BRIEFLY.Blacks pressed to donate blood Less than a day's supply is available of two blood types commonly seen among blacks, prompting the American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. on Monday to encourage more African-Americans in Southern California to donate. ``With less than one day's supply A unit or quantity of supplies adopted as a standard of measurement, used in estimating the average daily expenditure under stated conditions. It may also be expressed in terms of a factor, e.g., rounds of ammunition per weapon per day. of blood types O-negative and B-negative, both of which are found in the African-American population, every donor counts,'' said Dave Ford, chairman of the African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. Advisory Board to the American Red Cross. ``This is the time where we need to step up.'' Seventy percent of African-Americans have O or B blood, the two blood types that typically fall short, according to the Red Cross. - City News Service Jackson to lead rites for Rawls The Rev. Jesse Jackson will lead last rites Friday for Lou Rawls, the velvet-voiced singer of ``You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine'' and ``Lady Love'' who died of cancer last week. An 11 a.m. funeral will be held at the West Angeles Church of God in Christ West Angeles Church of God in Christ is a member church of the Protestant denomination of the same name. It is located in Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in the early 1960s and the first sanctuary was located on Adams Boulevard, near Interstate 10 (known locally on Crenshaw Boulevard with Jackson officiating, Rawls family spokesman Paul Shefrin said Monday. Burial will be private. A public viewing will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at Angelus Funeral Home. The family requested that instead of flowers, donations be made to the United Negro College Fund The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) is a Fairfax, Virginia-based American philanthropic organization that fundraises college tuition money for African-American students and general scholarship funds for 39 historically black colleges and universities. . Rawls died of lung cancer lung cancer, cancer that originates in the tissues of the lungs. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States in both men and women. Like other cancers, lung cancer occurs after repeated insults to the genetic material of the cell. Jan. 6 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a world-renowned hospital located in Los Angeles, California. History Cedars-Sinai is the result of a merger in 1961 between two major Los Angeles hospitals, Cedars of Lebanon and Mount Sinai Home for the Incurables, with Steve Broidy as . - Associated Press Man with knife robs restaurant GLENDALE - A man with a knife robbed a Yoshinoya fast-food restaurant, making off with about $300 from a safe, police said Monday. The robbery at the restaurant, at 4000 San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the , occurred about 8:30 a.m. Sunday. An employee was inside cleaning and taking out the trash when a man armed with an 8-inch kitchen knife came in and robbed the restaurant. The suspect was described as a man wearing blue jeans, a black or blue baseball cap and a scarf with a Christmas decoration that covered his face, police said. - Daily News Metrolink crash fatality identified BURBANK - The motorist who was killed last week when her sedan was hit by a Metrolink train in Burbank was identified Monday as Maureen Bannon Osborn, 76, of Glendale, said officials with the Los Angeles County Department of Coroners. Transit officials said Osborn drove around crossing gates and onto the train's path about 8:25 a.m. Friday at San Fernando Road and Buena Vista Street. Train 208 was carrying about 280 passengers, but none was hurt. - Daily News LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. bureau gets software upgrade A software development firm with offices in Los Angeles and Vienna, Va., will provide an information-tracking system for the LAPD's Counter Terrorism and Criminal Intelligence Bureau, authorities said Monday. The system, designed by Memex Inc., will connect divisional units within the bureau ``in a sensitive, but unclassified environment,'' providing around-the-clock intelligence and analysis capabilities in a single center, said LAPD Lt. Paul Vernon. Also, officers within the divisional units will have access to a system that can gather, analyze and disseminate information as part of a comprehensive intelligence cycle, Vernon said. - City News Service Contracts given in LAX expansion The Airport Commission awarded two contracts Monday to companies that will demolish houses as part of a plan to extend Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX . The commission voted 7-0 to approve a $3.2 million contract with Sun Valley-based Pena Grading and Demolition Inc., and a $2.6 million contract with New York City-based TEG/LVI Environmental Services Inc. to remove homes northeast and east of LAX. The homes are being demolished as part of the airport's $485 million Voluntary Residential Acquisition and Relocation Program, which allowed homeowners to sell their property to Los Angeles World Airports Los Angeles World Airports or LAWA is the airport oversight and operations department for the city of Los Angeles, California. This department owns and operates Los Angeles International Airport, LA/Ontario International Airport, Palmdale Regional Airport, and Van , the agency that oversees LAX. - City News Service |
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