Actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman Dead of Drug Overdose; Heroin Usage Increases...
Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, considered one of the finest actors of his generation, was found dead of a drug overdose in his Greenwich Village apartment on Sunday.
View ArticleCalifornia Climate/Ecological Disaster Zone by William Church
Climate Change is not a future problem in California; it is here today. Governor Brown finally declared a water emergency on January 17, 2014, but California’s problems are more systemic than reduced...
View ArticleThe 22nd Annual Pan African Film Festival Kicks off in Los Angeles
The largest and most prestigious Black film festival in the country, the two-week premier event will be held at the Rave Theater at the Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw Plaza in Los Angeles and will showcase 172...
View ArticleBold Lesson: Florida School District Swaps Cops for Counseling
“Looking at the glaring expulsion, arrest and dropout rates for our black and Latino students, I knew that we had to do something dramatically different,” Runcie said.
View Article“The Recom- mendation” Review by Rose Desena
Feldman (Adam Shapiro) and Dwight (Malcolm Barrett) are two young men from opposite sides of the social divide. Feldman grew up in Brentwood while Dwight’s father is struggling Ethiopian immigrant.
View ArticleLA County Public Defender’s Office 100th Anniversary
Today the Law Office of the Los Angeles County Public Defender celebrates its 100th Anniversary since its establishment in 1914. The Office of the Public Defender was the first governmental criminal...
View ArticleRose Desena Interviews Jeff Perry
A few years ago during one of my trips to NYC, I stumbled upon a show that was just opening that very night. The ticket was way over my budget but the only two only cast members were Hugh Jackman and...
View Article“A Steady Rain” Review by Rose Desena
Two cops who grew up together on the very streets they once protected as partners go into details about a series of events that had no way to end but badly, very badly.
View ArticleExtreme Climate Change; “A Window On Extinction” by William Church
It snowed in Cairo for the first time in 100 years. The United Kingdom had the strongest tidal surge in 60 years. In January, Alaskans mothballed their jackets, and bears, like little children, refused...
View ArticleUrban Ballroom Dancing Classes With Instructor Terry D.
Urban Ballroom Dancing Classes With Instructor Terry D.
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