california
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Passengers Get Into Fistfight on Southwest Plane Shortly After It Lands in Calif.
I am really not sure what is going on in the world today, with all this controversial airline news—from racism by the airlines themselves to horrible and even threatening “customer service,” to petty fights on board between passengers—but apparently no airline is safe. Some passengers aboard a Southwest plane that landed in Burbank, Calif., got…
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Former NBA All-Star Brandon Roy Wounded in Compton, Calif., Shooting
Former NBA All-Star Brandon Roy was one of four people shot and wounded outside his grandmother’s house in Compton, Calif., on Saturday evening, according to Los Angeles County sheriff’s authorities. Roy was standing outside the home with a group of people around 9 p.m. Saturday when two men walked up and opened fire for “no…
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Calif. Father Gets 10 Days in Jail for Leaving His Baby in the Car While He Got Lap Dances at a Strip Club
This is one of those stories that make you roll your eyes, look at the person involved and, in your best Bill Duke voice, tell him he effed up and needs his ass whooped. A Southern California man who left his 9-month-old daughter in a parked car while he went inside a strip club to…
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Meet the Supernova Women, Trailblazers for Equity in the Cannabis Industry
Although diverse communities in cannabis are growing, for black and brown women, the old adage rings true: “All the women are white, all the blacks are men, but some of us are brave.” Supernova Women is turning that reality on its head. Founded in 2015 by three black and one multiracial woman, the Oakland, Calif.-based…
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Black Man Beaten by Officer for Alleged Jaywalking Files Lawsuit
On April 10, Nandi Cain, 24, was beaten by Sacramento, Calif., Police Officer Anthony Figueroa for suspected jaywalking. Cain, who was unarmed, suffered bruises and a concussion. And now he has filed a lawsuit against the city. On Monday, Oakland, Calif.-based civil rights attorney John Burris held a press conference on behalf of his client…
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Earth Day 2017: 3 Environmental-Justice Groups That Are Putting Up a Good Fight in Trump’s America
In the United States, race is the dominant factor when it comes to living in a toxic environment because black, brown and poor people are more likely to live in polluted communities with contaminated water, dirty air and toxic waste. Seeing that our 45th president is indifferent to climate change and thinks that shutting down…
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Burn Motherf*cker, Burn!: Sacha Jenkins Digs Deep to Find the Root Causes of the L.A. Riots
In 1992, Los Angeles erupted in violent opposition to the not guilty verdict for four police officers captured on video brutally beating Rodney King within an inch of his life. Twenty-five years later, there is no shortage of documentaries examining the Los Angeles riots. A&E aired South Central native John Singleton’s L.A. Burning Tuesday. ABC…
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Fresno, Calif., Shooting Rampage: Suspect in Custody, 3 People Killed
Police in Fresno, Calif., say a man went on a shooting rampage in the city Tuesday morning, randomly firing at four people, with authorities saying that he killed three of them before he was taken into custody. Police Chief Jerry Dyer said that 39-year-old Kori Ali Muhammad, who is also suspected in the fatal shooting…