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A4 Thursday, May 12, 2011 Inglewood/Hawthorne/Gardena/Lawndale Wave • Southwest Wave/Southwest Topics/Angeles Mesa & Tribune • Central News/Southside Journal/Compton/Carson/Wilmington Wave Empowering Jazz: Pasadena’s Central Park hosts the annual “Jazzy Jam” Education for Empowerment Benefit Concert this Saturday. The concert’s lineup includes: Everette Harp, Karen Briggs, Vessel(s) and the Band, Johnny Polanco, Evelyn Champagne King, Cornelius Mims, Freddie Fox, the Supa Lowery Bros (pictured), Rapid Response and the Pasadena Citywide Gospel Choir, among others. General admission will be $25. KJAZZ 88.1’s Bubba Jackson will be event’s special guest host. Proceeds from the event will support children and youth served by the Charity Events Outreach Services and by the Flintridge Center. May 14, from noon to 8 p.m. Old Pasadena Central Park, 219 S. Fair Oaks, Pasadena. (626) 744-8081 ••• FAME: The Musical: In the midst of possible charter takeover, fiscal crisis and looming teacher layoffs, the students and staff at Washington Preparatory High School are banding together to say ‘The show must go on,” in announcing a production of “FAME, The Musical.” Bolstered with a two-year, $55,000 grant from Success Through The Arts Foundation, the school continues to defy the critics, with groundbreaking art productions and teaching programs. “FAME” chronicles the lives of a group of talented students who are seeking fame by learning their various disciplines under the watchful eye of some of the best teachers in the country. May 12-15. Washington Preparatory High School, 10860 Denker Ave., Los Angeles. (323) 418-4042 ••• Bob Marley’s Life and Music: The GRAMMY Museum will debut a new exhibit, “Bob Marley, Messenger.” Housed on the museum’s second floor, the exhibit will focus on Bob Marley as a private, spiritual man, as a powerful performer who used his lyrics to give a voice to the disenfranchised and as a legend who has inspired legions of fans in the 30 years since his death. Marley’s story is that of an archetype, which is why it continues to have such a powerful and ever-growing resonance: it embodies political repression, metaphysical and artistic insights, gangland warfare and various periods of mystical wilderness. This exhibit brings together more than 40 diverse artifacts, rare photographs and more, the exhibit features items from the private collection of the Marley family. May 12 through Oct. 2. The GRAMMY Museum, 800 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles. (213) 765-6800 ••• Homebuyer Orientation: Southern California residents can take the first step in the home buying process by attending a free homebuyer orientation by the Los Angeles County NeighborWorks Center for Foreclosure Solutions. The sessions last approximately 45 minutes, providing an Community Calendar introduction to the process for families interested in realizing the dream of homeownership. May 14, from 10:30 a.m. Southbay Pavilion Mall, 20700 Avalon Blvd., Carson. (213) 381-2862 ••• Smile for Life: Singer/ Actress Jill Scott (pictured) and 11-year-old Amir known to his family and friends as Amir-arcle, are set to host the 6th Annual Brittiana “Smile For Life” 5k run/walk this Saturday. Amir has been battling rhabdomyosarcoma (muscle cancer) since the age of 10. Amir continues to inspire other children with cancer by giving back to the organization that helped him, BrittiCares International. This year’s goal is to raise awareness of children who need the community’s undivided attention and help. The need for blood from the African-American community is great as most African-Americans have Type O blood, which is universal and can be used on anyone, according to the American Red Cross. BrittiCares stresses that the African-American community continue their support and sign up for blood and bone marrow donations at the run/ walk. Children’s Hospital Los Angeles will be on site for those who want to sign up to donate blood and marrow. May 14, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Kenneth Hahn Park in Baldwin Hills, 4100 La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles. (323) 292-8527 ••• Calling All Bike Riders: The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) is promoting “Bike Week LA” May 16-20 by supporting a host of activities intended to get more Angelinos to ride their bikes to work, school and other destinations throughout LA County to reduce traffic and air pollution and save energy. Metro will be offering a chance to win several prizes such as a commuter cycling package from REI valued at $2,000 that includes a bike and more prizes to those who pledge to bike to work on Bike to Work Day on May 19. On Bike to Work Day, Metro will also offer free rides to bicyclists on Metro trains throughout Los Angeles County. Moreover, Big Blue Bus, Culver CityBus, Glendale Beeline, LADOT, Montebello Bus Lines, Norwalk Transit, Santa Clarita Transit and Torrance Trance also will offer free rides to bicyclists who use transit for part of their commute. Patrons just need to board with a bicycle and/or bike helmet. For more information, go to www.metro.net/bikeweek or call (213) 922-2811. ••• Walk for Education: The Watts Village Theater Company honors local leaders Clifton Johnson and Rosie Lee Hooks (pictured), at its “Coming of Age” 15th anniversary fundraiser and dinner. Johnson and Hooks are considered the WVTC’s “Community Towers,” pillars in the community who over the years have made a substantial difference in South Los Angeles and around the world. In a community that finds itself constantly struggling with poverty and adversity, WVTC inspires and pro- Compiled by Marisela Santana vides positive alternatives to the status quo. This event will help make these alternatives possible. Tickets are $100. May 16, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. California African American Museum, 600 State Drive, Los Angeles. (818) 919-9705 ••• Walk for Education: The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) hosts its 29th annual Los Angeles Walk for Education next Saturday. UNCF is one of the nation’s largest and most well-known minority education organization. Community members and friends of UNCF are invited to participate in helping youth get the education they need. Annual participants include community members, corporate teams, sororities, fraternities, church groups and many more. The annual UNCF Los Angeles walka-thon and the money raised supports 60,000 students who attend more than 900 colleges and universities nationwide, 39 of which are historically Black colleges and are member institutions of UNCF. May 21. Registration begins at 7 a.m. Exposition Park, 700 Exposition Park Drive, Los Angeles. (213) 639-3800 ••• Celebrating Healthy Babies: Promoting healthy lifestyles for everyone from infants to adults, Great Beginnings for Black Babies’ Black Infant Health program will present a free health fair geared for the entire family from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., next Saturday. The “Celebrating Healthy Babies — Past, Present & Future” Health Fair will provide free health screenings including mammograms, HIV/STD testing, blood pressure and lung capacity assessments with medical staff from Inner Images, Watts HealthCare Corporation and Advanced Family Medical Care Group. The event includea free food, a puppet show, face painting, balloon animals, and more In addition, a “Beautiful Black Pregnant Woman” contest will be conducted. May 21. Rancho Cienega Sports Complex, 5001 Rodeo Road, Los Angeles. (310) 677-7995 ••• Welcome to Manhood: The Concerned Black Men of Los Angeles, a non-profit mentoring organization, offers a powerful series of youth mentoring workshops through its signature Welcome-to-Manhood Program, promoting education, career, and life skills guidance, and instructions in the importance of self mastery and personal achievement. Workshops and youth activities are free and are designed for youth between 11 years of age and 19 years old. May 21, from 1 to 3 p.m. Hyde Park Miriam Matthews Library, 2205 W. Florence Ave., Los Angeles. (213) 359-3378 ••• Those wishing to place announcements in this month’s calendar should mail information to The Wave, 1730 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 500, Los Angeles, CA 90015, fax to (213) 835-0584 or email to msantana@wavepublication.com. Items will be published on a space-available basis. The deadline for all submissions is Friday at 5 p.m. Please include the name and telephone number of a contact person. Photo by Gary McCarthy A police officer examines one of the firearms surrendered in the Crenshaw District on Saturday as part of the city’s annual gun buy-back program. Thousands of guns removed from streets in annual buy-back From City News Service The city took control of more than 2,000 firearms during its annual gun buy-back program over the weekend, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced Monday. The event, held Saturday at a half-dozen locations across the city, yielded 91 assault weapons, the largest cache of that most dangerous weapon in the program’s history, though the overall take was lower than last year, according to city officials. The buy-back haul was 953 handguns, 688 rifles and 330 shotguns in addition to the assault weapons, along with one anti-tank rocket launcher recovered in South Los Angeles. “People are tired of the gun violence. They’re tired of seeing the kind of carnage that’s left behind when assault weapons like these are used to maim and kill,” Villaraigosa said. Individuals are assured anonymity when turning in weapons, which could eliminate potentially valuable ballistics evidence that might solve past crimes, but the city is able to prevent future crimes or accidental shootings by taking guns off the street, according to program supporters. About $175,000 in Ralphs supermarket gift cards were given out in exchange for the guns. About $25,000 worth of cards were left over. “Make no mistake about it, L.A. is safer than its been in decades, but still we suffer from gun violence far too frequently,” LAPD Chief Charlie Beck said. “I went to bed last night at about 11 p.m., got up about 6 a.m., and in just that short seven hours, three Angelenos were wounded by gunfire. ... That’s not unusu- al.” With this year’s gun buy-back program, “We made a statement that this is not a city that is ruled by the gun,” Beck said. “This is a city that is ruled by law, ruled by thinking people, ruled by community.” The number of guns obtained was down from last year’s event, which took in more than 2,500 firearms, but was up from 2009, when 1,700 guns were handed over to the LAPD. Villaraigosa attributed the decline in gun buy-backs to the success of the program in past years and an earlier start time. The mayor used the announcement to mark the launch of his summer violence reduction efforts, and to advocate for the expansion of his Summer Night Lights program. Villaraigosa said he wants to expand the program, which keeps parks in violent neighborhoods open late, from 24 to 32 sites. Beck said the city will run background checks to make sure none of the turned-in guns are stolen. The vast majority will ultimately be melted down. In past years, the melted guns have been used for art pieces and for construction rebar, and officials said that will likely be the case this year. The Gun Owners of California called the program a “feel-good” exercise, but ineffective. “The fact of the matter is they don’t do anything to make the streets safer,” said Sam Paredes, executive director of Gun Owners of California. Paredes said it is good that the LAPD checks the guns against a database of stolen weapons, “but most of the guns turned in are absolute junk. Many are inoperable.”
Inglewood/Hawthorne/Gardena/Lawndale Wave • Southwest Wave/Southwest Topics/Angeles Mesa & Tribune • Central News/Southside Journal/Compton/Carson/Wilmington Wave WAVE PUBLICATIONS Thursday, May 12, 2011 A5 Top-ranking Inglewood officer named chief in Manhattan Beach Wave Staff Report A high-ranking 30-year veteran of the Inglewood Police Sentence handed down for steroid operation From City News Service A three-year prison term was handed down Monday for a man who manufactured anabolic steroids in Compton — at one of the largest underground steroid labs ever discovered in the United States — and distributed the compound on the Internet. Warren Abramson, 33, who at the time of his arrest last September was living in Las Vegas, pleaded guilty in January to one count each of possession with intent to distribute anabolic steroids and maintaining a drug-involved premises, and three counts of possessing unregistered silencers. When law enforcement officials executed a search warrant in 2007 at Abramson’s home in Compton, they discovered the clandestine lab and made one of the largest steroid seizures in history, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. In total, investigators recovered nearly 6 1/2 kilograms of anabolic steroids, which translates to more than a quarter million steroid doses, as well as vials and other packaging material for distributing the steroids, according to authorities. “Steroid traffickers manufacture their drugs in very unsanitary conditions,” said U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Timothy J. Landrum. “As a result of the dangerous conditions surrounding these types of labs, young children can be exposed to large amounts of chemicals that are detrimental to their health and well being,” he said. “Through the joint efforts of local, state and federal law enforcement, this drug trafficker will no longer be able to prey on our communities and damage the youth of America.” Abramson was indicted by a Los Angeles federal grand jury last June. He was arrested in Las Vegas Sept. 17 by agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as he attempted to purchase firearms, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. According to court documents, a multi-agency task force executed search warrants that led to the discovery of the steroid lab, as well as numerous firearms, three silencers and thousands of rounds of ammunition. $1 million wasted on cell phones BY RICHIE DUCHON CITY NEWS SERVICE The city wastes about $1 million per year on nearly 12,000 city-owned cell phones, City Controller Wendy Greuel said Wednesday. Greuel’s audit of seven city departments found that the city failed to have any central oversight of cell phone contracts, and that no one department is responsible for ensuring city policies are followed. Twenty percent of all staffers in non-revenue-generating departments have a cell phone, and the annual cost comes to about $4.8 million, according to Greuel. “Before I began this audit there was no comprehensive list of See PHONES on page A12 Department has been appointed the new Chief of the Manhattan Beach Police Department. Captain Eve Irvine, a com- manding officer in the Office of Criminal Investigations, will assume her duties on June 1. She will join Inglewood Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks as one of 23 women police chiefs who head municipal police departments throughout California; she will also become the fourth female police chief serving in Los Angeles County. Irvine, who began her career as a police cadet in 1982, rose through the ranks becoming a sergeant in 1994 and was promoted to lieutenant three years later. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from the University of Redlands and a Master of Business Administration from the University of LaVerne. “Captain Irvine will make an excellent chief of police for the City of Manhattan Beach,” said Seabrooks. “We are proud to have been part of Captain Irvine’s success. While she will be absolutely missed, we certainly wish her well.”
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