February 2012

February 8, 2012

•  Metro Projects to Employ “Disadvantaged” Workers (Mid City West Community Council)

January 2012

January 27, 2012

• Insurance Company Targets 1-800-GET-THIN (NBC Los Angeles)
• 23,400 Good Construction Jobs Coming to Metro! (LA County Federation of Labor)
• Two community health centers get $11 million in upgrades (Our Weekly)
• Martin Luther King Jr. Transit Center opens in Compton (The Source)
• Big Metro projects will offer jobs to disadvantaged workers (LA Times)

January 26, 2012

• Engineering a jobs program; Putting people from low-income neighborhoods to work (LA Times Editorial)
• Agreement Requires Metro Construction Jobs Go to Low-Income and Disadvantaged Worker (LAist)
• Metro Board adopts Project Labor Agreement to help secure jobs for low-income workers (The Source)
• YMCA Breakfast honors Dr. King (The Los Angeles Sentinel)

January 18, 2012

• Al Sharpton fires up L.A. Faithful (The Wave)
• Bottom line: South L.A. stands to lose with end of redevelopment (The Wave)
• The Empowerment Congress (The Sentinel)

January 17, 2012

• Empowerment Congress: helping citizens to make a difference (CA Forward)

January 16, 2012

• LA supervisor serves as parade grand marshal (ABC 7)
• 27th Annual Kingdom Day Parade (Fox News)
• In case you missed it, Leimert Park’s Kingdom Day Parade in pictures (89.3 KPCC)
• Kingdom Day Parade to Spotlight King’s Anti-Poverty Efforts (Intersections SouthLA)
• Kingdom Day Parade in Los Angeles draws thousands (Southwest Riverside News Networks)
• 20 Years of Empowerment (The Los Angeles Beat)

January 15, 2012

• Los Angeles’ 27th-annual Kingdom Day Parade to be held Monday (Southwest Riverside News Network)

January 14, 2012

• Empowered in 2012 (Leimert Park Beat)

January 6, 2012

• Ridley-Thomas Survey Shows Strong Support for Slauson Ave. Bike Lane (LA Streets Blog)
• FTA issues approval for Crenshaw/LAX light rail project (Rail.co)
• FTA issues approval for Crenshaw/LAX light rail project (Progressive Railroading)

January 5, 2012

• Supervisor vows to seek justice for Ujima Village (Los Angeles Sentinel)

December 2011

December 26, 2011

• Vote Online For Your Favorite Version of Slauson Ave. (Hollywood Hill View)

December 23, 2011

• Vote Online For Your Favorite Version of Slauson Ave. (Curbed LA)

December 22, 2011

• Here they go again… But we won’t be silent this time! (Los Angeles Sentinel Editorial)
• Restoring the natural glory of Baldwin Hills (The Los Angeles Wave)

December 21, 2011

• Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas attends 3rd annual Christmas Tree Lighting (Intersections South LA)

December 19, 2011

• Food stamps for foster kids (LA Times)

December 17, 2011

• L.A. County to address Lap-Band ads (LA Times)

December 15, 2011

• Lawmaker considers curbs on Lap-Band billboards (LA Times)
• No More Time Outs for the Coliseum Commission (Huffington Post)

December 9, 2011

• L.A. Coliseum Commission to Consider Self-Destruction After Rave Scandal: Mark Ridley-Thomas Calls For Discussion on Dissolution (LA Weekly)

November 2011

November 29, 2011

• State-funded elderly in-home care threatened by budget cuts (Daily Breeze)

November 10, 2011

• Cecil Murray appointed to county’s Commission on Jail Violence (Our Weekly)

November 11, 2011

• Share Your Story! (KoreAm)

October 2011

October 4, 2011

• Local hires to get 30% of Metro jobs (Inglewood Today Newspaper)

October 5, 2011

• City officials partner with churches to battle STD rates with take home test kits (89.3 KPCC)
• L.A. County supervisors make auditor available for Coliseum (LA Times)

October 7, 2011

• MLK Center for Public Health opens in South LA (ABC 7 Eyewitness News)
• Ribbon cutting today for new MLK Center for Public Health in South LA (KPCC 89.3)
• New MLK Health Center opens in Willowbrook (Intersections SouthLA)

October 11, 2011

• Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas Enlists Army of First Ladies To Combat STD Crisis (L.A. Focus)
• Space Shuttle Endeavor Title Transfer at the California Science Center (Digital Journal)
• Feds to expedite approval time for Crenshaw/LAX light rail (Daily Breeze)
• Obama Shows the Crenshaw Line Some Love, Speeds It Up

October 12, 2011

• Crenshaw/LAX Line Project Will Receive Federal Assistance (USC Annenberg Digital News)
• MLK Center for Public Health makes its debut (Los Angeles Wave)
• FTA Chooses Crenshaw Line for Federal Fast Track, Will It Lead to Faster Start Date? (L.A. Streets Blog)

October 13, 2011

• Space Shuttle Endeavour Title Transfer At The California Science Center (AERO News Network)

October 17, 2011

• Thousands line up for CareNow Wristbands (Fox 11 News)

October 18, 2011

• Update: LA County jails to get oversight committee (KPCC 89.3)
• Massive medical clinic comes to Sports Arena (LA Times)

October 19, 2011

• L.A. County supervisors impose jail oversight (LA Times)

October 20, 2011

• 5,000 patients expected at free LA health care clinic over next 4 days (89.3 KPCC)
• Free Medical Clinic In Los Angeles: Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas Comes Out Swinging (Huffington Post)
• Thousands receive Care at four-day clinic event (Annenberg Radio News)
• Thousands receive medical care at four-day clinic event (Intersections South LA)

October 21, 2011

• Free clinic puts emphasis on prevention (LA Times)