February 22, 2012 RSS feed / News

Compton YAL receives grant for improvements

Money will help with facility upgrade, mini soccer field, basketball courts

COMPTON—The LA84 Foundation awarded a $76,200 grant to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Foundation last week, which will benefit the Compton Youth Activities League. More...

Technical failure raises key financial questions

COMPTON—A technology breakdown the city’s ability to pay its bills questions about eliminating future problems during its financial crisis. Mayor Eric J. More...

Hall addresses Youth and Government Model Legislature and Court

SACRAMENTO— Assemblymember Isadore Hall III addressed 3,000 high school students from throughout California at the opening ceremonies of the 64th annual YMCA Model Legislature and Court in Sacramento. More...

Bipartisan compromise extends payroll tax cuts, benefits for the unemployed

WASHINGTON, D.C. More...

Houston legacy to continue in final film, song

LOS ANGELES—For Bishop T.D. Jakes, watching Whitney Houston sing a classic gospel hymn two months ago made him sure the longstruggling singer was poised for a comeback. More...

US to pay $11M in border accident

SAN DIEGO—The federal government agreed on Feb. 16 to pay $11 million to the relatives of three women who were killed when an on-duty immigration agent ran a stop sign in 2009. More...

Members sought for 52nd Assembly Dist. advisory boards

COMPTON—Assemblyman Isadore Hall III is seeking members for four advisory boards that have been established as part of an ongoing effort to engage residents of the 52nd Assembly District. More...

CHAOS

{ Council Highlights and Other Stuff }

€ Mayor Perrodin interrupted the gaming commission meeting to wish Joyce Kelly happy Valentines Day. Kelly said she thought Perrodin would miss the meeting for a date. More...

Compton acquires water from Lakewood

COMPTON—The Compton City Council voted unanimously at its meeting on Feb. 7 to accept 1000 acre-feet of water from the city of Lakewood at no cost. The city will return 500 acre-feet of the water to Lakewood as compensation. More...

Correction

The Feb. 15 edition of the Compton Bulletin contained a story about a free electronics recycling event at the Veterans of Foreign Wars post 5394. More...

CUSD staff takes on ‘50 Million Pound Challenge’

COMPTON—More than 90 classified and certificated staff members are ready to shed weight as part of Compton Unified School District’s sixth “50 Million Pound Challenge.” More...

News in brief

$100 million in PCP seized in LA, Culver City More...

‘The Help’ cleans up at 43rd NAACP Image Awards

LOS ANGELES—“The Help” collected three prizes at the NAACP Image Awards, including top actress honors for Viola Davis, the supporting actress prize for Octavia Spencer and outstanding motion picture. More...

What’s on TV this week

Critic’s Choice Wednesday ABC-7 8:30 p.m. on More...

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