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April 29, 2016
by James Thomas
Investigation into Prince's death now is a criminal probe The Carver County Sheriff's Office cited an exception to Minnesota public records laws allowing the suppression of information relating to preparing a case "for the commission of a crime." The investigation of Prince’s death took a turn Thursday indicating that the megastar’s collapse on April 21 is now the focus of a criminal probe. In a three-page incident report, the Carver County Sheriff’s
Ray Aldridge, Jr. was born and raised in Los Angeles and is a graduate of John C. Fremont High School. He obtained his Masters Degree in Business Administration from California State University Dominguez Hills. Ray is the Founder and Owner of, "Expressions To Wear Custom Screen Printing". Founded in 1985, Expressions To Wear (ETW) originally specialized in custom printing T-Shirts, sweatshirts, jackets, caps, and tote bags for family reunions, churches, businesses, organizations, and special events.
Ray Aldridge, Jr is the owner of Expressions To Wear Custom Screen Printing, Contact Ray at (310) 635-7927 email ray@etw2000.com
In addition to custom printing sportswear items, ETW Enterprises launched another division, (EXPRESS AD SPECIALTIES and PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS) producing and marketing Advertising Specialty and Promotional items, which includes over 250,000 items such as coffee mugs, sports bottles, buttons, key chains, and ink pens. See Ray on page 3
Office cited an exception to Minnesota public-records laws that allows it to suppress information relating to a “criminal” probe in deciding to release only scant information about the 911 response to the Paisley Park complex in Chanhassen that morning. The law says that “investigative data collected or created by a law enforcement agency in order to prepare a case against a person, whether known or unknown, for the commission of a crime or other offense for which the agency has primary See Prince page 6
who vacated her council seat when voters recalled Jim Dear as city clerk and reinstated Gause to the seat she held from 2012 to 2015.
A former longtime Carson community services director who helped the city snag the 2015 All-America City award for supportive resident programs has been appointed to the City Council. In a 3-0 vote , Cedric Hicks was selected to replace Donesia Gause,
The council term ends in November, and Hicks said he will seek election then for a four year term. “I’ve been in the city for over 25 years. I gave my life in working for this city for close to 15 years,” Hicks said after he was sworn into office. “It is humbling that I sit here before this body and the community of Carson See Cedric on pg 2
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was not considered one of the top ten information sources for residents in the City of Carson at a recent city council meeting.
I love being the owner of a newspaper. It gives me an opportunity to meet some amazing people in the community and to actually be the voice of the community. My job is to help those who feel they have no voice be able to express themselves in relation to issues of importance to them Carson is a community of about 100,000 residents and I truly believe the majority of the residents understand and appreciate the value the Carson Courier brings to the community. I was more than a little disappointed to see that the Carson Courier Cedric continued
because I have always been committed to serving this community. I wanted to make sure I moved to a community that’s culturally diverse and that provided opportunities for (more than) one particular race or ethnicity.” Hicks, who made a run for City Council last year, managed Carson’s parks and recreation facilities for 15 years before recently accepting a new job as Inglewood’s assistant city manager. A former Compton police officer, he worked with the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department to develop a program to help at-risk youth in the community, which led to the All-America City award recognition from the National Civic League last year. Hicks was one of 18 residents to apply for the appointment, and now joins Mayor Al Robles and council members
This “slight” made me more determined than ever to create a newspaper the residents of Carson can be proud of then I was reminded by a few residents that “we are proud of the Carson Courier.” And community Activist, Najee Ali, added “the residents of Carson know the value of the Carson Courier even if the politicians do not.” I vow to make the Carson Courier the premier source for information in Carson and to hold the leaders of the city accountable. Sometimes we need a slap in the face to wake us up and I am thankful for the opportunity to better serve the residents of Carson.
James Thomas Elito Santarina, Lula DavisHolmes and Jawane Hilton on the dais. He said his primary concern is stabilizing the budget because the city has a deficit this year and has had to curtail its usually robust spending on arts programs and festivals. “You have renewable energies that are coming on board (and), with what we’re taxing, you’re not going to be receiving the same revenue as you did in the past,” Hicks told council members just before they voted on his appointment. “You need to really look at how you’re budgeting your funds for this fiscal year to make sure you’re not overextending what you think you’re going to get.”
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Community Calendar * Letters To The Editor * Editors Notes Ray Today, ETW Enterprises is a “Full Service • One Stop” company that can handle all of your promotional products, screen printing, and embroidery needs and will be glad to assist you in any way they can. Mr. Aldridge has been featured in RSVP Magazine and the Greater Los Angeles Black Directory under the heading "Profiles Of Success". He was also featured on the front page of the Daily Breeze Newspaper Business Section.. His many honors have included two nominations for supplier of the Year by Southern California Purchasing Council and induction into Fre-
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mont High Schools Hall of Fame. He has received the CarsonTorrance NAACP President’s Award, the Freedom’s Journal Magazine named Ray “Businessman of the Year”. He has been selected as “Small Business of the Year” by the Carson Chamber of Commerce and the Carson Black Chamber of Commerce Ray is also a life member of Who's Who Worldwide. Ray's current community services include being Chair of the Carson’s Economic Development Commission, and a member of the Carson Reclamation Authority. He is also President of the Car-
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Ray has lived in Carson, CA since 1975 and has been married to his lovely wife Joi since 1987. Joi is also a local Carson real estate broker. Ray is a father of two – both adults. Son, Ray III, a barber salon owner in Riverside, CA and daughter, RaeShawn, a private school English teacher in Bixby Knolls. The motto at Expressions To Wear is, "We are Heads and Shoulders above the Competition".
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Jewel Diamond Taylor You were born on purpose with a purpose. What are you good at? What excites you? What do you read about? What have you secretly dreamed of? What puts a smile on your face? What do you find easy? What would you do for free? What do you like to talk about? What makes you unafraid of failure? What would you regret not having tried? Don't wait to be great. Don't just walk in your purpose ... soar and fly. The same obstacles that can help you walk in your purpose are the same things that can stop you from walking in your purpose. 1) Your PAST PAIN will hinder you or it will be the reason you are passionate
about growing and serving. 2) Your PRESENT circumstances will either keep you discouraged and procrastinating or you will wake up grateful, focused and motivated to grow in your purpose. 3) The PEOPLE around you will either be a positive or a negative influence. You will have haters and motivators. Choose which ones get your time. Your associations determines your destination. Who are you following? Are you standing in the wrong place? Are you distracted? Are your friends and associates leading you with positive influence? Follow leaders with integrity, vision, courage and great people skills. Spend more time with leaders who value your time, gifts, talents and purpose. If your life is standing still...find a great leader, mentor, life coach, or example to follow Jewel Diamond Taylor, aka “The Self-esteem Dr., Founder of Women on the Grow, author, wife, mother, entrepreneur, leadership trainer, minister of God’s love, conference keynote speaker and popular life coach and counselor for women. Thought for the day number is 323.964.1523. Save the date to attend Jewel Diamond Taylor’s Inspirational Jazz Breakfast, Mother's Day weekend, Saturday, May 7, 2016 at the Brookside Golf Course Country Club in Pasadena and her next women's retreat experience will be in Malibu, CA May 20-21,
The Search for the Fittest on Earth™ Returns to StubHub Center for Seventh Consecutive Year; Tickets on sale now CARSON, CALIF. (Thursday, April 28, 2016) – StubHub Center announced today that the 2016 Reebok CrossFit Games will be hosted at StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. from July 1924, marking the seventh consecutive year that the Games will be held at the venue. The CrossFit Games are the world stage for the Sport of Fitness. Hundreds of thousands of athletes enter the season in February, but only the top fraction of a percent earn the chance to compete for the title Fittest on Earth at StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. in July. Tickets to the 2016 Reebok CrossFit Games at StubHub Center are now on sale to the general public by clicking here, through the StubHub Center Box Office, www.axs.com, or by calling 888-9AXS-TIX (888929-7849). Suites are also available through SHC Premium Seating at 877-
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site’s fees. For more information about ticket packages, please click here. Last year, the 2015 Reebok CrossFit Games was the most successful event in the competition’s nine-year history. Over 50,000 guests and athletes attended the 2015 Reebok CrossFit Games at StubHub Center from July 2126 to see athletes compete for the title of Fittest on Earth™. In 2015, over 270,000 athletes from 17 different regions com-
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peted in the 2015 CrossFit Games Open, a fiveweek, online, worldwide qualifier for the CrossFit Games. This year, more than 324,000 athletes from around the globe competed in the Open, ranging in age from 14 to 83 years old, with only 4,160 athletes qualifying for the second stage of the season. Of these athletes, 40 individual men, 40 individual women, 40 teams of six athletes each, 20 teenage boys, 20 teenage girls, and 200 Masters Athletes will compete in the Games. For fans, the Games are a six-day festival of fitness. Tens of thousands of people come to Los Angeles to watch the world’s fittest, and connect with other CrossFit athletes, trainers and affiliate owners. The competition starts Tuesday, July 19, with the Masters and Teenagers in the Soccer Stadium. On Thursday, July 21, CrossFit will declare the fittest in each of the seven age categories (40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 5559, 60+, 14-15, 16-17).
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6 News Sports Entertainment investigative responsibility are confidential or protected nonpublic while the investigation is active.” The exception citation doesn’t mean that criminal charges will be filed at the completion of the Sheriff’s Office inquiry, only that charges are a possibility. Sources with direct knowledge of the case have told the Star Tribune that they are investigating whether an overdose of opioids led to Prince’s death. Prescription pills were found at Paisley Park, but sources have said it was unclear whether they were prescribed to Prince. As part of the probe, investigators also are trying to determine how Prince got the pills, and who may have provided them. Authorities have said that Prince was alone when he died and that neither foul play nor suicide is suspected. Fans braved the rain and 40-degree temperatures Thursday to visit the Prince memorial at Paisley Park in Chanhassen. Fans braved the rain and 40-degree temper-
atures Thursday to visit the Prince memorial at Paisley Park in Chanhassen. Carver County Chief Deputy Jason Kamerud, who released the report, said Thursday that the federal Drug Enforcement Administration is not involved in the investigation at this time. Sheriff Jim Olson and County Attorney Mark Metz didn’t respond for comment. The incident report, released a week after the musician’s death, provides little detail that wasn’t already made public by law enforcement authorities. It doesn’t identify who made the 911 call or if anybody in the building talked to investigators after Prince’s death.
The report did reveal the time frame for the emergency response to Paisley Park that morning. Twenty-four minutes elapsed between the 911 call reporting an “unresponsive adult male” at Paisley Park and Prince being pronounced dead, according to the report. The 911 call from the music studio was made at 9:43 a.m. Sheriff’s deputies and emergency
News Sports Entertainment personnel from the Chanhassen Fire Department arrived at the scene five minutes later and found Prince in the elevator. Emergency responders administered CPR, but were not able to revive the rock star and he was pronounced dead at 10:07 a.m., the report said. The cause of death was listed as “unknown.” Prince was 57. His body was cremated last week and a private service held at Paisley Park. Olson has said a cause of death probably won’t become public for weeks, after the Sheriff’s Office receives reports from the medical examiner and toxicology results. The Sheriff’s Office released the incident report at the request of media organizations. It also released, upon request, a list of 47 service calls to Paisley Park over the past five years. Four were for medical reasons.
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Gwen Stefani, Ariana Grande, Zayn, Demi Lovato, Meghan Trainor, Fifth Harmony, Iggy Azalea, DNCE and more set to feature at StubHub Center on Saturday, May 14 Carson, Ca. CARSON, Calif. (Thursday, March 24, 2016) – 102.7 KIIS FM’s Ryan Seacrest announced the line-up today for this year’s “WANGO TANGO,” the station’s highly anticipated annual pop music festival that will take place at StubHub Center in Carson on Saturday, May 14. This year’s chart-topping artist lineup includes Ariana Grande, Zayn, Demi Lovato, Meghan Trainor, Fifth Harmony, Iggy Azalea, DNCE, Alessia Cara, The Chainsmokers, Kygo, Mike Posner, Zendaya and Gwen Stefani. Ryan Seacrest and the entire KIIS FM Air Staff will host the show, with special celebrity guest host appearances to be announced.
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diately from 102.7 KIIS FM every morning next week with Ryan Seacrest between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. StubHub Center is set to host “WANGO TANGO” for the fifth consecutive year. “WANGO TANGO” has been hosted at various venues in Southern California over the previous 17 years, featuring marquee performances in a day-long concert format and attended by various celebrities and special guests.
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8 Prince Three of those medical calls occurred within the last nine months, including the final call. It is unclear whether medical calls on Aug. 9, 2015, and Sept. 6, 2015, involved Prince. Earlier Thursday, a Carver County judge sealed the search warrant in the death investigation. The request was made by Metz, who stated that the premature disclosure of the details contained in the warrant may compromise the law enforcement investigation by causing the search or related searches to be unsuccessful. He added that the release of the information could also create a substantial risk of injury to an innocent person or persons or severely hamper the ongoing investigation. Search warrants in the investigation of Prince's death at Paisley Park
Carson Courier Diversity and Inclusion Forum Power dynamic shifting throughout CSUDH By: Jocelyne Salcido California State University Dominguez Hills held a three-hourlong Diversity and Inclusion Forum on April 5 at the Loker Student Union, Ballroom C. According to http://www4.csudh.edu/uce/diversity-
in Chanhassen have been sealed by a Carver County judge at the request of the county attorney. “Due to Prince’s status of having been an iconic popular music superstar, there is and will be continued intense media scrutiny upon the manner and circumstances of Prince’s death,” Metz said in his argument to seal the warrant and any related documents. District Judge Eric Braaten ordered that the document remain sealed until the commencement of any criminal proceedings or 180 days from the date of Thursday’s order. A search warrant is filed and made public no later than 10 days after its execution. The document typically provides a detailed narrative explaining why a law enforcement agency is seeking the warrant and lists the items or data seized during the search.
forum/ the forum’s purpose was to “inform, inspire and further strengthen the university’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.” First speaker Sumun Pendakur gave a 90 minute lecture about diversity, how people should treat one another and provided the students with statistics about their campus compared to the rest of the nation. “CSUDH [consists of] 89.1 percent students of color,” said Pendakur, associate dean for institutional diversity at Harvey Mudd College.
The Second speaker, Miguel Gutierrez talked about Theatre of the Oppressed by Augusto Boal and Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Friere. “Demechanizing was important to Boal and Frieire. Think about our bodies they are mechanized to do the same thing day after day… ” said Gutierrez lecturer, Chicana/Chicano Studies Department. Gutierrez successfully deconstructed the ballroom by having
the audience stand on one side of the room and gather into groups. He had the audience do about 10 Theatre of the Oppressed exercises. One of the exercises was to have the audience categorize themselves into groups based on their skin tone without talking and then name their group. The purpose of this exercise was to create dialogue without actually talking.
10 MALICIOUSLY DELICIOUS By Dean L. Jones Living in this current information society depends heavily on computer driven devices and unfortunately there are many sources that want to cause harm. Technology's largest offender is called Malware, a term that is short for malicious software. Even so, long before technology faced this dreadful enemy, the human anatomy has been exposed to ingredients that perform like a malicious disrupter to good health. Processed sugar maneuvers like a malware because it is a little known inflammatory that the more it is consumed the more it disrupts good health and purposely attempts to hide from view in countless packaged foods. Sugars are maliciously delicious as by consuming too much is scientifically implicated in the process of developing diabetes, heart disease, certain cancers and other unsolvable degenerative conditions. When it comes to illnesses, more and more human nature expects for science to come up with solutions and in this case one remedy would be recommending
an anti-inflammatory drug. However, smart eaters do not wait for possible cures, but instead seek out information on what causes inflammation and stop the cause rather than wait around for a synthetic cure. Even ingesting as little as two teaspoons of sugar disrupts the balance in the body needed for healthy maintenance and repair. That is due in part as like technology malware processed sugar is sneaky and sometimes is disguised under different names. Process sugar names include, but are not limited to, dextran, dextrose, diastatic malt, diatase, d-mannose, evaporated cane juice, ethyl maltol, maltose, treacle, barley malt, cane juice crystal, cane sugar, caramel, corn syrup, corn syrup solids, carob syrup, fructose, galactose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, lactose, maltodextrin, malt syrup, sorbitol, and sucrose. Unsuspecting hiding places for sugar in foodstuff are fruit yogurt, sauces, Chinese takeout, granola bar, and energy drinks. For example, barbeque sauces like Bull's Eye and TJ's Bold & Smoky are each 3-teaspoons of processed sugar per serving. Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce is 4-teaspoons of
processed sugar per serving. Straus yogurt is 3-teaspoons of processed sugar per serving. Taco Bell's Avocado Ranch Dressing lists processed sugar 8th out of 29 ingredients. This company's bacon is cured with processed sugar as number the 7th and 8th out of roughly 12 ingredients, which includes the bacon. Taco Bell's pinto beans add processed sugar as its 3rd out of 13 ingredients, and their black beans add dextrose. The Citrus and Herb Seasoned Chicken add processed sugar as the 6th out of 21 ingredients, and in lieu of processed sugar, their Pepper Jack Sauce uses high fructose corn syrup in the 7th ingredient out of 30. The seasoned beef adds processed sugar as the 16th ingredient out of 40 ingredients. In view of that, processed sugar is added to foodstuff as a maliciously delicious ingredient. Consequently, eat smart with unlimited discipline toward living extra SugarAlert! www.SugarAlert.com As a strategic alliance strategist, Dean shares his best viable practices on behalf of a public benefit organization named the Southland Partnership Corporation
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