WAVE - News - Local - West Edition http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/local/west-edition RSS Feed for WAVE - News - Local - West Edition en-us Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:43:34 GMT Mayor kicks off African-American Heritage Month http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/local/west-edition/Mayor-kicks-off-African-American-Heritage-Month-138680894.html Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, the City Council and business and community leaders launched a month of cultural events honoring African-American history and culture at the city’s annual African-American Heritage Month celebration Friday. L.A. salon entrepreneur: Lunch with the First Lady was simply divine http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/local/west-edition/LA-salon-entrepreneur-Lunch-with-the-First-Lady-was-simply-devine-138605704.html When First Lady Michelle Obama visited Inglewood this week, invited guests were asked to begin gathering at 6 a.m. First lady spreads message of healthy lifestyles http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/local/west-edition/First-lady-spreads-message-of-healthy-lifestyles-138547054.html Surrounded by a treasure trove of fresh fruits and vegetables, First Lady Michelle Obama hammered home her “healthy food, healthy communities” message at the site of a planned supermarket in the city. At CAAM, preserving Black history is a full-time endeavor http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/local/west-edition/At-CAAM-preserving-Black--history-is-a-full-time-end-138541384.html As a large part of the handful of settlers who founded El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora de Los Angeles some 231 years ago — the Spanish colonial town that would eventually become Los Angeles — Black people of African origin have had a profound impact on the city’s history since its very beginnings. In truancy sweeps, Compton officials see an opportunity to help young people http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/local/west-edition/In-truancy-sweeps-Compton-officials-see-an-opportunity-to-help-young-people-138541334.html A recent truancy sweep led to the detention of 36 Compton Unified School District students, according to school police officials. Libby Clark, pioneering Black journalist, dies http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/local/west-edition/Libby-Clark-pioneering-Black-journalist-dies--138540229.html Whenever pioneering, barrier-breaking newspaper women come to mind, white people recall the almost mythical Nellie Bly, but Black people think of Libby Clark. Former South L.A. teacher makes first court appearance on lewd act charges http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/local/west-edition/south-los-angeles-teacher-berndt-mark-miramonte-elementary-school-bail-138534769.html A former South Los Angeles-area elementary school teacher who allegedly took photos of blindfolded and gagged students with roaches on their faces or spoons of semen held to their mouths made his first court appearance Wednesday on charges... Burnes Bolton joins Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Board of Trustees http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/local/west-edition/Burnes-Bolton-joins-Robert-Wood-Johnson-Foundation-Board-of-Trustees-138367569.html The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has announced the election of Linda Burnes Bolton to its board of trustees. Compton votes to become successor of its redevelopment agency http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/local/west-edition/Compton-votes-to-become-successor-of-its-redevelopment-agency-138231524.html COMPTON — The City Council here has voted to become the successor agency to the city’s redevelopment agency. Obama's State of the Union address hits home http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/local/west-edition/Obamas-State-of-the-Union-address-hits-home-138104858.html With the four remaining Republican presidential candidates embroiled in an increasingly heated intra-party struggle, President Obama fired his first definitive shot of this hotly-contested election season on Tuesday night with a rousing...