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June 15, 2011 / Front Page

Zurita unseats Calhoun

Newcomer defeats incumbent Barbara Calhoun in District 1 City Council runoff

By Chris Frost
Bulletin Staff Writer

COMPTON—With 51.7 percent of the vote, Janna Zurita narrowly defeated incumbent Barbara Calhoun, who received 49.3 percent, in the hard-fought District 1 City Council runoff election. More...

New congressional district proposed for Hub City

Would create opening for representative

By Chris Frost
Bulletin Staff Writer

COMPTON—The California Redistricting Commission has proposed district lines creating a new congressional district for Compton. More...

COMPTON—As layoffs for 90 employees on July 1 grow closer, the Compton Union Coalition has made a direct request to City Manager Willie Norfleet to halt the budget ratification process, so the group’s ideas to save jobs can be presented. More...

Preschool education available at low or no cost to local children From staff reports

LOS ANGELES—If you are a resident of Los Angeles County and have a child who turns four years old by Nov. More...

Good Jobs LA shrouded in mystery

New advocacy group targeting ExxonMobil, finding answers on exactly why proving difficult

By Chris Frost
Bulletin Staff Writer

COMPTON—A new group based in Los Angeles is calling on a major oil company to step up to the plate in order to address the high unemployment rate in the area. More...

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Obituaries

Cristina Leatrice Thomas

Cristina Leatrice Thomas was born on August 19, 1989, to Steven and Luz Thomas. More...

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Calhoun demands recount, considers her legal options

By Chris Frost
Bulletin Staff Writer

COMPTON—Controversy continues to surround the Compton City Council District 1 election as incumbent Barbara Calhoun, who was defeated by Janna Zurita, has announced that the fight will continue. More...

Former Dominguez star Tyson Chandler leads Dallas Mavericks’ NBA title charge

By Dennis J. Freeman
Bulletin Staff Writer

By all accounts, former Dominguez High School basketball standout Tyson Chandler has made it to the big time. Finally. Expectations were off the charts for Chandler after his senior year in high school. More...

Opinion

PEOPLE WILL TALK ...

Do Justin Bieber’s new haircut, tattoos and earrings make him look more mature?

B.J. Douglas All the changes he made make no difference on how old he looks. More...

Did the massive solar flare cause the recent heat wave?

By Robert Romano

On June 7, a massive solar flare was observed that spewed a cloud billions of tons of solar material into space, before much of it landed back upon the sun’s surface. More...

One woman’s freedom movement

By Marian Wright Edelman

The Rev. Dr. Anna Pauline “Pauli” Murray spent a lifetime challenging not only racial segregation, but systems of discrimination in all of their forms. More...

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