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2023 CA State Capitol Juneteenth Celebration Honors US Colored Troops - US Civil War 
Our unique journey from slavery to freedom in California remains an open secret. Honoring our "hidden figures" who served our Armed Forces, enslaved and free, before, during and after the US Civil War opens a new chapter in California History....
Posted: Mon, May 15, 2023 1:19pm PDT
Everything we know about the Van Nuys/North Hollywood Los Angeles Valley College scandal 
Alot has been published in the past two weeks about low-income students being defrauded at Los Angeles Community College District campus L.A. Valley College in Van Nuys/North Hollywood. More is expected to be published. Here is what we know so far....
Posted: Sun, May 14, 2023 3:15pm PDT
Controversial NoHo Neighborhood Rep Named In Racketeering Scheme at Los Angeles College 
The bombshell revelations about the Valley Academic and Cultural Center construction being used a scheme to defraud Pinner Construction in turn surfaced revelations about the Media Arts Department that the VACC is supposed to house. ‘Dozen LAVC Cinema Student Narratives challenges Erika Endrijonas’s LACCD Success Story’ pulled focus on what was really happening at Los Angeles Valley College. Now focus turns to the role played by community members in the racketeering scheme....
Posted: Sat, May 13, 2023 4:16pm PDT
Did L.A. Valley College award Fake Degrees? 
Did Los Angeles Valley College Media Arts Department award fake degrees to inflate success stats? Multiple documents suggest they may have....
Posted: Thu, May 11, 2023 8:26pm PDT
Breaking: LA Valley College Building Delayed Till 2025 
$100 million dollar building sold to taxpayers as needed for low-income students will open a almost decade late. In the meantime low income San Fernando Valley students have struggled with mold, asbestos, and flooding....
Posted: Tue, May 9, 2023 8:56am PDT
L.A. City College Presidential Hopeful Fostered Retaliation Culture as LAVC President 
Erika Endrijonas has been announced as a finalist for President of Los Angeles City College, but new information shows she fostered an existing culture of retaliation while President of Los Angeles Valley College....
Posted: Mon, May 8, 2023 3:38pm PDT
Big Oil pumps $9.4 million into lobbying California officials in 2023's first quarter 
WSPA and Big Oil wield their power in 8 major ways: through (1) lobbying; (2) campaign spending; (3) serving on and putting shills on regulatory panels; (4) creating Astroturf groups; (5) working in collaboration with media; (6) sponsoring awards ceremonies, including those for legislators and journalists; (7) contributing to non profit organizations; and (8) creating alliances with labor unions....
Posted: Mon, May 8, 2023 1:56pm PDT
California Pan African Pioneers "Hidden Figures" come to life 2023 California Juneteenth 
2023 California Juneteenth we trace both free and enslaved from 1535 Baja California Sur to 1776 Mission Delores San Francisco on the way to June 19, 1865....
Posted: Sun, May 7, 2023 10:31am PDT
Dozen LAVC Cinema Student Narratives challenges Erika Endrijonas’s LACCD Success Story 
Erika Endrijonas has built a reputation as a rockstar "professional problem solver" in California's Community Colleges, but a dozen newly surfaced student narratives from her time as President at Los Angeles Valley College are creating cracks in this image....
Posted: Fri, May 5, 2023 8:40am PDT
Discover "Hidden Figures" California Slavery to Freedom Story - 2023 California Juneteenth 
Initial prisoners of War in the 15th Century and Trans Atlantic Trade in Human Cargo - Slavery in Alta California (1840-1875) the authentic story soon come alive near Murphy's Corral at the dawn of California's Bear Flag Revolt....
Posted: Thu, May 4, 2023 12:18pm PDT
Erika Endrijonas faces new questions in LACCD fraud 
Embattled community college administrator questioned about her role in rackateering scheme, while seeking new role as President of Los Angeles City College....
Posted: Tue, May 2, 2023 4:53pm PDT
High Levels of Dangerous ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found in California’s Most-Used Insecticide 
40% of Tested Agricultural Pesticide Products Contain PFAS...
Posted: Tue, May 2, 2023 10:52am PDT
Farming While Black: Endangered Species Act 2023 Farm Bill, "Can We Just Grow Some Food?" 
1/2 of 1 percent of California Ag Industries and the same approach, same outcome, same paradigm must change. Ready and Forward...
Posted: Mon, Apr 10, 2023 8:44pm PDT
Pan-African approach needed to tackle food insecurity arising from conflict and climate 
California Pan African Food and Ag Pavilion will explore the challenges and opportunities. External factors – the disruption of food systems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent reduced purchasing power, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which led to an increase in world food, fuel and fertiliser prices – coupled with drastic weather changes, and continuation or intensification of conflict and insecurity have compromised an already fragile food chain....
Posted: Sun, Apr 9, 2023 3:57pm PDT
California will respond to the Pan African Congress call for better seed movement 
Our California Pan African World Food and Ag Pavilion will offer proposed opportunities towards solutions that offer greater access to global seed research and development. 'We need to hear from farmers how we can continuously and sustainably bridge the gap between seed companies and the farming community, now more pronounced mainly by the negative impact of climate change. On our side, we will endeavor to work with the farmers to help increase the resilience and profitability of African far...
Posted: Sat, Mar 25, 2023 2:42am PDT
SEIU99/UTLA Membership Voices On Their Strike & Struggle: United We Stand, Divided We Fall 
Thirty thousand SEIU 99 LAUSD service workers went out on a three day unfair labor practice strike on March 21, 2023 to March 23, 2023. The UTLA members joined the picket line and this united action was a first. Workers spoke out about their conditions and struggles....
Posted: Fri, Mar 24, 2023 4:45pm PDT
Elected officials and coalition groups urge the Legislature to enact price gouging bill EOPA California, representing over 462 elected officials from 49 counties, strongly supports protecting consumers from oil price gouging with SBX1-2. EOPA California has a letter specifically for elected officials to sign in support of SB1-2 (Skinner). In just five days 108 have signed, and the number is rising daily....
Posted: Wed, Mar 22, 2023 3:11pm PDT
New Eastern Monarch Butterfly Count Indicates Pollinator Still Threatened 
Long-Term Decline of 90% Going Into Endangered Species Act Decision...
Posted: Wed, Mar 22, 2023 9:59am PDT
Court: U.S. Failure to Protect Pacific Humpbacks From Deadly Entanglements Was Unlawful 
SAN FRANCISCO, March 15, 2023 — A federal court ruled in favor of the Center for Biological Diversity yesterday in a lawsuit arguing that the National Marine Fisheries Service failed to protect endangered Pacific humpback whales from deadly entanglements in sablefish pot gear off California, Oregon and Washington....
Posted: Thu, Mar 16, 2023 9:29pm PDT
The Fukushima Catastrophe Continues 12 Years After The Meltdowns 
March 11 is the 12th anniversary of the Fukushima earthquake and meltdown of three reactors. The disaster continues and the melted nuclear rods still remain in the broken reactors and have to be cooled by water which then becomes radiated. Two activists talk about the present situation after 12 years....
Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2023 7:58pm PST
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