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OPINION: CUSD widely perceived to be stalling on McKinley Parent Trigger pull 3 Feb 2011 | 02:42 pm
The Nitty Gritty and L.A. Weekly aren’t the only ones to see Compton Unified’s appalling handling of parents’ push to transfer control of an ailing elementary school into the hands of a charter operat...
Links are made for clicking! 2 Feb 2011 | 12:40 am
We’ve noticed that very few of our readers click on the various hyperlinks we feature in most, if not all, of our blog posts. This is somewhat puzzling for us because we include the links to provide ...
11 alleged gang members arrested during drug raids 1 Feb 2011 | 03:08 pm
Sweep conducted at various county locations, including at least one in Compton, yields arrests of Gardena gang’s alleged shot-callers A multi-agency taskforce has arrested 11 reputed members of a Gar...
Upcoming muni elections to proceed as scheduled 30 Jan 2011 | 11:09 am
Judge denies request to delay upcoming citywide elections until conclusion of impending trial over at-large voting COMPTON—Citing flaws in expert analysis illustrating that voting in Compton is racia...
Lynwood man shot to death near Compton Center campus 29 Jan 2011 | 06:37 pm
COMPTON—A man was shot to death yesterday near the campus of El Camino College Compton Center, authorities said. The victim was identified by the county coroner’s office today as 20-year-old Lynwood ...
Have you missed us? 28 Jan 2011 | 11:12 am
We’ve been on a miniature pseudo-hiatus of sorts for about the past week or so, and if you’ve missed us, then we’ve got good news for you: A slew of posts are on their way as we play catch up with the...
CUSD requiring McKinley parents who favor going charter to verify signatures face-to-face 21 Jan 2011 | 04:21 pm
COMPTON—The L.A. Weekly is reporting that school district officials are requiring parents who signed a petition to hand control of McKinley Elementary School over to a charter school operator to verif...
ANOTHER PARENT TRIGGER TWIST: Parents file federal complaint alleging teachers harassing kids 19 Jan 2011 | 08:07 pm
Activists fighting to turn McKinley Elementary into a charter school say teachers are intimidating their children in retaliation for their parents’ push for school reform COMPTON—The plot has thicken...
Compton murder rate tumbles to 45-year low 19 Jan 2011 | 04:40 am
About a decade after the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department began policing the streets, the Hub City is now boasting its lowest homicide rate in nearly half a century COMPTON—Once infamous for its sky-...
Local nonprofit blasts local, state officials for spoiling all the fun, failing ‘the people’ 16 Jan 2011 | 03:09 pm
COMPTON—How could anyone do something that would effectively shut down opportunities for inner-city youth to participate in constructive, fun, supervised activities? That’s a question that for months...
