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Rams Prepare for a New Chapter in Team History

By Earl Heath Contributing Sports Writer When the Los Angeles Rams kick-off the 2020 NFL season this week in Inglewood it will be another new page in the team’s history. It will be a culmination of many things after returning to Los Angeles in 2016.

The franchise was founded in 1936 with owner Homer Marshmam and Player/Coach Damon Wetzel. The team won its first title in 1945. The team then moved to Los Angeles the following season.

The team claimed another Championship in 1951 while playing at the Coliseum. They moved down Interstate five to Anaheim and played in Angel Stadium until moving to St. Louis in 1994. Five years later with the “Greatest Show on Turf” they won Super Bowl XXXIV. That win put the team in elite company. They are the only NFL team to win three Championships in three different cities(Cleveland 1945, Los Angeles 1951 and St. Louis 1999).

This week the Rams will be playing in the privately funded new state of the art SoFi Stadium. Team owner Stan Kroenke has had his dream of a new stadium come true. After returning from St. Louis for the Rams “Second Era” in Los Angeles the team temporarily called the L.A. Memorial Coliseum home. They were good enough to earn a trip to the Super Bowl.

The ground-breaking for SoFi took place in November 17, 2016. Joining Kroenke that day was NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, Inglewood Mayor James Butts and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.

Jones who was born in Inglewood and was instrumental in getting the Rams back in Los Angeles letting the owners know it was “best for the league” if that team was here.

By August of 2020 both the Rams and Los Angeles Chargers had scrimmages there.

In September of 2019 SoFi a personal financial group agreed to pay 30 million dollars over a 20-year period for the naming rights to the stadium. However due to COVID 19 the stands

Stan Kroenke, and the Rams open up at the new SoFi Stadium this week. Scan over this picture using your “Observer Interactive” App to see SoFi Stadium from the ground up. (Courtesy Photo)

will be empty.

The 70,240-seat stadium was built mainly for football with a cost just under 5 billion dollars making it the most expensive sports venue ever built. However; it already has line of some of the biggest names in entertainment including: Taylor Swift,

Kenny Chesley and WrestleMania 2021.On the Gridiron it will host Super Bowl LVI and the 2023 College Football National Championship Game.

All that’s good for the future, but for this week its all Rams.

Death of Chadwick Boseman Puts Focus on Colon Cancer and African Americans

Boseman was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer at 38. It later advanced to stage 4. Boseman was filming movies that included completing his own stunts while undergoing cancer treatment that included chemotherapy.

The actor died on August 30. His death caught many who worked closely with him by surprise.

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in both men and women in America. It is the second most common cause of death related to the disease. African Americans are disproportionately impacted with a 20 percent greater rate than whites and an even greater degree of mortality.

Every year on average 140,000 Americans are diagnosed with colon cancer with about 50,000 succumbing to the disease. For African Americans the death rates are higher. Diets high in animal fat and low in fiber are associated with the development of colon cancer. Cigarette smoking, obesity, lack of exercise and Every year on average 140,000 Americans are vitamins C and E deficiency are also contributing factors diagnosed with colon cancer with about 50,000 tied to colon cancer. succumbing to the disease. (Photo: iStockphoto / Dr. Wayne Frederick, who is the President of Howard NNPA) University and a medical doctor, where Boseman graduated in 2000, commented on Boseman’s trip to Howard

By Lauren Victoria Burke University’s commencement in 2018 as the featured NNPA Newswire Contributor The death of actor Chadwick Boseman from colon graduation speaker. Frederick focused on the importance cancer at age 43 has brought new attention on the disease of knowing what one’s family history is and knowing what and how it disproportionately impacts African Americans. close relatives died of. He instructed that if you’re unclear how a close relative died you should investigate and find

out.

“When I was in medical school, we got screening guidelines that it should start at 50. What we are seeing now is individuals getting colon cancer now is much younger.

It is something for us to watch,” said Dr. Frederick on Roland Martin Unfiltered on August 31. Martin broadcast a two-hour tribute in honor of Boseman on his daily show.

“African Americans are much less likely to get the generic screening,” he added. Dr. Frederick also mentioned that popular historian Dr. Ibram X. Kendi was diagnosed with colon cancer at 36.

In January 2018, Kendi learned he had colon cancer after a colonoscopy. Though the cancer spread to his liver, further tests revealed that Kendi was cancer free after six months of chemotherapy and surgery. In January 2019, Kendi wrote “What I Learned From Cancer,” in The Atlantic. Kendi was trying to complete another epic work “How to Be an Antiracist,” as he was being treated for colon cancer.

“In the hours of each day when I managed to submerge myself inside the writing zone, the metastatic cancer was an afterthought. The symptoms from the six months of chemotherapy, from January to June last year, were an afterthought: my marathons of tiredness, the bubbling nausea, my hands and feet tingling and darkening and drying and blistering, making them unusable at times,” Kendi wrote regarding this cancer battle.

Quinci LeGardye California Black Media On Aug. 17, the “Yes On Prop 17” campaign held its Official Proposition 17 Campaign Virtual Kick-Off on Facebook Live. The event featured testimony from previously incarcerated persons on why more than 50,000 parolees in California deserve the right to vote.

Prop 17, which passed the state legislature as ACA 6 in June, is a measure on the November ballot.

If Californians vote to approve it, Prop 17 would amend the state constitution, granting any eligible person who is not currently incarcerated the right to vote.

If passed, California would join 17 states that allow parolees to vote.

Initiate Justice Co-founder and Executive Director Taina Vargas-Edmond hosted the event that featured Assemblymember Kevin McCarty (D - Sacramento), author of ACA 6, as well as Brandon Flynn, an activist and actor on the Netflix show “13 Reasons Why.” To start the event, Flynn and McCarty spoke about how the current global political movement calling for the dismantling of systemic racism has affected their understanding of – and advocacy around -- the proposition.

“We’ve learned that this is just a remnant of some of these old Jim Crow values and racial oppression --when they want to hold back African American voters from being able to participate in the democratic process, and that’s wrong.

That’s what we’re going to change,” the lawmaker said.

“Well, I’ve exceeded all that. So why aren’t I voting? I’m paying taxes. So why aren’t I voting?”

Edmond also presented data from Initiate Justice’s 2019 “Democracy Needs Everyone” report, compiled from a survey of 1,085 incarcerated members of California state prisons as well as members on parole. According to the report, only 37 % of respondents said they voted before they were incarcerated, but 98 % said they would vote now if they could. Also, the top three political issues that the respondents listed as “very important” were jobs and the economy, education and healthcare.

For Windham, who was incarcerated for 30 years and now mentors youth in his community, not having experienced voting was a deterrent in urging kids to vote.

“The one thing I couldn’t really delve into with him is talking about voting. I tell them to vote, but I was shut down when they asked me, did I vote. It was the hardest thing for me to have to tell a child – that couldn’t vote because I’m on parole. I no longer want to have to tell no child that, because that takes away their hope. They see me as hope and the only hope they see was dashed.”

When asked to respond to the arguments of Prop 17 opponents, McCarty said, “They’re saying that Betty and John still need to pay their debt to society. But when the parole board releases people from state prison, they’ve determined that you’ve served your time [and they] want to reintegrate you back into society. So, it makes no sense to say we want you to go back to your community, but we’re going to make you a second class citizen.”

Restoring Voting Rights for California’s Parolees The program’s anchor event was a Q&A moderated

by Edmond featuring “Yes On Prop 17” Fellows Betty McKay and John Windham. McKay and Windham, who are both on parole, spoke about the importance of voting for currently and previously incarcerated persons.

McKay, who is a motivational speaker and organizer with Initiate Justice, talked about the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), arguing that she has done the time for his crime and should not be punished for it after her release.

“The people who make the rules, the system, CDCR gives you a long list of things that if you do this, this, this, this and this, then you’re a productive citizen,” she said.

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Globetrotter College Coach Dies

DETROIT (AP) – David “Smokey’’ Gaines, the former Harlem Globetrotters and ABA player who coached at Detroit-Mercy and San Diego State, has died.

Gaines died Saturday at 80 of cancer, his family said. He also contracted COVID-19, The Detroit News reported.

A star guard in high school, the Detroit native was an All-State selection in 1959 and went on to star at LeMoyne-Owen College in Tennessee. He was a member of the Globetrotters from 1963-67 and also played briefly for the Kentucky Colonels of the American Basketball Association before turning to coaching.

Gaines began coaching as a part-time assistant under Dick Vitale at Detroit-Mercy in 1973 and took over when Vitale stepped down after the 1976-77 season.

“I’m so saddened to just receive a call from Darryl Gaines son of David Smokey Gaines that his Dad has just passed from cancer,’’ Vitale wrote on Twitter.

“Smokey a Hall of Fame Harlem Globetrotter was a dear friend who played a vital role in my career while at the University of Detroit. Pls God May he RIP!’’ Gaines compiled a 47-10 record in two seasons at Detroit-Mercy before taking the job at San Diego State in 1979, becoming the first Black Division I head coach in the state. His 20 victories in the 1981-82 season marked the first time the program had reached that plateau since joining Division I for the 1970-71 season.

In 1984-85, the Aztecs went 23-8, 11-5 in the Western Athletic Conference, won the conference tournament and played in the NCAA Tournament, and Gaines was named conference coach of the year.

In eight seasons with the Aztecs, he compiled a record of 112-117.

In 2006, Gaines was inducted into the Harlem Globetrotters’ “Legends’’ Ring, which honors those who have made a major contribution to the success and development of the organization.

Protesters Close Stores Over Offensive Ad JOHANNESBURG (AP) – Protests over an advertisement viewed as racially offensive forced the closure Monday of at least 60 outlets of a chain of drugstores.

Leaders of the leftist opposition party Economic Freedom Fighters led the protests against the nationwide retailer Clicks, in which some of its supporters vandalized some stores.

The advertisement that sparked the protests depicts two different types of hair. One shows a Black woman’s natural hair and one of a white woman’s hair. The Black woman’s hair is described in the ad as “dry, damaged hair,’’ while the white woman’s hair is described as “fine, flat hair.’’

It sparked outrage on social media, with people accusing the retailer of racism and insensitivity toward Black people’s identity.

The Economic Freedom Fighters will not let the company return to normal operations until it takes specific measures to rid itself of racism, said the militant party’s deputy president Floyd Shibambu, who led the protest at the Clicks store in Johannesburg’s posh Sandton suburb.

The company must disclose the names of all people involved in commissioning the advertisement and the name of the company which produced it and provide evidence that Clicks has taken action against them.

“Unless they do that Clicks will not be open in all parts of South Africa,” said Shivambu to The Associated Press at the demonstration.

“We are not going to agree to allow racist institutions to be allowed to continue existing as if nothing is wrong,’’ said Shivambu.

The company has since issued an apology to the public and said it had suspended two junior employees who were involved in producing and publishing the advertisement.

“I understand the emotions that are coming through from society, from Black people, from our staff ... When I looked at those images it took me two seconds to realize how insensitive they were. I don’t know why we posted them,’’ Clicks CEO Vikesh Ramsunder told radio station CapeTalk on Monday.

“Even in the face of resistance by a small minority, we continue with efforts to build a united South Africa that we can all be proud of,” Mthembu said. “As we launch Heritage Month, we are reminded of the many cultures, traditions and languages that make us who we are. In the spirit of social cohesion, let us all cherish and respect one another regardless of color, background, gender and religion.’’

Historically Black Greek Groups?

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) – Auburn University is setting aside space on campus to recognize its historically Black fraternities and sororities.

The Opelika-Auburn News reports that plans are moving ahead for a plaza to recognize social groups that are part of the National Pan-Hellenic Council, which is composed of nine Black sororities and fraternities. Construction is set to begin in 2022.

The president of Auburn’s arm of the council, Ronny Issac, says he hopes the plaza helps attract more minority students to the school and helps foster more inclusion among Greek-letter organizations. He says traditionally Black groups haven’t been very well represented on campus in the past.

Auburn trustees approved plans for the plaza earlier this year. The site will consist of one central marker and nine individual markers to represent organizations that make up the National Pan-Hellenic Council. Those include Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, Omega Psi Phi, Delta Sigma Theta, Phi Beta Sigma, Zeta Phi Beta, Sigma Gamma Rho and Iota Phi Theta.

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Parenting During the Pandemic News Observer

By Candace J. Semien Jozef Syndicate Reporter, The Drum Newspaper With today’s coronavirus pandemic, parents and grandparents are facing a crisis never before seen. From dealing with health fears, sharp shifts to virtual learning, job losses, and political protests, parenting youth today– in a world that’s vastly changing–has become more challenging and overwhelming.

Nearly half of parents of children under age 18 said their stress levels related to the coronavirus pandemic are high, according to a new survey by the American Psychological Association.

“For many parents, it can feel overwhelming to face competing demands at home and work along with possible financial challenges during this unprecedented crisis,” said Arthur C. Evans Jr., PhD, APA’s chief executive officer.

“Children are keen observers and often notice and react to stress or anxiety in their parents, caregivers, peers, and community. Parents should prioritize their self-care and try their best to model healthy ways of coping with stress and anxiety.”

Louisiana-based family counselor Barbara W. Green said one way to deal with the crisis is to recognize God’s gift to parents.

“A crisis comes for the purpose of reflection, returning, and restoring,” said Green. “It takes the Anointing to recognize what to do in a crisis. This anointing is a parent anointing. It is the special, God-given ability to parent that many people already have,” she said.

In 2013, Green published the second edition of, “The Parent Anointing,” which clarifies the unique position God establishes to help adults parent and rear children. Green offers this advice for those seeking solutions and strategies through this pandemic. “The parent who moves in the anointing follows God, the Heavenly Father,” she said.

Within the pages of The Parent Anointing and during private sessions, Green urges parents to reflect on God as the ultimate parent and become that reflection.

“The parent anointing is the ‘reflection’ of love of the Father God upon His children. When a parent operates in the anointing (calling and instruction) of the Heavenly Father, the child sees the goodness of God reflected in the love which the parent has for the child,” she said.

She used John 17:22-23 to explain. It states, “And the glory which You gave me, I have given them, that they may be one, just as we are one. {Unity} I in them, and You in

Louisiana-based family counselor Barbara W. Green said one way to deal with the crisis is to recognize God’s gift to parents. (Courtesy Photo)

me .{Reflection} and that the world may know that You sent me {Representation} and have loved them as You have loved me {reflective mirroring}.”

The parent anointing is not reserved for biological

parents only, Green said. A parent is also a nonbiological adult who cares for and guides a child or teen. For all parents, the anointing is reflective from God through the parent to the child and it is present in three significant ways: faith, purpose, and significance.

The way to survive any crisis is to resist the temptation to become selfish, Green said “If a family is to get through a crisis it is through unified effort in looking out for one another. Not survival of the fittest, but fitting all to survive.

And, if the family is to survive, it must be done through one accord, not discord. The family that strives together, remains together, in purpose. And (when) the purpose is to glorify God, the family has achieved added value on earth, and in Heaven, to survive the crisis.”

Green also tells parents to hold on to faith. “It is the one, sure way to please God. More than 2,000 years ago, the Glory that was given to family was oneness in faith. It is the major supplier of anointing.”

She reminds parents that God watched over His son to “perfect the things that concerned Him and, in turn, the Son never did anything without consulting His Father, first. ‘I do the will of the Father who sent Me,’ Christ said.”

The anointing gives parents the power to be like Christ and consult the Father in every decision and do God’s will, especially through this pandemic, she said.

For families to endure, grow, and defeat stagnation during this time of crisis, these three things are needed: • Purpose Singularity where one person may have the same purpose as another but remains singular in how they achieve their purpose.

• Unity in the agreement of the importance of strengthening the family structure.

• Glory and credit for overcoming obstacles the family members may face during these trying times.

Circling back to John 17, Green said, “It is then, that the child will say, ‘the lessons my parents gave me I have given my children that they may be one just as God and I are one. And I have loved them in the same manner as my parents and God loved me’.”

From her Inner Reflections’ office in Baton Rouge, Green counsels individuals, families, and groups in person and virtually. The Parent Anointing is available in her office and through independent bookstores, Amazon, Barnes and Noble. She is also the author of a children’s book on generational prayers (The Great One) and a collection of life-affirming short stories (a charge to keep).

Black Church Assaults Continue Tennessee latest city to witness what some are calling intimidation tactics

By Ashley Moss Texas Metro News A confederate flag was left hanging from a tree on the property of a Nashville company that publishes Sunday School materials for the nation’s Black churches, including many congregations in Dallas/Fort Worth and across the South.

Neighbors discovered the homemade flag – made from a square cardboard box and colored on all sides with red, white and blue paper-mâché to look like a Confederate flag with brown rope tied around it and hanging from a tree at R.H. Boyd Publishing Company in Nashville late Wednesday.

R.H. Boyd, since 1896, has published Sunday School books, church hymnals, Vacation Bible School marketing materials and study guides for the nation’s 8.5 million African American Baptists. Boyd Publishing is one of two independently Black-owned publishing companies that produces and prints Christian inspirational resources for African American churches and communities across the country.

“Clearly someone is trying to send a message,” said LaDonna Boyd, president and chief executive officer at R.H. Boyd. “We will certainly make sure we get to the bottom of whoever did this. We will press charges and bring (the perpetrator) to full justice.”

Thursday, Metropolitan Nashville Police’s Specialized Investigation Division combed the Nashville neighborhood that is home to Boyd Publishing and the nearby historically Black Meharry Medical College, one of the nation’s oldest medical schools training African American doctors, searching for evidence in the case.

“Obviously, this is a great concern, which is why we involved our division,” said Kris Mumford, public information officer for the Metropolitan Nashville Police.

When it comes to something like this in a neighborhood, with a box, with a Confederate flag hanging from a tree, we obviously want to investigate what’s going on.”

In the Dallas area news of the latest assault was widely discussed.

The Rev. William Dwight McKissic expressed concern about race relations in America.

“Something has happened to the fabric and framework of our country. We are beginning to border on what we saw in the 50s and 60s. I remember it. I was there to witness it,” said McKissic, pastor of megachurch Cornerstone Baptist Church in South Arlington, which is aligned with the National Baptist Convention of America.

The incident is the latest in a string of events across the nation involving African American churches and incidents perceived to be racist.

In late July, the FBI launched an investigation after someone wrote “KKK” and racial slurs on an air conditioning unit at a Black church in North Highlands in the San Francisco Bay area.

In 2019, the federal bureau began investigating a series of fires at Black churches in Louisiana, calling them suspicious and saying they likely are hate-related.

In Dallas, last month, the Rev. Frederick D. Haynes III said a group of nearly 1,000 Blue Lives Matter protestors had parked without proper permission on his church’s parking lot, under a massive multi-story banner reading “Black Lives Matter.”

Haynes said that he is not surprised about this latest occurrence.

“I think we can expect more of this,” he said. “There has been an environment set by the White House to express hatred.”

Across the country African American pastors said they were concerned. The Rev. William Sheals said the country is experiencing an “ugly spirit in this year in 2020.”

“We have got to defeat it in prayer, but we have also

got to defeat it in marching to the polls,” he said. “We must of these crimes that they committed, and we will certainly disobey this law. We must follow a higher calling. This is be on the lookout for any other things that may pop up.” spiritual warfare…from high places.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Sheals pastors one of metro-Atlanta’s largest Black Stoppers at 615-742-7463. congregations, Hopewell Baptist Church of Norcross, GA. Mumford said Metropolitan Nashville Police Department responded to a call from Boyd at about 5 p.m. of a device hanging from a tree on a lot adjacent to and owned by Boyd Publishing.

Alarmed that the box might contain an incendiary device, police flew helicopters over the property and officers swarmed the area. Seven police cars circled the property, Boyd said.

By late Wednesday evening, a police bomb squad unit had accessed the box, determined no bomb materials were inside and had it perched in the backseat of one of the police cars. It is now classified as a suspicious package.

Mumford declined Thursday to reveal any more of the box’s contents saying the case was an ongoing investigation.

Meanwhile, detectives spent Thursday seeking video from nearby Meharry and other homes and businesses, Mumford said, in the hopes of identifying a suspect. She said the culprit could face several charges for intimidation, trespassing and possibly a hate crime.

“Someone did get a picture of the perpetrator’s car and apparently they came at night and hung it up,” said Ms. Boyd. “Hopefully we will be able to find out who did this.”

Boyd plans to press charges and said that in 2020, incidents like this need to be taken seriously, and are a reminder of the need to be aware of one’s surroundings.

“There’s all kind of foolishness going on, all around the country, and obviously this was very intentional because of the place that they put it, in a predominantly Black neighborhood, right next to Citizens Bank, Meharry Medical College, Fisk University, and right down the street from Tennessee State University,” she said.

The property, which stands at the intersection of Jefferson Street and 21st Avenue in Nashville, is home to R.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation, one of the oldest Black-owned businesses in the country.

Founded in 1896 by the Rev. Dr. Richard Henry Boyd, the long standing organization provides Christian and inspirational resources for African-American churches and communities across the country.

The company generated more than $3 million dollars in revenue for the fiscal year ending in December 2018.

Right across the street from R.H. Boyd is Citizens Savings Bank & Trust Company, founded in 1904 and considered the oldest, continuously operating, minority-owned bank in the United States.

Ms. Boyd, who is just the organization’s fifth President and CEO, sprang into action and immediately called the police, also getting the word out on social media.

At the federal level, hate crimes are defined as crimes committed on the basis of the victim’s perceived or actual race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or disability. In most states hate crime laws include crimes committed on the basis of race, color, and religion; many also include crimes committed on the basis of sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, and disability.

Experts with the U.S. Department of Justice estimated that an average of 250,000 hate crimes were committed each year between 2004 and 2015 in the United States.

The Department reports incidents each week on its website but says the majority of cases are not reported to law enforcement.

“I do not play about my family’s businesses, our heritage, our safety, the safety of our staff and the entire team, certainly the safety of the community,” Boyd said.

“We are hopeful that these perpetrators will be caught, and we want to make sure that they get the due penalty for all

The incident is the latest in a string of events across the nation involving African American churches and incidents perceived to be racist.

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When Will We Talk About Black Fear?

(Instead of a Fear of Black People)

By Anthony R. Jerry Two emotions, love and rage, seem to be commonly used to frame historical Black political and social public actions. On the one hand, narratives of Black resistance and radical action are often popularly framed in terms of us having endured too much or simply being fed up with a society that refuses to offer racial equality. Within these narratives, Black rage drives the masses to take to the streets. On the other hand, Black spirituality and love has also framed Black public action. This narrative contextualizes Black public action less as radical resistance and more as a demonstration of a willingness to take the high road.

In these instances, Black folks are willing to teach an ignorant society by treating others the way in which we want, and gently demand, to be treated. The underlying sentiment here is that we Black people are willing and able to adhere to the ideals, if not the norms, of a broader civilized society. But, I wonder how we might talk about another human emotion? How might we talk about a deep fear that Black people have of non-Black society? Let’s call it Black Fear. A fear so pervasive that it limits us from engaging in public spaces? The fear of being turned away from public pools.

The fear, or at least apprehension, of participating in community block parties on cool spring days? The fear of being stopped or harassed for simply enjoying public parks? The fear of sending Black children out to play in non-Black neighborhoods? The fear of becoming a victim of state sanctioned violence, whether at the hands of the police or the hands of the average non-Black citizen? When might we talk about a legitimate Black fear as an outcome of a pervasive and historical anti-Black terror that is so productive for non-Black society that it keeps many Black people from simply engaging in public space altogether? This fear has been productive on both an administrative and economic level, as this fear has historically been used as a tool to ensure our own self-regulation and to limit our demands for adequate social and public services.

It has been common for Black people to hit the streets in times of racial turmoil. And, our ability to politically organize and socially mobilize our masses has been well documented by any number of official institutions, as well as local history makers and narrative keepers. Often times, the public conversation and media coverage of Black political mobilization focus on the development, or lack thereof, of racial relations in the United States. And, more often than not, these narratives keep record of the numbers of people arrested, those who have perished, and the number of police and military called upon to combat protestors or to simply keep the peace during social and political protests.

These numbers are usually accompanied by the economics around property damage; i.e., numbers of buildings damaged and the costs associated with the local, and sometimes federal, governments’ actions to restore order. The awesome record keeping ability of the modern, and now ubiquitous, bureaucratic

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER 20NWCP00204 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES NORWALK SUPERIOR COURT 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Rm. 10 Norwalk, Ca. 90650 PETITION OF: ALONDRA GISELLE OROZCO AND ANGEL ISRAEL TOMEZ ESQUIVEL TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: ALONDRA GISELLE OROZCO AND ANGEL ISRAEL TOMEZ ESQUIVEL for a decree changing names as follows: Present name JOSEPH OROZCO TOMEZ Filed a petition with this court Proposed name JOSEPH OROZCO TOMEZ THE COURT ORDERS: that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted if no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: Oct 19, 2020 Time: 10:30 a.m.

Dept: C Room: The address of the court is: Same as noted above.

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county LOS ANGELES NEWS OBSERVER Date: Aug 21, 2020 (Not legiable signature) JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT SHERRI R. CARTER DEPUTY ALONDRA GISELLE OROZCO AND ANGEL ISRAEL TOMEZ ESQUIVEL 138 E 59th St. Loong Beach, Ca. 90805 Phone: (562) 513-9287 E-Mail: alondraorozco@gmail.com LOS ANGELES NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Aug 27, Sept 3, 10, 17, 2020

move us to organize in public? We know that not only might we be arrested, but many of us will be beaten, maimed, and perhaps even killed for daring to bring this fear into the view of the public eye. We know what the consequences are for being too many in public. We also know that the fact of a global pandemic means that these consequences will surely be the outcome of a more sinister addition to the anti-Black arsenal – biological warfare.

Ironically, then, the same fear that has pushed us to monitor our own daily presence in public space also pushes us to take to the streets in order to protest racial and civil injustices, not to mention out right murder, against Black people. So, I wonder, what might it look like if nonBlack society recognized Black protest not as an outcome of Black rage or Black spirituality, but simply as a rational response to fear; a fear that continues to be a hallmark of the Black experience in the US? Part of the issue here is that we, as a society, have simply been unwilling to accept antiblackness as a foundational component of US (not to mention the modern state) ideology. For example, the general public has long accepted the existence of antisemitism and its impact on Jewish communities. And, a general anti-immigrant sentiment is regularly recognized as part of the immigration debate in our society, as well as a threat to the material livelihoods of immigrants to the US. The fact that these sentiments have been legitimized through larger public conversations actually works to legitimize the fear that Jewish communities and many non-Black immigrant communities feel when attempting to make a home in the US. One might even go so far as to suggest that the broader legitimation of the fear that these communities experience has been a key factor for the development and success of these communities. By publically recognizing and legitimizing the broader sentiments of antisemitism or anti-immigration, fear (Jewish and Immigrant fear in this example) is also legitimized as a rational response to these “anti” sentiments. Sadly, this does not seem to be the case for Black people in the United States. On the contrary, it appears that non-Black people have been allowed to maintain a monopoly on this basic human emotion. To suggest that Black people fear the police, or to claim that Black people fear wearing a mask in public to protect themselves from the impacts of a global pandemic sounds completely irrational without the recognition and broader public acceptance of antiblackness.

Without the acceptance that Black bodies continue to be under attack, both directly and indirectly, fear as a legitimate human emotion continues to be withheld from Black people. Fear then, as any internet search will show, appears to remain the property of non-Blacks in the US. The recent Covid19 outbreak has given us (Black people) Anthony R. Jerry is an Assistant Professor in the Anthropology Department at the University of California, another reason to question the acceptance of our physical presence Riverside. (Courtesy Photo) in public space. One would think that the potential to contract state has become accustomed to documenting and tracking the And, that fear remains as I continue to walk my dogs, ride my a life-threatening virus would level the playing field with respect bike, work in my yard, and from time to time remove the “cute” to the application of individual measures to protect one’s self and costs associated with the threat of blackness.

Rarely, however, does this official documentation mention miniature American flags that my patriotic neighbors continue to others in our society. However, this has not been the case. Beyond the actual number of protestors (at times referred to as rioters/ place at the base of my mailbox. the data around higher instances of death for Black people due to The mathematics around blackness and the Black population “underlying conditions”, and the US economy’s higher reliance looters) who come together in order to collectively resist the US racial order. Perhaps this is because in the eyes of the broader in the United States are well known. According to the US census, on Black people as “frontline” and “essential” workers, a lack nation, 10 Black people might as well be 100, which feels like the total Black population in the United States is about 13.4%. of acceptance in public space continues to make Black people 1000, which then, in the context of public space and the public And, in the majority of US states, the population is significantly more vulnerable. For example, state mandated requirements to eye, appears to be 1 million. And, while Black people come lower. California, for example, has a Black population of anywhere wear a face covering in public seem to have increased the dangers together peacefully more often than not, the presentations of from 6.5-8% depending upon the sources cited. According to that Black people were already subject to when entering public massive congregations of Black people in the streets, or in public some estimates, this makes California’s Black population the space. As late as April 2020, the NAACP was calling for states spaces in general, seem to be seized upon as a way to legitimize 5th largest in the country. While the percentage itself may seem to suspend the mandates for citizens to wear face coverings and naturalize the fear that non-Black society has of Black people. rather low, 8% of California’s population is roughly 3.1 million in public. The call from the NAACP was not, like many calls This threat, the Black Threat, has been neutralized throughout individuals. But I wonder, if there are 3.1 million Black people and protest from the far right, about individual and personal our history by both law and custom. Jim crow era Black codes, for in California, why does a group of more than 5 Black people freedoms. Rather, the NAACP was responding to the real danger example, have given way to subtler modern anti-loitering laws. seem so out of place in public? I cannot remember the last time for Black lives brought about by our society’s general fear of Black And, when these laws are ineffective or undone, local custom that I went to the mall, a restaurant, the grocery store, a coffee people in public. During the current pandemic, this fear has been continues where the law leaves off. For example, just recently, shop, a public park, a movie theatre, or any other place of leisure heightened by the inability of non-Blacks to see the actual faces as my family of four made our way to downtown Riverside for outside of a recognized “Black community” (and let’s face it, of the Black threat under the mask. The feeling for some seems to a scheduled protest against the police murder of George Floyd, many of these spaces of leisure are located far beyond the access be that blackness continues to be more of a public menace than we were met by the stares and shaking heads of our non-Black of Black communities), and saw more than 5 Black people at one the invisible threat that is the Covid19 virus. neighbors. And, even before leaving the actual community of time. And, on the rare occasions that I have seen a large group of The general fear of Black bodies seems to put us doubly the Riverside Wood Streets (more a figment of the minds of Black people at one of these public places, I have had to try and at risk during the pandemic. Not only are we at risk from state developers and real-estate agents than an actual community) a make sense of the general discomfort that is part of non-Black sanctioned violence from local police forces and those citizens passerby decided to remind us of our limited access to public society’s response to Black bodies in public. At these moments, who see themselves as protectors against a Black threat, but a space, as they yelled out in a disciplinary tone from the window the discomfort has been so palpable that I have found myself general fear of public blackness has meant that we are limited in of their passing car- “GO BACK HOME!”. Evidently, the county questioning my own public presence in these spaces. the measures that we can take to protect ourselves, and others, by It is no surprise to me then, that 34,000 Black individuals in adhering to the broader guidance of the state and the CDC. Public enforced curfew of 6pm for that evening was seen by some of our neighbors to be an insufficient measure for protecting the broader public streets (the supposed number of participants in the Watts fear continues to put us at risk. And, a non-Black monopoly over public from the threat of blackness. It appears that even when Rebellion in 1965 for example) would appear to be a horrific the basic human emotion of fear continues to leave us powerless our presence in public is supported by state and federal law, local sight to any non-Black person. But I wonder how we might to formulate a legitimate response of our own. Black death, then, custom continues to support a climate of public terror directed interpret the mobilization of thousands of Black people if we were continues to be the status quo. So, when will we as a society be at Black people. That evening, the fear began before the protest. to imagine the amount of fear that has to be overcome in order to willing to talk about Black fear?

Complete Your Census Form It is Taking Action -- Not Just Sharing Info

Quinci LeGardye California Black Media California’s overall 2020 Census response rate is a few points higher than the national response rate. But advocates pushing for an accurate and complete count in the state say in many of the counties where African Americans and other minorities live, the response rates remain a few points lower than the state average.

On Sept. 3, Los Angeles County held a briefing where county administrators from across the state stressed the importance of the census for communities of color and warned residents about the new deadline to complete their census form.

The U.S. Census Bureau’s Director Steven Dillingham

announced Aug. 3 that the agency would end all counting efforts, including door-knocking and collecting responses online, over the phone and by mail, on Sept. 30, a month earlier than the previous deadline.

As of Sept. 7, 67.6 % of Californians had selfresponded to the census either online, by phone or by mail.

In census tracts in L.A. County with an African American population of 33.3 % or higher, an average of 59.6% of households have self-responded to the census.

“The accelerated timeline to complete the census has the potential to harm low-income individuals and people of color. We know they are traditionally harder to reach and would benefit most from door-to-door outreach, which began just last month. The concern is that this

Scan over this picture using your “Observer Interactive” App to get more Census 2020 information and be counted!

administration is trying to undercount those who would most benefit from funding that is determined by census data,” said Judith Vasquez, Senior Advisor to L.A. County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, 1st District.

The National Urban League, the League of Women Voters and multiple advocacy groups and local governments, including the City of Los Angeles, filed a lawsuit opposing the federal government’s decision to shorten the timeframe of the 2020 Census, arguing that ending the count early would result in an inaccurate tally.

On Sept. 6, a federal judge ordered the Census Bureau to resume its full-scale population count through Sept. 17, when the lawsuit will be considered.

The population count compiled by the census is used to allocate political representation and federal funding for numerous programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the national school lunch program, housing assistance and COVID-19 aid. If communities of color are counted inaccurately, they would lose millions of federal dollars and adequate political representation.

“The more people that are counted means more resources for the programs and services that so many county residents rely on. Not filing out your census literally means that you are throwing away money for your neighborhood and for your community,” said Acting Los Angeles County Chief Executive Officer Fesia Davenport.

“At a time when so many of our communities are feeling short-changed, and the need for federal resources more than ever, filing out the census form is more than just sharing information, it’s actually a way of taking action to claim the resources that we are entitled to, and that the county needs to improve lives through caring, effective and equitable services in every community,” said Davenport.

Official census takers going door-to-door wear census ID badges with a U.S. Department of Commerce watermark and expiration date, and they may also carry a bag or other equipment bearing the U.S. Census Bureau logo. They are also required to wear masks in compliance with Centers of Disease Control regulations.

The census can be completed online, by phone or by mail. The online form and general information in 59 languages are available at my2020census.gov, and the phone number is 844-330-2020.

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Entertainment

Thursday, September 10, 2020

‘Tenet’ Tallies $20.2 Million as Americans Step Back into Theaters Warner Bros. declined to make executives available to discuss the opening but said in a statement that “Tenet'' had to be judged differently. “We are in unprecedented territory, so any comparisons to the pre-COVID world would be inequitable and baseless,'' said the studio.

Analyzing the film's performance was virtually impossible, said senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian for data firm Comscore. He acknowledged North America remains a more challenged marketplace than Europe or Asia, but called it a solid start in what will be lengthy run for “Tenet.''

“It's going to take a longer time to assess this,” said Dergarabedian. “The win is just to have movies open. To me, that says a lot.”

Hollywood is watching closely. With the majority of the studios' top productions delayed until next year, the industry is experimenting with how to release its most expensive movies in the COVID-era. The Walt Disney Co. this weekend also debuted its $200 million live-action “Mulan'' remake, but did so as a $30 purchase for Disney+ subscribers.

Disney on Sunday didn't share digital returns for “Mulan” _ a practice that's been common among streaming companies and previous anticipated VOD releases like Universal's “Trolls World Tour'' and Disney's own “Hamilton.'' But “Mulan'' is also playing in theaters in some overseas territories. It began with $5.9 million in Thailand, Taiwan, the Middle East, Singapore and Malaysia. Next week, it debuts theatrically in its most important market: China.

The release of “Tenet'' was also hotly debated, given the health risks associated with indoor gatherings. Several prominent film critics said they wouldn't review “Tenet'' over ethical concerns.

Theater chains, meanwhile, are struggling to remain solvent. Exhibitors have argued that they need new films to survive. Last weekend offered the first significant opportunity for U.S. cinemas to convince moviegoers to come back. Disney's “The New Mutants,” a long delayed “X-Men'' spinoff, collected about $7 million in 2,412 locations last weekend. Dipping significantly in its second weekend, its total is now up to $11.6 million.

Fittingly in an upside-down year, the palindromic “Tenet” _ a thriller in which time is reversed _ essentially began the summer movie season on the weekend it typically ends. Labor Day weekend, this year a historical one at the movies, is usually among the sleepiest weekends of the year at cinemas.

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) _ In a litmus test for American moviegoing in the pandemic, Christopher Nolan's “Tenet'' brought in an estimated $20.2 million through the holiday weekend in U.S. and Canadian theaters.

The result could be greeted as either the rejuvenation of U.S. cinemas _ more Americans went to the movies this weekend than they have in nearly six months _ or a reflection of drastically lowered standards for Hollywood's top blockbusters given the circumstances.

About 70% of U.S. movie theaters are currently open; those in the country's top markets, Los Angeles and New York, remain closed. Theaters that are operating are limiting audiences to a maximum of 50% capacity to distance moviegoers from one another. “Tenet'' played in 2,810 North American locations, about three-fourths of what most major releases typically launch in.

Warner Bros. declined to split up U.S. and Canadian box office receipts. Theaters in Canada, where COVID-19 cases are much lower than in the U.S., began showing “Tenet'' a week earlier. The film debuted stateside with nightly preview screenings Monday through Wednesday before the official opening on Thursday. Warner Bros. included all of the above in its estimated gross Sunday, along with expected returns for Monday's Labor Day. “Tenet'' opened stronger in China. It debuted there with $30 million in ticket sales from Friday to Monday.

Internationally, “Tenet'' has exceeded expectations. In two weeks of release, its overseas total is $126 million, with a global tally thus far of $146.2 million.

Warner Bros. has emphasized that the usual openingweekend calculus is out the window. Few onlookers felt it was possible to gauge how “Tenet'' would open. The film, which cost $200 million to make and at least $100 million to market, will need to get close to $500 million to break even.

In the film's favor: It currently has the big screen almost entirely to itself. Some multiplexes played “Tenet'' as many as 100 times over the weekend. With little else on the horizon, Warner Bros. is counting on a long run for “Tenet.''

Not in the film's favor: Audiences didn't love Nolan's latest time-bender. Moviegoers gave the thriller, starring John David Washington, Robert Pattinson and Elizabeth Debicki, a “B'' CinemaScore, the lowest grade for a Nolan release since 2006's “The Prestige.'' Reviews (75% positive on Rotten Tomatoes) have been good but far from overwhelming.

Documentary About Murder of Botham Jean Set to Air on ID on Thurs., Sept. 10 Emotional episode comes amid continued unrest over police killings of African Americans and two years after Jean’s slaying —

Jean was shot in 2018 inside his Dallas apartment by white, female, off-duty police officer Amy Guyger. Guyger claimed she shot Botham because she thought she had entered her own home, and he was a trespassing burglar. Like many controversial police killings of minorities, Botham’s murder sparked national outrage.

Season two of Impact of Murder kicks off with a heart wrenching two-hour episode on Botham Jean with “The Ballad of Botham Jean,” airing on Thursday, September 10 from 9-11 p.m. EDT/PDT on Investigation Discovery.

Jean was shot in 2018 inside his Dallas apartment by white, female, off-duty police officer Amy Guyger. Guyger claimed she shot Botham because she thought she had entered her own home, and he was a trespassing burglar.

Like many controversial police killings of minorities, Botham’s murder sparked national outrage.

Botham Jean was a promising young Black accountant who dreamed of returning to his native St. Lucia to become Prime Minister. As his family mourned, the murder ignited protests from Black Lives Matter activists and sparked a media frenzy.

Botham Jean (left) was a promising young Black accountant who dreamed of returning to his native St. Lucia to become Prime Minister. As his family mourned, the murder ignited protests from Black Lives Matter activists and sparked a media frenzy.

This senseless tragedy is retold by those closest to the case with gripping, emotional accounts from Jean’s family, including his mother, Allison Jean; father Bertrum Jean; sister, Allisa Charles-Findley; as well as those who worked with the family to bring justice to Botham, including lawyer Lee Merritt and prosecutor Jason Hermus.

Perhaps the most heartrending account comes from 18-year-old Brandt Jean, who mourns Botham’s death while wrestling with his anger against his brother’s killer. His request for a courtroom embrace of his brother’s murderer, Guyger, displayed an astonishing act of forgiveness and inflamed worldwide, polarizing reactions.

“I have to admit it was tough to relive my son’s horrible murder,” said Allison Jean. “However, this is an important story. I want people to know how good my son was, and how senseless his death was.”

Additional episodes in season two of Impact Of Murder on ID include: a fatal chance encounter in Stolen Dreams which premieres Thursday, September 17 at 9 p.m. ET/PT; a wrongful conviction in The Betrayal premiering Thursday, September 24 at 9 p.m. ET/ PT; and the finale exploring a devastating case exploring the cycle of domestic violence in There’s No Winning in Murder debuting on Thursday, October 1 at 9 p.m. ET/ PT. This article was written by Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D., entertainment and culture editor for Black Press USA. She is also founder & editor-in-chief of the award-winning news blog The Burton Wire which covers news of the African Diaspora. Follow her on Twitter @Ntellectual.

Kanye West Files to Run for President on Kentucky Ballot FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) _ Rapper and music producer Kanye West has filed to run for U.S. president on Kentucky's ballot this fall.

A tweet from Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams showed a photo of part of West's application.

“Our staff are diligently reviewing this filing, including an estimated 19,000 petition signatures, to determine whether Mr. West has qualified to appear,'' Adams said in another tweet.

West has qualified to appear on the ballot in states including Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Tennessee and Utah. He didn't qualify in Ohio, Montana, West Virginia, Wisconsin and other states, though he has filed lawsuits challenging some of those decisions.

On Thursday, a judge barred West from appearing on Arizona's ballot, saying a voter who challenged West's candidacy had shown he would probably prevail in the legal dispute. West's lawyers said they would appeal.

West, who once backed Republican President Donald Trump, announced earlier that he had broken with Trump and would launch his own presidential bid. His campaign filed paperwork on July 15 with the Federal Election Commission.

In other states, Republican operatives and vocal supporters of Trump have worked to boost West's candidacy and secure his spot on the ballot. Critics contend West's last-minute run _ and the apparent GOP support it's received _ is a ploy to swipe votes from Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, especially in key swing states. Representatives for West have brushed aside that criticism.

Trump carried Kentucky in the 2016 election by nearly 30 percentage points.

Sports

Thursday, September 10, 2020

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Justin & Kourtney Turner (Photo: Matthew Moreno/ DodgerBlue.com)

Clayton Kershaw recently surpassed Christy Mathewson and now has 2,505 strikeouts. He has an ERA of 1.50. (Photo: Getty Images)

By Earl Heath Contributing Sports Writer The Dodgers opened a six-game home stand against Arizona with a 6-3 win. Chris Taylor knocked in a season high four runs while Julio Urius went six innings giving up just four hits. This was the 16th win in 19 games for the boys in blue.

Alex Wood was activated earlier in the week after missing thirty games because of shoulder inflammation. He came in and pitched a scoreless eighth inning.

Urius (3-0) had five strikeouts with no walks. The win was his first since Aug.1st.

Kenley Jenson got his league leading 10th save his league.

GAME TWO: In one of the few low scoring games of the year it proved to be a thriller. Mookie Betts hit his team leading 11th homer in the ninth to tie the game.

The D-Backs took a 2-1 lead in the top of the tenth when Kenley Jansen (2-0) walked Christian Walker with the bases

loaded.

Max Muncy began the bottom of the inning as the designated runner on second. Chris Taylor sacrificed him to third, that’s when Junior Guerra (1-1) threw wildly to third that allowed Muncy to score and Taylor went all the way to second. A couple of batters later Will Smith ripped a single to left for his third career walk-off hit giving L.A a 3-2 victory.

“I thought it was a really well played baseball game,” said Dodger skipper Dave Roberts. “I think we’re so use to homeruns and offense but to get pitchers making pitches, and some defensive plays, low scoring where every pitcher, every baserunner was important.”

GAME THREE: It was an historical night for Clayton Kershaw who went six solid innings including retiring the first nine of ten batters he faced. He struck out eight. In the second inning the 32 year-old became the third youngest pitcher in MLB history to record 2,500 strikeouts. Only Noland Ryan and Walter

Dodgers Push Harder Down the Stretch Johnson reached the mark sooner.

Later in the game he surpassed Christy Mathewson’s mark of 2,502. He finished the game with 2,505. Kershaw is having a super COVID shortened season. His ERA is a career-low 1.50.

His strikeout rate is (10.25per nine innings) that’s his highest since 2017. His walks (0.722) and walks per inning is the lowest of his career.

His teammates helped by jumping out to an early lead. In the first Seager scored on a D-Back error. Chris Taylor knocked in Max Muncy with a RBI single to give LA a 2-0 lead after one.

In the seventh AJ Pollack (7) hit the Dodgers first pinch-joe hit homerun of the season. Mookie Betts and Keke Hernandez later singled home a run each.

The Dodgers then dropped two of three games to the Rockies. In the series finally former Dodger Matt Kemp hit a two-run homer in the eight that proved to be the game winner. It was the first time all year the Men in Blue dropped a series. That

overshadowed homers by Cory Seager (2),Chris Taylor and Will Smith who hit his third in five games. The Dodgers (at press time ) have won the last 8 of 10 games with an overall 30-11 record.

They have the best won-lost record in the majors and the only team with 30 wins. It DODGER NOTES: Justin Turner was recently nominated for the 2020 Roberto Clemente Award. Turner and his wife Kourtney founded The Turner Foundation in 2016. This summer they organized food delivery from local restaurants to the Dream Center and nearly 900,000 meals were provided to many in need. Turner has also provided meals to homeless military veterans and staffers at Children Hospital Los Angeles.

Joe Kelley and Pedro Baez could return from the injured list within the next few days.

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By Cameron Buford Whatsgoodinsports.com Just like every team in the NFL, the Los Angeles Chargers are anxiously anticipating Week 1 of the regular season to get underway. After overcoming the challenges of the odd off-season, the start of the NFL season would surely add a sense of normalcy to not only their coaches and players but to this country as well. No doubt that when the league Kicks Off on Thursday night the heart and minds of this country will gravitate back to the NFL. However not having any pre-season games the task of narrowing their roster to the required headcount this past weekend was made even more daunting for each team in the league, the Los Angeles Chargers are no different. Tom Telesco, Chargers GM, addressed this topic and more in his state of the team press conference over the weekend.

On Keenan Allen ExtensionTelesco: “Secondary focus anything contracts related.

Yesterday was a pretty tough day, when you’re letting kids go, it was a bright spot to have Keenan come in and sign.

His game is very polished, down in and down out. He’s a big-time, playmaker in this league and someone we’re thrilled to have for a long time.”

On signing former XFL PlayersTelesco: “Our Pro Scouts did a great job in the XFL. They scouted that very heavenly. They had a real training camp and played real games. Not every player comes into this league ready to play! Player needs development, they all grow at a different speed.”

Experience with Hard Knocks around during Training CampTelesco: “From a player and coaches’ standpoint I think they handle it very well. Our guys are mature enough to handle cameras around. There are always positives and negative for doing something like that and I think in this situation there is a couple of negatives, the positives far outweighed the negatives I think it was great for the whole country to see Anthony Lynn. They really get to see what we all see every day; the type of coach and person he is.”

In regards to COVID-19’s impact on the seasonTelesco: “I’m really pleased in the way all 32 teams have handled this. I thought it may have been a lot worse, and it hasn’t been. Everyone has followed the protocols very well and as we stand here right now, I’m really confident for [completing] a full season as normal; obviously won’t be as normal well as far as attendance and fans in the stands, but as far as we’re concerned, we’re very optimistic about 16 games and the playoffs.”

On Rookie Linebacker Kenneth Murray’s development and impactTelesco: “I don’t know about the impact yet. But he’s very mature for his age, and which for a young player that’s almost a requirement. Just listening to his coaches as far as how he’s picked up the defense, he’s picked it up very well, what impact he makes is to be determined. But he’s fit in very well with us.”

24 short hours later, Chargers Head Coach Anthony Lynn was made available to the local media. Lynn, in his fourth season as the Head Coach, seemingly has the support of management and appears to have the attention and respect of the players on his team. As he is very familiar with the rigors of the NFL from his six seasons as a player and his experience on back to back Super Bowl Championship teams.

Understanding this coming season would be just as awkward has the past 6 months in the country, as we’ve dealt with this pandemic, his message to the team was clear “the most responsible team” this season will likely be the winners of this NFL season, in an earlier zoom call with the media. Summarizing Coach Lynn’s most recent zoom call, I’ve highlighted the most relevant comments he shared with us.

Embracing chaos was another message to his team through training campLynn: “I’ve been very pleased with the way the guys have handled the protocols. Their patience, their persistence; you know we went through training camp without one person getting infected; knock on wood. We can’t get tired of these protocols, it part of our lifestyle now. We have to embrace it.”

On getting Keenan Allen signed before the season begins, Lynn: “One distraction we don’t have to deal with.

Keenan’s happy, we’re happy; He’s one heck of a football player and we’re glad it worked out.”

On Rookie Linebacker Kenneth MurrayLynn: “I’ll tell you what, he’s getting better every practice man. He’s a sharp young man he works hard, he was here early this morning, came the same time as the coaches studying tape. I have every confidence in the world when the lights come on Kenneth Murray will be ready to play football.”

On Bengals Running Back Joe MixonLynn: “He’s going to challenge our tackling I’ll tell you that! He does a heck of a job breaking tackles, he has great field vision and he can run. He was one of the top backs when he came out of Oklahoma, I like him a lot then. He’s had a heck of a career in Cincinnati, he’s one of the top backs in the game, in my opinion.”

After reviewing their record for this upcoming season, I have the Chargers finishing with a 9 win 7 loss season.

This will have them just shy of reaching the playoffs, but it would be progress from the tough season the struggled through last year. Stay locked in all season long, as I will bring interesting insights from this Chargers team all year.

Feel free to challenge my predictions as long as you share your predictions. Additionally, I am open to hearing what topics you would like to have me discuss in future weeks.

Send all suggestions to info@whatsgoodinsports.com or tweet us at @whatsgoodnsport. I look forward to hearing from each of you Los Angeles Chargers fans in the coming weeks.

Stix, a Watts native, rapper and community activist, performs in a music video for the Rams outside of the Miracle Theater in Inglewood.(Photo Credit: Los Angeles Rams)

Los Angeles Rams & Watts-Native Stix Partner on Social Justice Videos

Stix To Introduce Original Song ‘It Takes All Of Us’: TheRams.com/video/it-takes-all-of-us The Los Angeles Rams and Watts-native rapper and producer STIX have teamed up to address social injustices through two new videos, including an original song. Over two days, Stix filmed a video for his new song “It Takes All Of Us,” which he wrote in collaboration with the Rams.

This music video, which can be viewed at TheRams.com/ video/it-takes-all-of-us debuted during the Rams annual Kickoff For Charity virtual event on Sunday, September 6. All proceeds from the event will support the team’s efforts to help bridge the digital divide that is disproportionately impacting underresourced students in Los Angeles.

In addition, the Rams are producing a PSA featuring players reading a spoken word message written by Stix, paired with footage, to further emphasize that it is time for change. The PSA will debut on Sunday, September 13 right before the Rams open SoFi Stadium against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday Night Football.

“It Takes All Of Us” was filmed in a variety of different locations across the region, specifically in Inglewood and Watts, bringing together two historically under-resourced Los Angeles communities that have connections to the Rams and Stix.

Highlights include: • Stix performs on the field at SoFi Stadium, the Rams new home in Inglewood; • At Inglewood’s The Miracle Theater, Stix locks arms with Rams staff wearing “It Takes All Of Us/LA Together” shirts; • Scenes outside of The Mafundi Institute, a historically Black radical art and culture academy adjacent to the famous Watts Coffee House; • Stix stands arm-in-arm with the LAPD officers who coach the Watts Rams youth football program on the roof of the LAPD headquarters; • Cameos from Inglewood-natives YANNICK “THURZ” KOFFI and DAMANI NKOSI as well as professional skateboarder PAUL RODRIGUEZ;

• The video opens and closes with the voice of the late Civil Rights leader and former U.S. Representative JOHN LEWIS. “2020 is one of the most challenging years of all years in our lifetime and building on the work of my foundation Think Watts, my goal is to raise awareness for anything and anyone in the fight for better education and against social injustices and financial inequities,” said Stix. “I am always careful to align myself with organizations who don’t just make statements, but who take actions. The Los Angeles Rams are all about those same fights.

I have seen the work the Rams have done in the community of Watts, in Inglewood, and across LA, from the RISE program, their involvement with LA Promise Fund, and the Watts Rams, and I am thrilled to collaborate with them once again to bring attention to these critical areas of need and work towards solutions.”

Stix and the Rams are reuniting after collaborating on the award-winning piece “What’s Watts: A Story of Transformation.”

Stix wrote and narrated this video in 2019, which tells the story of the LAPD-run Watts Rams youth football team and how it has helped change the community and its relationship with the police.

“We always knew 2020 would be a historic year for the Rams, the city of Inglewood and the greater Los Angeles region as we open SoFi Stadium, but we never could have predicted all the challenges that have engrossed our community and country,” said Rams Vice President of Community Affairs & Engagement MOLLY HIGGINS. “Since bringing the Rams and the NFL back to Los Angeles in 2016, we have sought to team up with partners who share our passion for making a longterm impact in our communities. We are grateful to Stix for his continued collaboration and sharing his creative vision with us as we push for meaningful, systemic change throughout this region.”

For more information about the Rams’ community outreach efforts, visit www.therams.com/community.

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Thursday, September 10, 2020

Rep. Waters Slams LASD Killing of Dijon Kizzee, Calls for Investigation

One of Dijon Kizzee’s uncles grieves at a makeshift memorial where Kizzee, a 29-year-old Black man, was killed by Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies in South Los Angeles. (David McNew/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Chair of the House Financial Services Committee (FSC), issued a statement today slamming the killing of Dijon Kizzee by Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies.

“I am deeply troubled by yet another police killing of an African American man, Dijon Kizzee, stemming from an alleged bike riding code violation – a violation the sheriffs could not specify or explain to reporters on the scene. I am further disturbed by at least one witness who observed that Dijon put his hands in the air as others watching the unfolding events urged the police not to shoot. None of the deputies were wearing body cameras and now another man is dead, shot between 10 and 20 times, after being initially stopped on his bicycle. We do not yet know all of the details of this incident, but I share in the community’s outrage. The ongoing message these police killings send is that the lives of people of color do not matter and that the practice is to shoot first and ask questions later.

“The LA Sheriff’s Department is the largest county police in the United States, with 9,000 officers who patrol nearly 200 different southern California cities. Unfortunately, the LASD’s history of abuse and misconduct is as staggering as its size. I have most recently called for CA Attorney General Becerra to investigate the sheriffs’ murder of Andres Guardado, a young unarmed teen whom the sheriffs shot several times in the back at the height of national protests against the police killings of unarmed Black men. The department has also faced questions in recent weeks about its handling of the death of Robert Fuller, a 24-year-old Black man who was found hanging from a tree. According to a report by The Guardian, public anger with LASD is further exacerbated by allegations that there

is a gang of white supremacists within the department prone to Trump-like outbursts, racist harassment, arbitrary stops and searches, and hostile patrolling. According to the Youth Justice Coalition, LA Sheriff’s deputies have killed more than 330 people since 2000. In recent years, the LA region has been one of the deadliest in the country for police violence. According to The Guardian’s reporting, between the LASD and LAPD – the department that polices the city – officers in Los Angeles have on average shot one person every five days.

“We cannot ignore that the killings of Andres Guardado and Dijon Kizzee is happening in the backdrop of a 17-year-old young man in Kenosha, who murdered two protestors who were marching against the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Jacob Blake did not have a weapon and was shot several times in the back. The young white man who murdered two protesters was treated humanely by the police and his vigilante, extrajudicial actions are being praised by some Fox News pundits and implicitly condoned by the President of the United States. Whatever details the Sheriffs leak or reveal over the coming days about why Dijon Kizzee was shot dead in Westmont, we know for a fact that a Black man stopped while riding his bicycle should not be dead today. I stand with the community in condemning unaccountable rogue sheriffs and police officers who continue to hunt and murder unarmed people of color in our communities. It’s past time for the Attorney General of CA, Xavier Becerra, to intervene and investigate the pattern of abuses at the LA Sheriff’s Department. The department is out of control and has lost the confidence of the community it is supposed to protect. There will be no peace in our streets until the LASD cleans house.”

If White-Collar, White Professionals Get AB5 Exemptions.

Why Don’t Black and Brown App-Based Drivers Get the Same?

CA NAACP Director Alice Huffman Photo: NAACP)

By Alice Huffman NAACP The California legislature is known for producing progressive, forward-thinking policies that empower people of color. But when it comes to protecting the freedom of workers who drive cars, buy groceries, and deliver other services via app-based platforms—the majority of them Black and Brown Californians—the legislature is failing our community.

You can’t achieve racial justice without economic justice, but instead of supporting smart protections, instead of finding creative ways to ensure the rights of Black and Brown people while enabling them to find good, flexible work, our legislators are mired in outdated ways of thinking that will cost our communities much-needed jobs and income.

A year ago, the legislature passed and Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 5, which eliminated the ability of Californians to work as independent contractors, requiring instead that workers become full-time employees, with immovable, set shifts and fixed wages. The proponents said they were trying to protect the rights of drivers, but they did it by embracing an old-fashioned worldview. In reality, today’s workers value flexibility. By a 4-to-1 margin, drivers prefer to work as independent contractors. They need the flexibility of independent work because many drive to supplement income from other jobs or obligations; 80 percent of drivers work fewer than 20 hours a week.

In fact, Sacramento knows their plan doesn’t work.

The legislature has exempted lawyers, insurance brokers, and dentists from AB 5, allowing them to work as independent contractors. They’ve exempted accountants, architects, engineers, and graphic designers. Photographers, podiatrists, and psychologists, too. And securities brokers, travel agents, and web designers.

In all, more than 100 white-collar, overwhelmingly white professions have been exempted from AB 5, restoring their ability to work as independent contractors. They’ve been exempted for the same reasons app-based drivers reject AB 5: They want the freedom to set their own schedules, the freedom to work in ways that make sense for them, and the economic freedom that comes from self-employment.

But the nearly one million Californians who perform app-based work are still bound by AB 5. And those appbased workers are predominantly Black and Brown. Ten percent of drivers identify as Black, 31 percent identify as

Latino, and 14 percent as Asian or Pacific Islander.

There’s a solution.

I’m supporting Proposition 22 to fix what the lawmakers broke. Prop 22 will protect app-based jobs and preserve flexibility, and it will strengthen those jobs by providing drivers independence plus benefits. It creates a wage guarantee, provides access to health care benefits, includes new protections against discrimination and harassment, and increases safety standards for drivers and passengers. It’s a win-win that will save hundreds of thousands of jobs for Black and Brown workers and for all Californians who are choosing independent app-based work, while setting up job protections for the modern economy.

As it stands, AB 5 threatens to take work and income away from the communities already hardest hit by the pandemic and the worst economy since the Great Depression. COVID-19 has devastated our state’s economy, leaving people of color struggling to support themselves. 12.9 percent of Latino and 14.6 percent of Black workers are unemployed, and it’s more than likely that those lost jobs aren’t coming back anytime soon.

You would think our progressive legislature would be doing everything in their power to protect these communities. Instead, the politicians are stubbornly advancing disastrous laws and lawsuits that threaten hundreds of thousands of jobs for our people. They’re also risking shutting down a vital transportation lifeline for communities long underserved by mass transit—at a time when safe, reliable mobility is more important than ever.

This is a gut punch to our community. Social justice advocates and community leaders like myself, as well as tens of thousands of drivers, have pleaded with the legislature to undo this terrible law that hurts our community. We have been ignored.

In the face of such indifference to the economic wellbeing of people of color, the only response is action.

We, as a community, have to put our weight behind change. We know politicians don’t have a plan—that was abundantly clear when the app-based platforms almost shut down last month. We need to take matters into our own hands to ensure Black and Brown families don’t suddenly find themselves without a paycheck—or without a service we rely on.

If the politicians won’t stand up for us, we have to stand up for ourselves by passing Prop 22.