.
Below-the-Belt Attacks on the Obamas
By George E. Curry
NNPA Columnist
No United States president has been more
disrespected than Barack Obama – and his
family. The hatred for the nation’s first
African American president is so deep
that all but seven Republicans in the U.S.
Senate were willing to write a letter to
Iran that amounted to treason on a grand
scale.
In an effort to derail talks that would limit Iran’s nuclear
weapons, 47 Republican senators signed an “open letter” to Iran’s leaders claiming any deal they reach with the administration won’t last
after Obama leaves office.
In an issue that caused the Republican senators to be labeled
traitors in a New York Daily News headline. An editorial: said,
“Regardless of President Obama’s fecklessness in negotiating a nuclear
deal with Iran, 47 Republican U.S. senators engaged in treachery by
sending a letter to the mullahs aimed at cutting the legs out from under
America’s commander-in-chief.
We join GOP signatories in opposing the pact as outlined, but
we strenuously condemn their betrayal of the U.S. constitutional system.” In case there is any doubt, the liberal political website PoliticusUSA stated, “According to the dictionary definition, a traitor is one
who betrays a person, a principle, or especially their country. It is of no
consequence why someone, or a group, chooses to work in opposition
to their nation, or fellow citizens’ well-being, because if their intent
and result of their actions is to deliberately damage or cause harm to
their country or fellow citizens, they are by definition traitors.” It wasn’t all that long ago that Democrats and Republicans observed the rule
that while we might have our internal debates, when it comes for foreign policy, we speak with one voice – that of the president.
House Republicans ignored that long-standing custom by inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress,
knowing he would be critical of ongoing negotiations by the U.S. and
its allies to freeze Iran’s nuclear weapons. The White House was not
consulted on the invitation, a sharp departure from established protocol. The disrespect for Obama and the presidency itself has reached
such a low point that a headline in the Washington Post summed it up
this way: “Republicans are beginning to act as though Barack Obama
isn’t even the president.”
The story explained, “It’s safe to say that no president in modern times has had his legitimacy questioned by the opposition party as
much as Barack Obama. But as his term in office enters its final phase,
Republicans are embarking on an entirely new enterprise: They have
decided that as long as he holds the office of the presidency, it’s no
longer necessary to respect the office itself.” And many argue that the
hatred extends well beyond partisan politics. PolitcusUSA stated, “It is
likely that throughout America’s short history, except for the traitorous
Confederacy, no group of individuals has exhibited the characteristic
betrayal of a traitor more than conservatives in general, and Republicans in particular.
What makes their actions all the more despicable is that their
traitorous actions are founded on racial animus for one man; and allegiance to foreigners and one tiny segment of the population.” The attacks on Obama began when he first ran for president, with some conservatives openly questioning whether he was a U.S. citizen. Marilyn
Davenport, a member of the Orange County Republican Party in California, e-mailed a cartoon in 2010 with the face of President Obama
superimposed on a chimpanzee. Also pictured were two older chimpanzees described as “parents.” The inscription on the cartoon read:
“Now you know why – No birth certificate.” The New York Post went
well over the line of respectability by publishing a cartoon in 2009, in
the wake of Connecticut police shooting a pet chimpanzee, depicting
the authors of the stimulus bill as a dead chimpanzee. And who could
forget Rep. Joe Wilson [R-S.C.], interrupting a 2009 presidential address on health care to Congress in by shouting, “You, lie!”
The personal attacks have not been limited to President
Obama – his entire family has been attacked. Last week, Emmywinning Univision host Rodner Figueroa was fired for saying,
“Michelle Obama looks like she’s part of the cast of Planet of the
Apes.” Michael O’Neal, Speaker of the Kansas House, circulated an
email referring to the first lady as “Mrs. Yo’ Mama.” Even Sasha and
Malia have been targets of conservatives. They have been upbraided
from everything from taking their spring break in the Bahamas to the
clothes they wore when their father pardoned a Thanksgiving turkey.
As Media Matters, the watchdog group, stated, “On May 27,
[2010] President Obama explained at a press conference that he was
reminded daily about the consequences of the oil spill by his daughter
Malia who asked him did you plug the hole yet? while he was shaving.” Both Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh saw fit to imitate Malia on
air. No stunt is too low or too vile for conservatives who hate everything about Obama, including his race.
George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine,
is editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association
News Service (NNPA) and BlackPressUSA.com. 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 and George E. Curry Fan Page on Facebook. See previous columns at http://www.georgecurry.com/columns. -
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EDUCATION & COMMUNITY NEWS
CAAASA Summit Focused on Aiding Minority Students
By McKenzie Jackson/
From California Black Media
Over 500 educators,
parents, and stakeholders attended the annual California
Association
of
AfricanAmerican
Superintendents
and
Administrators
(CAAASA) last week in San
Diego. The conference aims
to convene education experts
and stakeholders to help better
understand best strategies for
African American and other
underserved students.
African-American,
Hispanic, and low-income or
low-language students are
assets that must be invested
in, said Dr. Kent Paredes
Scribner, a commissioner with
the White House Initiative on
Educational Excellence for
Hispanics.
“They are not problems to be solved,” he said. “It
is good for the California
economy to invest in this
beautiful human resource of
young people. They grow up
to be adults so we ought to
invest in them today.”
Scribner opened the
first session and told an audience of over 200 educators
and education advocates that
U.S. Secretary of Education
Arne Duncan believes the
achievement gap between minority and non-minority stu-
A parent asking questions at the
CAAASA Summit.
dents is the greatest civil
rights issue of today.
“If we are going to
have an economy that is vibrant and effective we must
invest in the resources we
have,” said Scribner, who is
also a superintendent with the
Phoenix Union School District in Arizona.
Scribner was one of
four speakers to take the stage
in San Diego as a part of the
summit’s opening discussion,
which
centered
on
“Accelerating
Academic
Growth for African American
and Other Students of Color.”
The other speakers
were Dr. Randy Ward, a superintendent with the San Die-
Open Enrollment
& Testing
at
St. Eugene
Catholic School
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go County Office of Education, Dr. Rita Kholi, an assistant professor at the University of California-Riverside, and
Corey Jackson, the mentoring
chair of the 100 Black Men
Inland Empire.
The four are among
the over 50 speakers and specialists that presented during
the three-day conference,
which is geared towards furthering CAAASA’s goal of
identifying and addressing
critical issues in education
through public policy relative
to the status and performance
of African-American students
in the classroom.
In attendance at the
event were school superintendents, administrators, teachers, parents, and business partners from across the Golden
State.
During the summit
attendees took part in workshops, discussion groups, and
talks that focus on issues attached to educating black and
other minority youths in California including President
Barack Obama’s “My Brother’s Keeper” program, com-
munity and family health,
school truancy, college readiness, and parent engagement.
In her opening remarks, CAAASA President
Dr. Judy White said the 500member CAAASA is declaring the mantra “Persevere until its here.” “What? Equity.
Where? Every educational
institution? When? Now,” she
said. “Persevering is not a
long race. It is many short
races, one after another. This
summit is one of those short
races.” Dr. Randy Ward, a
superintendent with the San
Diego County Office of Education, said far too many African-American students are not
achieving academic success
like white or Asian students.
“We talk about the
achievement gap, but what
about the opportunity gap,” he
said? “Many kids don’t have
the opportunities others do.”
Ward said AfricanAmerican students need access to the same tools as other
students to excel such books
with a rich vocabulary, highquality teachers, technology
for educational means, and
high expectations from their
family and teachers.
“The same thing you
expect from one child, you
expect from another,” he said.
“Our children do not need
pity, they need an education.”
During a question and
answer session with the panelists, Jackson said AfricanAmerican students will show
respect when given respect.
“When they believe
you care about them, when
they know you are willing to
sacrifice for them,” he said.
“Then, they are going to accept your high expectations.”
Ward concluded that
students need to have a plan to
reach those expectations.
“You have to show
them what the filters are to get
to that plan,” he said. “Its individual responsibility for students to pick the path, but
they have to be shown the
path first. That is our responsibility as adults.” Dwight
Bonds, CAAASA’s executive
director, said he hopes the
summit’s attendees can take
what they learn during at the
event back to their schools
and students.
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CHURCH & COMMUNITY NEWS
Atlanta Mega Church Pastor Creflo Dollar Wants $60 Million in Donations For a New Jet
Atlanta,
CA
—
Creflo Dollar, a well-known
pastor of the Atlanta-area
World Changers Church International, is asking for at least
$60 million in donations so
that he can purchase a new
luxury jet to “spread the gospel”. He has requested that
200,000 people commit to a
donation of $300 or more.
Dollar
reportedly
posted, but has since removed,
a video on his church’s web
site where he seen explaining
why he needs a new jet. He
recalls various incidents when
his current jet has been problematic.
For instance, he says
that right engine went out recently on a trip to Australia,
and the jet experienced mechanical failure on a recent
trip to England. He said that
after those incidents, he
“knew that it was time to
begin to believe God for a
new airplane.” In the video,
he has support from various
parishioners, a pilot, a project
manager and even the President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf, encouraging all to donate so that Dollar’s church
can purchase a new aircraft.
In soliciting the donations, there is also a message
on his web site that reads:
“We need your help to continue reaching a lost and dying
world for the Lord Jesus
Christ. Your love gift of any
amount will be greatly appreciated.”
Why $60 million?
The jet that Dollar
wants to purchase is called a
GulfstreamG650, a twinengine business jet that travels
at up to 610 miles per hour. It
can be equipped with a full
kitchen and bar, and a variety
of entertainment features including satellite phones and
wireless Internet. The jet uses
two Rolls-Royce BR725 engines. It retails for more than
$60 million, and is a very
common choice amongst
wealthy business men. Other
owners of this jet include the
founder of Nike, the CEO of
Formula One, and the CEO of
Wynn Resorts. Even Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft,
is on the waiting list for one.
Prosperity gospel
Dollar is known for,
and has been criticized for, his
style of teaching what is often
referred to “prosperity gospel”
– a religious doctrine that
teaches that financial blessing
is the will of God for Christians, and that faith, positive
Creflo Dollar
speech, and donations to
Christian ministries will increase one’s wealth and
health.
Past troubles with
the law
In 2012, he was arrested for allegedly attacking
and choking his teenage
daughter, but he denied the
charges and the charges were
later dropped.
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HEALTH & COMMUNITY NEWS
FBI, MBI Working Suspicious Hanging in Claiborne County, Mississippi
From the Clarion Ledger
Authorities are probing a
hanging in Claiborne County, officials said.
FBI Supervisory Special
Agent Jason Pack said the FBI and
Mississippi Bureau of Investigation
are on the scene where a man's body
was found hanging from a tree by a
bed sheet in the woods near Old
Rodney Road.
It is unclear if the death is
a homicide or a suicide, as Coroner
J.W. Mallett would not release any
details, stating the death is under
investigation. The Claiborne County
Sheriff's Department, the MBI, and
the Mississippi Wildlife Fisheries
and Parks were conducting a ground
search earlier Thursday for Otis
Byrd, 54, who has been missing
since March 2. Sheriff Marvin Lucas said that's when they found the
body hanging about a half mile from
his last known residence around
10:21 a.m. Thursday. He said during
the search for Byrd, they never ruled
out that he could have met with foul
play.
"We didn't close down any
options because we really didn't
know what had happened to him,"
Lucas said. "We can't rule anything
out right now." The sheriff's department contacted the FBI for forensic
and investigative assistance.
The last time Byrd was
seen, a friend was dropping him off
at the Riverwalk Casino in Vicksburg on March 2. Byrd's family filed
a missing persons report with the
Claiborne County Sheriff's Department on March 8, and MBI received
a missing report from the Claiborne
County on March 13.
The NAACP was the first
organization to release Byrd's identity. So far officials have not confirmed that the body hanging not far
from Byrd's last home, which was
found during a search for him, is
Byrd. The NAACP wrote a letter
asking the DOJ to get involved in
the investigation.
According to the Mississippi Department of Corrections,
Byrd spent a little over 25 years in
prison for the Feb. 1980 murder of
Lucille Trim in Claiborne County.
Records show he robbed her of
$101. He was convicted of capital
murder on October 28, 1980, and
Relatively Healthy
By Dean L. Jones, CPM
Now and then people
describe how they are doing by
saying they are relatively healthy.
The general gist is that they are
not in line for surgery or have a
grave ailment. Even though they
may be taking high blood pressure medication, bordering diabetes, or nearing the obese mark
with their weight, they consider
themselves as relatively healthy.
I imagine that if a person
compares themselves as not being
dreadfully sick, then health is
relative. It seems so simple to say
stop consuming so much processed foodstuff to eliminate the
need to compare a worst case
scenario in order to feel good
about a current health condition.
Take drinking sodas for example,
where its consumption has been
linked to an increased risk for
heart disease and diabetes, as well
as to rising rates of obesity. It
would seem appropriate to see if a
person's relative health shifts into
a much better health situation
upon elimination.
It is not appropriate to
believe diet sodas are a way out,
as numerous reports show diet
soda intake is directly related to
abdominal obesity in adults. I
encourage everyone to seek out
their own information because it
is a vast array of reports on proper eating and it is difficult to
know who is really reporting
truth.
Recently,
Coca-Cola
teamed with nutrition experts who
ended up suggesting that CocaCola be considered as a snack
treat. Using social media, these
nutritional experts wrote online
posts for American Heart Month,
with each including a mini-can of
Coke or soda as a snack idea.
Coca-Cola is not alone in this
marketing trickery, where nutrition blogs and other sites including those of major newspapers
share in joint venture to cast their
respective products in a positive
light.
Kellogg and General
Mills offer continuing education
classes for dietitians, funding
Photo by Gloria Zuurveen
Dean L. Jones
studies that elevate the nutritional
images of their sugary foodstuff
products. Essentially, big business operates to expose their
products enough to make potential consumers think that when
they decide to make a decision
about something relatively close
to their product in that they will
be at the head of line of choice.
The bottom line is that
we will all stay relatively healthy
as long as we continue to consume things that are relatively
healthy, where there is no debate
that sugary sodas are not healthy
snacks.
A Coca-Cola mini-can is
7.5 ounces and has 90 calories, all
of it from high-fructose corn syrup. It is of course nice to drink
less if you are attempting to quit,
but stopping altogether is best,
particularly if relative health is
not good enough.
A 12-ounce can of regular Coke contains 39-grams of
total sugar, which is about 9 1/3
teaspoons of processed sugar.
This is mainly from high fructose
corn syrup, which is the second
ingredient in Coca-Cola, behind
carbonated water, so live SugarAlert!
www.SugarAlert.com
Dean Jones is an Ethics
Advocate, Southland Partnership
Corporation (a public benefit organization), contributing his view
on certain aspects of foodstuff.
was paroled Nov. 2, 2006.
Trim is the mother of
Martha Rainville, the first woman
in the history of the National Guard
to serve as a State Adjutant General
when she became Adjutant General
in Vermont in 1997. Rainville currently lives in Virginia and is married to the Hon. Paul McHale, a
former congressman from Pennsylvania and a former Assistant Secretary of Defense. The Mississippi
Bureau of Investigation is referring
all calls to the FBI. The Mississippi
Southern District of the U.S. Attorney's Office and the Department of
Justice Civil Rights Division are
also assisting on the case. Investigators are processing the scene now
to determine the cause and manner
of death.
Otis Byrd
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Judge OKs $10 Million Settlement in Target Data Breach
By Steve Karnowski
and Michelle Chapman
A Minnesota judge has
endorsed a settlement in which
Target Corp. will pay $10 million
to settle a class-action lawsuit over
a massive data breach in 2013.
U.S. District Judge Paul
Magnuson granted preliminary
approval of the settlement after a
hearing Thursday in St. Paul, Minnesota. The move will allow people to begin filing claims ahead of
another hearing for final approval,
which was scheduled for Nov. 10.
People affected by the
breach can file for up to $10,000
with proof of their losses, including unauthorized charges, higher
fees or interest rates, and lost time
dealing with the problem.
“Target really needs to be
commended for being willing to
step up,” Magnuson said.
Target’s data breach in
2013 exposed details of as many as
40 million credit and debit card
accounts and hurt its holiday sales
that year. The company offered
free credit monitoring for affected
customers and overhauled its security systems.
The settlement would
also require Minneapolis-based
Target to appoint a chief information security officer, keep a
written information security program and offer security training to
its workers. It would be required to
maintain a process to monitor for
data security events and respond to
such events deemed to present a
threat.
“We are pleased to see
the process moving forward and
look forward to its resolution,”
Target
spokeswoman
Molly
Snyder said in an emailed statement.
Claims will mostly be
submitted and processed online
through a dedicated website.
Vincent Esades, an attorney for Target customers, said after
the hearing that the settlement
could end up costing Target $25
million, when attorneys’ fees and
administrative costs are added in.
He said consumers will
The Company Securing Your Internet
Has Close Ties to Russian Spies
(Bloomberg)
–
Kaspersky Lab sells security
software, including antivirus
programs recommended by bigbox stores and other U.S. PC
retailers. The Moscow-based
company ranks sixth in revenue
among security-software makers, taking in $667 million in
2013, and is a favorite among
Best Buy’s Geek Squad technicians and reviewers on Amazon.com.
Founder and Chief Executive
Officer
Eugene
Kaspersky used to work for the
KGB, and in 2007, one of the
U.S. investment firm.
In 2012, however,
Kaspersky Lab abruptly changed
course. Since then, high-level
managers have left or been fired,
their jobs often filled by people
with closer ties to Russia’s military or intelligence services.
Some of these people actively
aid criminal investigations by
the FSB, the KGB’s successor,
using data from some of the 400
million customers who rely on
Kaspersky Lab’s software, say
six current and former employees who declined to discuss the
matter publicly because they
company’s Japanese ad campaigns used the slogan “A Specialist in Cryptography from
KGB.” The sales tactic, a local
partner’s idea, was “quickly removed by headquarters,” according to Kaspersky Lab, as the
company recruited senior managers in the U.S. and Europe to
expand its business and readied
an initial public offering with a
feared reprisals. This closeness
starts at the top: Unless
Kaspersky is traveling, he rarely
misses a weekly banya (sauna)
night with a group of about 5 to
10 that usually includes Russian
intelligence officials. Kaspersky
says in an interview that the
group saunas are purely social:
“When I go to banya, they’re
friends.”
likely be able to start filing claims
around April 30, and 100 million
people may be eligible. Consumers
can claim up to $10,000 if they can
document unreimbursed losses;
after those claims are paid out, the
rest of the settlement funds will be
divided among consumers who
state under oath that they suffered
a qualifying loss, but don’t have
documentation. People who’ve
already been fully reimbursed
aren’t eligible, he said.
Esades said customers
who opt out of the settlement have
the right to object. Since the funds
can’t be paid out until all appeals
are resolved, he said, the earliest
that customers would see any money would be early next year.
Target attorney David
McDowell declined to comment
after the hearing.
The chain has worked
hard to lure back customers that
were hesitant to shop there after
the incident. Over the 2014 holiday
season, Target offered free shipping on all items. It recently announced that it was cutting its minimum online purchase to qualify
for free shipping in half to $25.
And on Wednesday the retailer
said it will now allow returns for
up to a year for its private and exclusive brands.
Target’s bounce back
from a turbulent stretch including
the data breach and exit from Canada has been met with optimism on
Wall Street. The retailer’s stock
traded above $80 for the first time
Monday, reaching another in a
string of all-time highs that it began to log just before the crucial
holiday shopping season began in
December.
Earlier this month, Target
said it would lay off about 1,700
people, eliminate another 1,400
unfilled positions and cut up to $2
billion in costs. It will also focus
more on technology to boost online
sales growth. The latter move will
involve about $1 billion aimed at
beefing up business from shoppers
who are more likely to shop online.
Associated Press writer
Karnowski contributed from St.
Paul, Business Writer Chapman
from New York.
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Inglewood City Clerk Election Offers an Honest Choice
By Francis Taylor
Contributing Writer
When Inglewood voters
go to the polls on April 7, 2015,
they will have a clear choice for
Inglewood City Clerk. Yvonne
Horton, Inglewood City Clerk, is
the experienced, intelligent and
honest choice for re-election as
Inglewood’s City Clerk. No one
seems to know much about her
opponent. An investigation revealed that her opponent has never
voted in any Inglewood Municipal
elections despite her desire to become the Chief Election officer of
the City of Inglewood.
Conversely, City Clerk
Horton has over a decade of experience as Inglewood City Clerk,
Office Manager, and Clerk to the
City Council. She has also successfully managed over 24 elections, including several initiatives,
and is a 35-year resident of the
City of Inglewood. Clerk Horton,
by all accounts, is doing an exceptional job. She is a champion for
voter registration, education, and
participation. She has also been
active in the community, helping
to educate and empower Inglewood residents.
During her tenure as
Inglewood City Clerk, Horton has
improved the service levels in the
office of the City Clerk and has
demonstrated fiscal responsibility.
Her leadership has initiated several measures that have improved
Yvonne Horton
Inglewood City Clerk
the integrity, transparency, and
accountability of the election process. Her opponent’s official name
is Kesha Reajohne Bristow however; she is registered to vote as
Ms. Mitchell. According to the
Los Angeles County Registrar/
Recorder, she has never voted in
any Inglewood Municipal Elections. Furthermore, a review of the
official ‘Ballot Designation Worksheet’ and LinkedIn, the World’s
Largest Professional Network
revealed that she lied about her
work experience and has no experience as a City Clerk. Specifically, on her ‘Ballot Designation
Worksheet,’ it appears as though
she lied about being in public service and has never been elected to
public office.
Ms. Mitchell also lied
about operating a business in Inglewood as a management consultant. She does not have an Inglewood City Business Tax License or Business Tax Certificate
and, according to the Los Angeles
County Registrar/Recorder, she
does not have a Fictitious Business
DBA and with various Business
tax agencies, she is not registered
as doing business in California.
As a registered voter in
the City of Inglewood this reporter
finds that City Clerk Yvonne Horton is an honest, smart, and clear
choice for Inglewood City Clerk,
with a solid record of efficient and
responsive public service.
Survey: Many Black Men Report Lower Well-Being
A recent Gallup survey
found that younger and older
Black men report lower wellbeing than men in other racial and
ethnic groups.
Younger Black men between the ages of 18 and 34 averaged a score of 59.1 on Gallup’s
Well-Being Index, 1.8 points lower than the average for all nonBlack men.
Older Black men (over
65) scored 1.9 points lower on
average.
“Young black males as a
group have higher unemployment,
lower graduation rates, less access
to healthcare and higher incarceration rates than other racial, age
and gender groups in the U.S. And
in 2014, the particular difficulties
this group has in dealings with
law enforcement became headline
news after events in Ferguson,
Missouri, and Staten Island, New
York, occurred involving the
deaths of certain young black men
at the hands of police,” according
to the report.
Between the ages of 35
and 64, Black men show similar
scores to their White counterparts.
This is, perhaps, an indication that
problems affecting African American well-being are more pronounced in early and late adulthood, periods during which most
persons have lower income than
in their middle years, according to
a recent report on race and wealth
from the St. Louis Federal Reserve.
“Income, wealth and
financial-health scores typically
rise as we observe people at older
ages. . . . Income typically declines in old age, but wealth and
financial health often do not decline until very advanced ages,”
the Federal Reserve report stated.
For its measure of wellbeing, Gallup compiled data based
on telephone interviews of almost
98,000 American men over the
age of 18, between January and
December 2014.
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Singer Alyson Williams Joins the United States Postal Service Preview Ceremony of the Dr. Maya Angelou Stamp Image
Washington, DC, –
Singer Alyson Williams will participate in the United States Postal Service official unveiling of
the Dr. Maya Angelou commemorative stamp reveal. Dr. Angelou will be honored for the important work that she has provided to the world. The First Day of
Issue (FDOI) ceremonies will
mark the dedication of Dr. Angelou’s new commemorative
postage stamp on Tuesday, April
7, 2015 at the Warner Theater in
Washington, D.C.
Alyson Williams will
open the ceremony with the National Anthem and Lift Every
Voice and Sing.
“I am honored to participate in the tribute to someone
that was so dear to my heart,”
says Alyson. Dr. Angelou and
Alyson had a special relationship, she sang “God Put a Rainbow in the Clouds” during her
memorial in Winston Salem and
New York City. Attendees raved
over Alyson’s rendition of the
song. Alyson Williams is a talented recording artist and actor.
Known as The First Lady of Def
Jam, who sings classic soul ballads, jazz standards as well as
legitimate Broadway show tunes.
She studied dance with
the legendary Arthur Mitchell at
the Dance Theater of Harlem and
at the world renowned Alvin
Ailey American Dance Theatre.
Alyson starred in more than a
dozen musical stage plays that
toured across the country.
She appeared on Broadway in Rollin on the T.O.B.A.,
One Mo Time and the 25th Anniversary Revival of The Wiz.
She has shared the stage with
Nancy Wilson, Chaka Khan,
Freddie Jackson, Nick Ashford
and Valarie Simpson and Dr.
Maya Angelou, to name a few.
While signed to Def Jam Columbia/Sony Records, Alyson
recorded two albums on the
OBR (Original Black Records)
label. Her first album titled Raw
spent an impressive 67 weeks on
the Billboard charts.
The album produced
four top five singles, one of
which is the popular hit, Just
Call My Name. Her second
album, self-titled, featured songs
produced by Al B. Sure and
Babyface, boasted several chart
Alyson Williams
topping singles. As a session
singer Alyson loaned her vocals
to many chart topping R&B and
Hip Hop hits including the iconic
Kurtis
Blow
song
“Basketball.” She has appeared
on Soul Train, The Jay Leno
Show, BET on Jazz, The
Mo’nique Show and most recently Unsung. In Alyson’s
spare time she mentors children
and young adults. She also does
vocal coaching and artist development for up and coming artists.
Through her production
company, A.W.P., A Woman’s
Prerogative, she is writing musical stage plays, books, television
treatments, a radio show and
several live concert presentations.
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Maryland ACLU Highlights Over 100 Police-Involved Killings in State Between 2010 and 2014
By Roberto Alejandro
From the AFRO
At least 109 people
died in Maryland during police
encounters between 2010 and
2014, 69 percent of whom
were Black, according to a
new briefing paper by the
ACLU Maryland.
The group also found
that 41 percent of people killed
by police over that period were
unarmed, and that five times as
many Blacks were killed as
Whites.
In order to collect this
data, the ACLU had to rely on
media reports, because there is
no federal or state requirement
that police agencies track police-involved fatalities.
And not tracking that
data “sends the wrong message,” said Sonia Kumar, staff
attorney with the ACLU Maryland, and an author of the paper.
“It sends the message
that those deaths don’t matter
enough to count.”
While Baltimore City
and Prince George’s County
led the state in the number of
police-involved killings between 2010 and 2014 (31 and
21 respectively), 17 of Maryland’s 24 local jurisdictions
(23 counties plus Baltimore
City) experienced these types
of deaths over that period.
“This is a statewide
issue,” said Kumar. “This is
something that affects communities across our state, not just
one or two urban jurisdictions
which has very much been the
perception and the message
that has been perpetuated by
law enforcement and state officials.”
The lack of reporting
that communities have made
for why we need change, and I
think that this briefing paper is
one additional piece of evi-
dence about how urgent that
need is,” said Kumar.
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Sonia Kumar, staff attorney with the ACLU Maryland and one of the
authors of a recent briefing paper on police-involved killings in Maryland. (AFRO Photo/ by Roberto Alejandro)
requirements in the state on
police-involved killings make
it possible to perpetuate this
myth, and also has broader
implications for law enforcement in the state.
“Because there’s no
reporting, or tracking, or systematic attention to these cases
as a whole, we’re not identifying whether there are other
reforms that are needed, what
kind of disciplinary action was
taken, what kind of policy reforms have been enacted in the
wake of specific incidents,
what kind of learning is happening each time an incident
happens,” said Kumar.
The ACLU Maryland
is hopeful that this briefing
paper will help highlight the
need for a more comprehensive
understanding of how often
and why police-involved killings occur.
For too long, says Kumar, highlighting that need is a
burden that has fallen to the
families of victims, who have
done “an extraordinary job,”
but who are only in a position
to highlight individual instances of such killings.
“That often brings the
focus back to very specific
incidents, and that’s okay, except that the perception that’s
out there is that these are isolated incidents, and that there
aren’t patterns, or that they’re
unavoidable, isolated incidents
rather than part of a systemic
set of issues,” said Kumar.
The ACLU Maryland
is currently advocating on behalf of House Bill 954 in the
General
Assembly
which
would mandate that law enforcement agencies collect data
on police-involved killings.
As of March 19, that
bill has yet to be voted out of
committee, and if the bill has
not been cross-filed in the Senate by March 23, it is unlikely
to become law.
“I hope our public officials really understand the
urgency of the call to action
WASHINGTON,
D.C. – Today, House Republicans rejected a Democratic motion to bring legislation to reauthorize, reform and re-energize
the Export-Import Bank up for
a vote.
Using a parliamentary
procedure called the "previous
question," House Republicans
blocked an effort to bring H.R.
1031, the “Promoting U.S. Jobs
through Exports Act of 2015”
to the House floor.
This legislation, which
has 190 Democratic cosponsors, extends Ex-Im’s charter
for seven years, increases its
lending authority, and modernizes the Bank’s programs to
better serve small and mediumsized businesses.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking
member of the Financial Services Committee, led the effort.
She released the following statement.
“I am disappointed that
Republicans have blocked consideration of a common-sense
proposal that would ensure the
continuation of the ExportImport Bank, an institution that
has created or sustained more
than 1.2 million private sector
jobs over the past five years.
Support for the ExIm Bank is bipartisan. I’m
disappointed that today, those
Republicans that do support
the Bank gave in to the extremist wing of their party.
In the future, I urge
them to put jobs, the economy and American businesses
over what’s politically expedient.”
The tactics on the
House floor are in direct response to a clear message
from Financial Services
Committee Republicans that
a normal legislative process
will not be followed for ExIm. In February, Committee
Republicans, led by Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX),
voted down an amendment
offered by Reps. Waters,
Gwen Moore (D-WI) and
Denny Heck (D-WA) that
urged the Committee to proceed with reauthorization of
Ex-Im through “regular order. ”
Waters, Moore and
Heck also sponsored HR.
1031, along with Democratic
Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD).
Currently, a majority of the
House has supported legislation to renew the ExportImport Bank.
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Mother of Our Weekly Co-Founder, David Miller,
Succumbs Service To Be Held Saturday, March 21
By OW Staff
A memorial service will
be held in Los Angeles March 21
at 9 a.m. at Greater New Vision
Missionary Baptist Church for
Mary Alice Miller, affectionately
known as “Mae Alice.” She
passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 14, at Cedar Sinai
Hospital in Los Angeles, Calif.
She was the mother of Our Weekly co-founder David Miller.
Born on May 13, 1926,
in Marlboro County, N.C., to Willie Davis-McRae and Bubba
Quick, Mary Alice was the third
youngest of seven children and
the last living sibling of that union. She was 88.
Mary Alice received her
formal education from various
schools within Marlboro County,
which she has always called
home. She accepted Jesus Christ
as her Lord and Savior at an early
age and was a faithful member of
Goodwin Chapel A.M.E. Zion
Church in Gibson, N.C.
On July 15, 1944, she
married Ranzie Miller, and the
union was blessed with eight children. After a brief illness, Mary
Alice relocated to Los Angeles in
2009 to live with her son David
and his family. While in Califor-
Mary Alice Miller
nia, she became a member of
Greater New Vision Missionary
Baptist Church under the leadership of Pastor Lucious Pope. Fishing was among Mary Alice's favorite pastimes. Some of her other
hobbies included cooking and
canning,
quilting,
attending
church services, doing word
search puzzles, spending quality
time with her children and talking
on the phone to her many friends.
Over the years, she has
traveled to various places; however, she did not take her first airline
flight until 1992 to attend the
wedding of David and his wife
Paula in Los Angeles. This took a
lot of courage because she had
never flown. Since then, she had
traveled to Los Angeles every
year until she finally relocated.
Mary Alice’s legacy
includes two daughters, Catherine
(William), Thomasville, N.C. and
Penny, High Point, N.C.; six sons,
Ranzie Jr. (Virginia), Bobby
(Shirley) and Guy (Sylvia), High
Point, North Carolina; Tony, Bennettsville, S.C.; David (Paula),
and Donald, Los Angeles, Calif.;
21 grand children; 36 great grandchildren and eight great, great
grandchildren; a special niece,
Sarah Pearson, Bennettsville,
S.C.; and an adopted mother relationship with Dorothy Dines,
Bennettsville, S.C.; Carl Brand
(Brenda), High Point, N.C. and a
host of nieces, nephews, relatives,
friends and extended California
family. Home Going Celebration:
Saturday, March 28, 2015, 2:00
p.m. at Berea Baptist Convention
Center, 1062 Highway 38 South
Bennettsville, S.C. 29512 Flowers and other condolences can be
sent to: Bethea Funeral Home,
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
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File No. 2015068792
The following person (s) is/are doing business as:
1. Her Cleaning & Company,1122 S. Norton
Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90019 Los Angeles;
PO Box 273, Inglewood, CA 90306 Registered
Owner(s): 1. June Tapscott-Byrd, 1122 S. Norton
Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90019. This business
is conducted by an Individual. The date registrant
commenced to transact business under the
fictitious business name or names listed above
on 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.) SIGNED: June
Tapscott-Byrd Title: Owner This statement
was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles
County on March 13, 2015 Expires March 13,
2020. Notice-This fictitious Name Statement
expires five years from date it was filed in the
office of the County Clerk. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed prior to that
date. The filing of this statement does not of itself
authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business in violation of the rights of another under
federal, state, or common law (See Section
14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
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1. Concern Members of MBIC Business and
Properties L. A., 884 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Bl,
Los Angeles, CA 90011 LA County Registered
Owner(s): 1. Sister Clara Mohammed National
Alumni, 884 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Los
Angeles, CA 90011. This business is conducted
by a Corporation. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious
business name or names listed above on 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.) SIGNED: SCMS National
Alumni Association Title: President This
statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los
Angeles County on March 11, 2015 Expires
March 11, 2020. Notice-This fictitious Name
Statement expires five years from date it was filed
in the office of the County Clerk. A new Fictitious
Business Name Statement must be filed prior to
that date. The filing of this statement does not of
itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious
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Valerie Torres & Mia Torres-Castaneda By their Mother
Irma Castaneda filed a petition with this court for a decree
changing names as follows: Present name: A. Valerie
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that all persons interested in this matter appear before this
court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any,
why the petition for change of name should not be
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NAME STATEMENT
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The following person (s) is/are doing business as:
1. Heart 2 Heart Transitional Home, 3616 W.
60th Street LA, CA 90043 Registered Owner(s):
1. Heart 2 Heart Inc., 3616 W. 60th Street, LA,
CA 90043. This business is conducted by a
Corporation. The date registrant commenced to
transact business under the fictitious business
name or names listed above on 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.) SIGNED:Michelle Burton, Title:
CEO This statement was filed with the County
Clerk of Los Angeles County on January 15,
2015 Expires January 15, 2020. Notice-This
fictitious Name Statement expires five years from
date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk.
A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must
be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this
state of a fictitious business in violation of the
rights of another under federal, state, or common
law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and
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The following person (s) is/are doing business as:
1. T Double K Rocks Catering, 1910 West Piru
St., Compton, CA 90222, Los Angeles Registered
Owner(s): Tushana Antoinette Lyons, 1910 West
Piru St., Compton, CA 90222. This business is
conducted by an Individual. The date registrant
commenced to transact business under the
fictitious business name or names listed above on
NA. 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.) SIGNED:Tushana Antoinette Lyons Title: Owner This statement was
filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County
on January 30, 2015 Expires January 30, 2020.
Notice-This fictitious Name Statement expires five
years from date it was filed in the office of the
County Clerk. A new Fictitious Business Name
Statement must be filed prior to that date. The
filing of this statement does not of itself authorize
the use in this state of a fictitious business in
violation of the rights of another under federal,
state, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq.,
Business and Professions Code). (First Filing) Pub
Feb. 13, 20, 27 March 6, 2015 PN
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File No. 2015015496
The following person (s) is/are doing business as: 1. View Heights Travel, 4016
West 58th Place, Los Angeles, CA 90043
LA AI #ON N/A Registered Owner(s): 1.
Hellene Gale Palmer, 4016 West 58th
Place, Los Angeles, CA 90043. This business is conducted by an Individual. The
date registrant commenced to transact
business under the fictitious business
name or names listed above on 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.)
SIGNED:Hellene G. Palmer Title: Owner
This statement was filed with the County
Clerk of Los Angeles County on Jan.20,
2015 Expires Jan. 20 2020. Notice-This
fictitious Name Statement expires five
years from date it was filed in the office of
the County Clerk. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed prior to
that date. The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in this state of
a fictitious business in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state, or common
law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business
and Professions Code). (First Filing) Pub
January 23, 30 Feb. 6, 13, 2015 PN
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File No. 2015063587
The following person (s) is/are doing business as: 1. The
G.R.E.A.T.S. 2.Greatness Rises Empowers And Teaches
Success A Young Professional Movement 3. Dreams of
Greatness Tour, 8826 Menlo Ave., LA, CA 90044 LA, Registered Owner(s): 1. Precious Durhan Jackson, 8826 Menlo Ave.,
LA, CA 90044 2. Brandon Douver, 6625 Spring Park Ave Apt 4,
LA, CA 90056 3. Robert Coleman, 4205 Monteith Dr. , LA, CA
90013 4. Iman Newborn, 5727 8th Ave, LA, CA 90043 This
business is conducted by a General Partnership. The date
registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious
business name or names listed above on 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.) SIGNED: Precious Durhan Jackson,
Title: Partner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of
Los Angeles County on March 9, 2015 Expires March 9, 2020.
Notice-This fictitious Name Statement expires five years from
date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new
Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed prior to that
date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize
the use in this state of a fictitious business in violation of the
rights of another under federal, state, or common law (See
Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). (First
Filing) Pub March 13, , 20, 27, April 3, 2015 PN
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File No. 20150031285
The following person (s) is/are doing business as: 1.
Devine Design, 1500 W. 99 St., Los Angeles, CA
90047, LA; 1820 W. Florence Ave #391, Los Angeles,
CA 90047 Registered Owner(s): 1. David James,
1500 W. 99 St., Los Angeles, CA 90047. This business is conducted by an Individual. The date registrant
commenced to transact business under the fictitious
business name or names listed above on 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.)
SIGNED:David James, Title: Owner This statement
was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County
on February 5, 2015 Expires February 5, 2020. NoticeThis fictitious Name Statement expires five years from
date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new
Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed prior
to that date. The filing of this statement does not of
itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business in violation of the rights of another under federal,
state, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq.,
Business and Professions Code). (First Filing) Pub
Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2015PN
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