April 2009

April 30, 2009

• ‘Co-sleeping’ kills 42 infants in L.A. County (Daily News)

April 29, 2009

• More Than Shelter Announces 2nd Annual Awards Dinner (PR Urgent)

April 28, 2009

• Social workers protest perceived role in children’s deaths (L.A. Times)
• L.A. County braces for swine flu outbreak (Daily News)

April 27, 2009

• First West Nile Virus mosquito of season found in Carson (Daily Breeze)
• Some California counties cut healthcare to illegal immigrants (L.A. Times)

April 24, 2009

• A New Era for the Natural History Museum (L.A. Downtown News)

April 9, 2009

• $3 million settlement for family in King-Harbor death (L.A. Times)

April 8, 2009

• Supervisors vote to OK park design (Daily News)

April 7, 2009

• L.A. County seeks leeway on aid to middle class (L.A. Times)
• More than 220 guns exchanged for gifts in Carson (Daily Breeze)

April 6, 2009

• Gertrude Baines, oldest person in the world, celebrates her 115th birthday (L.A. Times)

April 3, 2009

• Supervisors call for further study of probation billing (L.A. Times)

April 2, 2009

• Gifts For Guns’ Program Nets 143 Weapons (Los Angeles Wave)
• Carson ‘Gifts for Guns’ aims to stop violence (Daily Breeze)
• Los Angeles County Approves IRV Commission (FairVote.org)

April 1, 2009

• Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas’s First 100 Days Priorities (The Planning Report)
• Los Angeles County Supervisor Calls for Study of IRV (Ballot Access News)

March 2009

March 31, 2009

• Mark Ridley-Thomas calls for ‘instant runoff’ system (Daily News)
• Instant Runoff Voting System to be Considered by County (LAist.com)
• L.A. County to study using instant runoff elections (L.A. Times)
• City Will Add to Reward in USC Hit-and-Run Investigation (NBC News)
• Our Runaway, Budget-Busting Runoffs (Asian American Action Fund)
• Reward offered in USC student’s hit-and-run death (Daily News)

March 28, 2009

• Fish in community ponds may be contaminated (The Associated Press)
• Turn in a gun, get a $100 gift card (L.A. Times)

March 27, 2009

• Payment not necessary to reassess property value (San Gabriel Valley Tribune)

March 25, 2009

• Suspects Sought in Church Vandalism Incidents (NBC News)
• $10K Reward Offered For Vandals Of L.A. Churches (CBS News)
• Bottom Line: Step Aside ‘Advisors,’ And Allow The New King-Harbor To Thrive (Los Angeles Wave)

March 24, 2009

• $10,000 rewards offered in homicide cases (Daily News)

March 23, 2009

• Why is There an Election Tomorrow in Los Angeles? (LAist.com)

March 19, 2009

• Ridley-Thomas, Molina Call for School-Based Health Centers (L.A. Watts Times)
• UC Regents worry about possible costs of plan for King Hospital (L.A. Times)

March 19, 2009

• MLK Hospital Proposal Met With Elation, Caution, Call for Accountability (L.A. Watts Times)
• Obama administration launches mortgage aid Website (L.A. Times)

March 18, 2009

• Lawndale library’s story begins (Daily Breeze)

March 17, 2009

• Details emerge on MLK plans (Daily Breeze)
• LA County Supervisors discuss plan for new full-service MLK hospital (KPCC)

March 15, 2009

• King plan nurtures a fragile hope (L.A. Times)

March 14, 2009

• Hope for King (L.A. Times)

March 13, 2009

• Supervisor Ridley-Thomas Leads Pastors on Tour of South L.A. (L.A. Sentinel)
• Plan to reopen King hospital near Watts by 2012 faces big hurdles (L.A. Times)
• New shelter for families breaks ground (Santa Monica Daily Press)

March 12, 2009

• Mark Ridley-Thomas Marks 100 Days in Office with Social Media (LAist.com)
• LA County supervisor announces deal to reopen MLK Hospital (KPCC)
• New hope for troubled Southland hospital (ABC7)
• Expo Rail Project Moves Forward (L.A. Watts Times)
• L.A. County to Explore Possible School-Based Health Centers (EGP News)

March 11, 2009

• Major Announcement Coming on MLK Hospital (Mayor Sam’s Sister City)
• Plan could lead to reopening of King-Harbor Medical Center (L.A. Times)
• A partial transcript of L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas’ discussion with the Times’ editorial board (L.A. Times)
• King hospital may get new life (Daily Breeze)
• It’s Alive! King-Harbor Medical Center To Re-Open (L.A. Weekly)
• Plan To Reopen King-Harbor Hospital Announced (Los Angeles Wave)

March 10, 2009

• Ridley-Thomas wants hospital reopened (KABC)
• Cities brace for revenue losses as property values continue to drop (L.A. Times)

March 9, 2009

• Ridley-Thomas To Outline Plan For Reopening King-Harbor Hospital (Los Angeles Wave)
• Supervisor Ridley-Thomas marks first 100 days (Our Weekly)

March 5, 2009

• Leahy named CEO of MTA (Contra Costa Times)

March 4, 2009

• Center Gives AIDS Patients New Hope (Los Angeles Wave)

March 3, 2009

• Journo signs on with Ridley-Thomas (L.A. Observed)
• Status report ordered on negotiations of MLK hospital (Contra Costa Times)

March 2, 2009

• Supervisors may meet in Van Nuys (Daily News)

February 2009

February 28, 2009

• IBON Hosts 2009 Drum Major for Justice Awards (Inglewood Today)
• Landings at LAX are growing safer, quieter (L.A. Times)
• State caught in avalanche of job losses (L.A. Times)
• L.A. County jobless rate at 10.5% (Daily Breeze)

February 27, 2009

• Inviting a Wal-Mart into Florence-Firestone (L.A. Times)
• Compton eyes comeback as murders fall to new low (L.A. Times)

February 25, 2009

• LA Summit focuses on budget, accountability, activism (FinalCall.com News)
• Lyndwood Pays Tribute To Role Models At Black History Month Event (Los Angeles Wave)

February 24, 2009

• L.A. County jails might close, sheriff warns (L.A. Times)
• Apartment Fire Kills Senior Citizen In Inglewood (Los Angeles Wave)

February 23, 2009

• Cellular towers become talk of towns (Daily News)

February 22, 2009

• 20% in Los Angeles County receive public aid (L.A. Times)

February 20, 2009

• Santelli’s “Tea Party” Illustrates Press Failure (Columbia Journalism Review)
• Housing relief becomes a fence between neighbors (L.A. Times)

February 18, 2009

• Tea Party’ simmers to a boil (The Signal)
• Southland economy may bottom out by summer, forecast says (L.A. Times)

February 17, 2009

• You Handle the Money: County Creates Stimulus Task Force (NBC Los Angeles)

February 16, 2009

• Will New Supe Be Labor Pain? (L.A. Business Journal)

February 11, 2009

• L.A. County supervsiors makes move to defend against anarchy (Daily Bulletin)

February 2, 2009

• Nearly 20% of Eligible CA Families Missing Out on Valuable Tax Credit (Public News Service)
• Supervisor speaks to public about the economy (Annenberg School of Journalism)

January 2009

January 30, 2009

• Supervisor to host public meetings about economy (L.A. Times)
• LA County Engine 9 Honors Firefighter Killed in 1991 (Firehouse.com)

January 29,2009

• Supervisor Ridley-Thomas recalls experience at Obama inauguration (The Argonaut)

January 28, 2009

• Ridley-Thomas’s Empowerment Congress: Saturday in Hawthorne (The Front Page Online)
• TV studio gets board’s green light (Contra Costa Times)
• Tax credits available to qualifying families (Daily News)

January 27, 2009

• Supervisors approve extra money for clinics (L.A. Times)

January 26, 2009

• Mayme Dear Library makeover checks in (Daily Breeze)
• L.A. County could get its own TV station (Daily News)
• Private-Sector Pros Can Give Back by Going Public (L.A. Downtown News)

January 23, 2009

• Homicides plunge, hope rises in Compton (L.A. Times)

January 22, 2009

• California Hospitals Graded on Death Rates (L.A. Times)

January 19, 2009

• Inauguartion doubles as a chance to bring attention to local projects (Daily Breeze)

January 18, 2009

• Planning a Better District (L.A. Downtown News)
• ‘Dream’ film is on breakfast menu (Daily News)

January 16, 2009

• Asked & Answered: Sylvia Drew Ivie (Los Angeles Wave)

January 15, 2009

• The Soulvine on Furnell Chatman and Daniel Rosenfeld (Wave Newspapers)

January 14, 2009

• L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas names healthcare deputy (L.A. Times)
• L.A. County supervisors go after predatory lenders (Daily Bulletin)

January 13, 2009

• Furnell Chatman Honored (NBC Los Angeles)
• “Preteen Vaccine Week” Coming Up (NBC Los Angeles)

January 12, 2009

• Ridley-Thomas Hires Downtown Developer as Planning Deputy (L.A. Downtown News)

January 9, 2009

• Engine Re-Numbered In Honor Of County Firefighter (CBS2)

January 8, 2009

• Key vote on Subway project later this month (L.A. Times Blogs)
• County approves comprehensive interagency anti-gang program (Wave Newspapers)

January 7, 2009

• L.A. County supervisors approve anti-gang pilot program (L.A. Times)
• LAX extension delay brings howls (Daily Breeze)

December 2008

December 30, 2008

• New Year’s gunfire is illegal, L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca warns (Los Angeles Times)
• Cops to New Year’s revelers: Don’t shoot (Contra Costa Times)

December 29, 2008

• Police urge residents to avoid shooting guns into air on New Year’s Eve (ABC 7)New Year’s revelers urged to put down their guns (L.A. Times Blogs)
• County To Homeowners: Don’t Pay For Reassessment (CBS2)

December 27, 2008

• Giving up guns for a safe holiday (KABC)

December 25, 2008

• More homeless people turn out for Christmas dinner at Los Angeles charity (Xinhua News Service)

December 24, 2008

• Thousands On Skid Row Enjoy A Christmas Dinner (CBS2)

December 20, 2008

• Hospitals under stress (Daily Breeze)
• Trade guns for goods at sheriff’s event (Contra Costa Times)

December 19, 2008

• Tabor Spearheads Efforts for Hospital Restoration (Inglewood Today)

December 17, 2008

• L.A. County to send 112 deputies to inauguration (L.A. Times)

December 15, 2008

• Hope for King: New supervisor wants to revive hospital (Daily News)
• South L.A. Report Card: Zero For Conduct (L.A. Weekly)

December 14, 2008

• It all adds up for Lennox Mathematics (Daily Breeze)

December 11, 2008

• Right ZIP code promises health (Contra Costa Times)
• Study: South LA Residents Shortchanged on Healthcare Options (MyFox LA)

December 6, 2008

• Ridley-Thomas says he’ll explore all options for reopening King hospital (L.A. Times)

December 4, 2008

• Mark Ridley-Thomas Makes History (Inglewood Today)
• Ridley-Thomas takes oath as County’s newest supervisor (Wave Newspapers)
• New supervisor wastes no time in planning for hospital (Los Angeles Wave)

December 2, 2008

• Ridley-Thomas to make reopening King-Harbor Hospital top priority (L.A. Times)
• Ridley-Thomas makes good on promise (ABC Local)
• Advice for Mark Ridley-Thomas (L.A. Times)

December 1, 2008

• Mark Ridley-Thomas takes oath of office, vows change (L.A. Times)
• Mark Ridley-Thomas to be Sworn in as 2nd District Supervisor (KTLA)
• Ridley-Thomas sworn in to office (Daily Breeze)
• Ridley-Thomas Sworn In As County Supervisor (CBS2)