Eric Jerome Dickey’s Creative Kyle Kuzma Helps the Lakers Influence (See page A-4) Rebuild (See page D-1) VOL. LXXVV, NO. 49 • $1.00 + CA. Sales Tax THURSDAY, DECEMBERSEPTEMBER 12 17,- 18, 2015 2013 VOL. LXXXV NO 14 $1.00 +CA. Sales Tax“For Over “For Eighty Over EightyYears TheYears Voice The ofVoice Our of Community Our Community Speaking Speaking for Itselffor Itself” THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2018 CHARGE UP CRENSHAW: Unveils 22 New Publicly-Accessible EV Chargers at its Crenshaw Customer Service Center BY BRANDON I. BROOKS burk, Jr. and commissioner Managing Editor Aura Vasquez, unveiled the new Crenshaw EV Charging The Los Angeles Depart- Plaza, located in LADWP’s ment of Water and Power Crenshaw Customer Ser- (LADWP) is on a mission vice Center parking lot. The to electrify L.A.’s transpor- charging station features 22 tation system. On April 1, new EV chargers that con- the LADWP Board of Water tribute toward LADWP’s and Power Commissioners EV infrastructure goal of launched a pilot rebate pro- 10,000 publicly-accessible gram which offers a rebate EV chargers throughout the of up to $450 to LADWP city over the next five years. customers who purchase a The chargers are available used electric vehicle (EV). to motorists, free of charge. The program incentivizes “Here at ‘Charge up the purchase of EVs byCrenshaw,’ we don’t charge making EV ownership more anybody,” said commission- affordable. These efforts er Vasquez. “We have a se- also support the state’s goals ries of EV chargers that can of putting 1.5 million zero- take—it’s very quick-- up to emission vehicles on the 2 hours to charge up and we road in California by 2025have two fast chargers that and 5 million by 2030 andcan take up to 20 minutes, reducing Green House Gas so they’re super chargers.” emissions by 40 percent be- With Federal and State low 1990 levels by 2030. programs focused on new In an exclusive interview EVs, LADWP wanted to with the Sentinel, LADWP take action to make EVs Board of Water and Power, more affordable locally PHOTO BY KRISTINA DIXON FOR SENTINEL Vice-President and commis- where they can provide a di- Aura Vasquez, Board of Water & Power Commissioners and William Funderburk, Jr. Vice President of the sioner William W. Funder- {See LADWP A-8} Board of Water & Power Commissioners. nature of the city, juxta- posing it with the nation’s BY MESFIN FEKADU capital. “We can’t say AP Music Writer the same right now about Washington D. C., where Kendrick Lamar won leaders clap their hands the Pulitzer Prize for music when immigrants are Monday, making history forced into the shadows … as the first non-classical or Where corporations’ needs jazz artist to win the -presti are placed above those of gious prize. a single mother … Where The revered rapper is our coastline is offered up also the most commer- to the highest bidder with cially successful musician COURTESY PHOTO an oil drill. You see, some- to receive the award, usu- Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti thing different is happen- ally reserved for critically ing here in Los Angeles,” acclaimed classical acts BY ALAN BRAXTON Chili Peppers “Can’t Stop” he said. who don't live on the pop Staff Writer played in the background. Garcetti then outlined charts. PHOTO BY ARTHUR MOLA/INVISION/AP, FILE After the music subsided a new three-part eco- The 30-year-old won Kendrick Lamar performs during We Day at the Air On Monday, April 16, and the crowd stilled, nomic strategy, including the prize for ``DAMN.,'' Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada. The 2015 Bonnaroo Los Angeles Mayor Eric Mayor Garcetti wasted no bringing film jobs back to his raw and powerful Music and Arts Festival will feature a star-studded Garcetti entered the cham- time getting straight to the the L.A. area, expanding Hurricane Irma hits Florida Grammy-winning album. lineup including Billy Joel, Mumford & Sons and Lamar. ber where he gave his fifth points. Silicon Beach’s tech in- The Pulitzer board said Deadmau5, Robert Plant and Florence + the Machine will State of the City address, Garcetti’s tone was a fluence, Space-X’s Falcon also perform during the four-day event kicking off June making his rounds of intro- positive one, praising the construction in the Port {See KENDRICK A-8} 11, 2015, in Manchester, Tenn. duction while the Red-Hot open-minded progressive {See MAYOR A-9} PHOTO OF THE WEEK BY KIMBERLEE BUCK Staff Writer Are you a South Los Angeles resident look- ing to earn extra income? Find out what it takes to share your space and grow your wallet by becoming COURTESY OF AIRBNB Local Airbnb host welcomes guests into his LA home. an Airbnb host! The history eateries, businesses, and of South L.A. is rich and all things L.A! As a result, ever growing. 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BROOKS PHOTO ily Festival, it is also centralarea, and its surrounding Bank of America / Merrill Lynch invited a number of “community www.lasentinel.net to some of the best beaches, influencers” to Dodger Stadium to commemorate Jackie Robinson Day. museums, Black-owned {See AIRBNB A-9} GLAAACC Chairman Gene Hale threw out the opening pitch A-2A-6 LASENTINEL.NETLOS ANGELES SENTINEL NEWSNEWS THURSDAY,JANUARYTHURSDAY, APRIL 19, 9, 20182014 Black Scholar and Activist Ron Walters Was a Genius, Donna Brazile Says BY FREDDIE ALLEN Walters, when she was a ership and Public Policy NNPA Newswire “young, aggressive” com- Center at Howard Univer- munity organizer trying to sity thanked the NNPA for Democratic strategist change politics from the partnering with the Wal- and author Donna Brazile inside out. ters Center to co-sponsor called world-renowned “Ron Walters provided the event. scholar and activist Dr. us with a historical ref- Dr. Scott noted that Dr. Ronald Walters a genius, erence to what we were Walters wrote a weekly during a recent forum cel- doing and trying to ac- column for the Black ebrating his legacy at the complish,” Brazile said. Press. Thurgood Marshall Center “Ron provided a scholarly “He loved the Black for Service and Heritage in roadmap. He made you Press, he believed in the Washington, D.C. understand that it was not Black Press, and he want- FREDDIE ALLEN/AMG/NNPA In July 1958, when he just about the moment that ed to make sure that the Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., the president and CEO of the NNPA (at podium), delivers was just 20 years-old and we were living in, but the Black Press survived,” remarks, just before the start of a panel discussion celebrating Dr. Walters' legacy at the the president of the youth historical journey that we Scott said. Thurgood Marshall Center for Service and Heritage in Washington, D.C. chapter of the NAACP in had been on for over 200 Dr. Winbush met Dr. Wichita, Kan., Dr. Wal- years. He talked about po- Walters through his strong ters organized one of the litical power, not just in support of reparations for mentator, Dr. Walters priori- lion, which continues to we’re in now,” explained first lunch counter sit-ins the abstract…he taught us slavery. tized the Black Press. rise; however, this grow- Patricia “Pat” Walters, Dr. in the country to protest to use our power and le- “Ron spoke the truth, “He saw the [Black ing spending power has not Walters’ wife. segregation. According to verage it.” as he saw it, and he didn’t Press] as a means to build translated to increased eco- “Ron was essentially The New York Times, he The forum included a care who heard it,” Dr. Black Power,” Smith said. nomic prosperity or wealth what I would call a ‘prag- was instrumental in the panel discussion featuring Winbush said. “You want to talk to Black in the Black community. matic, Black nationalist,’” establishment of the Con- Dr. Raymond Winbush, a Madison said that Dr. people, you talk to them Brazile said that the Pat Walters said. “That gressional Black Caucus research professor and di- Walters had the rare abil- through their media.” election of Donald Trump means he wouldn’t have in the early 1970s and rector of the Institute for ity to combine scholarship Dr. Chavis noted that has changed political norms taken off and gone to an- served as “the deputy cam- Urban Research at Mor- and activism. the movements for Black in the U.S. and it’s critical other country. He would be paign manager and debate gan State University; “The “Scholars have got to Power and Black political that Blacks are a part of the encouraging Black folks to adviser for the Rev. Jesse Black Eagle” Joe Madi- become activists and Ron leadership have evolved next phase of leadership. mobilize, to organize, to get L. Jackson’s presidential son, a radio talk show host was an activist,” Madison and that Dr. Walters’ writ- “If Ron Walters were out the vote and to talk with bid in 1984.” Dr. Walters on Sirius; and Dr. Robert said. ings gave recognition to the here, today, he would tell the millennials,” about the penned more than a dozen Smith, the author of the And when Dr. Walters diversity within the Black you that Black Power is not 2018 midterm elections. books on racial politics book, “Ronald W.