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Dr. Kwane Stewart, Who Cares for the Pets of Those Experiencing Homelessness, is CNN’s Hero of the Year | WATCH

*(CNN) — Dr. Kwane Stewart — a veterinarian whose nonprofit, Project Street Vet, provides medical care to the pets of people experiencing homelessness — is...

California

Hurdles to Homeownership: Black Families in California Are Facing A Crisis

*The high cost of housing, predatory financing programs, and the temporary nature of a critical government assistance program are all factors making it harder...

Reality TV

Tiffany Haddish Producing Series About Successful Women Dating Homeless Men

*Tiffany Haddish has an upcoming television project that deals with a topic she has experienced firsthand: homelessness. Hearst Media Production Group announced in June that...

Urban Living

Evictions to Resume in Philadelphia After Multiple Tenants Shot | VIDEO

*PHILADELPHIA (KYW) -- Philadelphia Municipal Court is resuming evictions as early as Monday, saying landlord-tenant officers have now received training on the use of...

Homelessness

California Has Spent Billions to Fight Homelessness. The Problem Has Gotten Worse | VIDEOs

*Los Angeles (CNN) — California has spent a stunning $17.5 billion trying to combat homelessness over just four years. But, in the same time...

California Government

California Black Media Political Playback: News You Might Have Missed

*Here's your California Black Media Political Playback of stories you might have missed last week. First up: Black Caucus Members Sen. Steven Bradford and Sen....

Social Heat

Nicki Minaj Announces New Release Date For ‘Pink Friday 2’ – Beyoncé And Kelly Rowland Build Houses for the Displaced & More |...

*Webbies, Social Heat news is the news you can use (shout out to Slim Thug). Nicki Minaj announced to her Barbz that she pushed...

Homelessness

Mayor Karen Bass Makes Progress in LA’s Homelessness Saga – 14,00 Souls Now OFF the Streets! | WATCH

*Finally! Yes finally, there's some good news to report on the LA homelessness situation. Mayor Karen Bass is reporting that during the first six...

Homelessness

Thousands Live in RVs on LA’s Streets – The Goal is to Shrink the Number – Solution is Elusive | VIDEOs

*Los Angeles (CNN) — Early one recent Friday morning, sanitation workers, homeless-outreach workers, and LAPD officers arrived on a little street in the west...

Funerals

Jordan Neely – Choked Out by Subway Vigilante – Mourned At Funeral in Harlem | VIDEO

(CNN) — Jordan Neely, the homeless street artist who was the victim of a fatal chokehold on a New York City subway, was remembered...

Homelessness

A Huge Homeless Camp in Phoenix Will be Cleared After Neighbors Sued – Vulnerable Residents Are on Their Own

*(CNN) -- The young widow watched as the helpers wended through the Zone at sunrise, offering what they could: water, a bus ticket or...

Los Angeles / SoCal

Jasmyne Cannick: The Rise of the L.A. Motel Operator Slumlord

*L.A.’s newest class of slumlords have little oversight and are raking in taxpayer money hand over fist, with even more on track to be...

California Government

The California Black Media Political Playback – Assemblymember McKinnor ‘is Not Here for the BS’

Assemblymember Tina Mckinnor (D-Inglewood) says she is “not here for the B.S.” “I’m here to build houses,” McKinnor said to rounds of applause from members...

Scams - Scammed

Used! Florida Senior ‘Unknowingly’ Signed Over $185K House for $10 AND He’s Being Evicted | WATCH

*Fort Pierce, Florida (WPBF) -- A Fort Pierce senior unknowingly signed over his home, and is now getting evicted. Selling a home in Florida...

Homelessness

After Appearing on ’24 Hours to Hell & Back’ LA Chef Left Homeless with Failed Restaurant | Video

*Los Angeles-based chef Clive Jackson was featured in Gordon Ramsay's "24 Hours to Hell & Back" and now he’s making headlines once again for...

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Elon Musk on the Challenge of Artificial Intelligence @ Breakthrough Prize the ‘Oscars of Science’ | WATCH

Entertainment

Coalition of Civil Rights and Faith Leaders to Protest Netflix Over ‘Negative’ Animated ‘Good Times’ Series on Wednesday, April 17 At Noon | WATCH

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Linking Predatory Loans, Homelessness, and the Dodd-Frank Law

Housing: Black Mayors Tour Mental Health Complex in LA

Predatory Loans, Homelessness, and the Godfrey Law!

Political Playback: California Capitol News You Might Have Missed

TikTok Food Critic Keith Lee Abruptly Cancels Bay Area Food Tour Over Safety Concerns | WATCH

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Elon Musk on the Challenge of Artificial Intelligence @ Breakthrough Prize the ‘Oscars of Science’ | WATCH

Coalition of Civil Rights and Faith Leaders to Protest Netflix Over ‘Negative’ Animated ‘Good Times’ Series on Wednesday, April 17 At Noon | WATCH

Rico Wade, Renowned Outkast Producer and Founding Member of Organized Noize, Passes Away at 52 | VIDEOs

Indiana State University Releases Statement Denouncing ‘Racist Video’ Directed at Beyoncé | WATCH

OJ Simpson Cancer Death Reactions: Caitlyn Jenner, Murder Victim Ron Goldman’s Family, Others: ‘Good Riddance!’ | VIDEOs

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