Author: Emilie St. John

By: Emilie St. John INGLEWOOD, Calif. – The city of Inglewood will accept grant funds to pay for homeless coordinator services during the Feb. 7 regular city council meeting. An unhoused person sleeps in a tent during record rainfall this month. (Photo: 2UrbanGirls) The City was awarded $125,000 from the…

By: Emilie St. John INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Inglewood Police Chief Mark Fronterotta continues to recover after being hospitalized last month after suffering an “intracranial hemorrhage” around Jan, 13. Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts Jr. continued to provide periodic updates on the chief’s condition noting Fronterotta made it out of the…

By: Emilie St. John Members of the law enforcement community have weighed in on the egregious beating of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols at the hands of officers during a Jan. 7 traffic stop that was caught on body cameras worn by officers. Five officers — Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin…

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – A new housing development has broken ground in the unincorporated area of Inglewood. Los Angeles-based design firm JZA Architecture in partnership with developer TRG Investments have begun construction on Noxwood Apartments, a 10-unit multifamily community located in Lennox. The project is expected to be completed in the…

By: Emilie St. John Inglewood voters in District 1 will vote for their representative after Councilman George Dotson failed to secure over 50% of the vote to avoid a runoff during the Nov. 8 election. Inglewood residents have always believed that Dotson was a pawn for Inglewood Mayor James T.…

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has announced plans to generate revenue by placing nearly 100 digital billboards throughout the Los Angeles area that critics find harmful to drivers. The agency’s transit communications and advertising program, approved last week by Metro’s board of directors, would bring digital signs to…

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – 93.5 KDAY has announced the return of their annual Krush Groove concert that will return to Inglewood’s Kia Forum April 22. The lineup includes headliners Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Fat Joe, E-40, Too $hort, Warren G, Dogg Pound, and Glasses Malone. @2urbangirls @Snoop Dogg gives a shout out to…

COMPTON, Calif. – A suspect suffered non-life threatening injuries Tuesday during an exchange of gunfire with deputies in Compton, authorities said. The shooting occurred about 10:30 a.m. near Compton and Redondo Beach boulevards, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reported. No deputies were injured. Deputies conducting an operation involving a…

By: Emilie St. John INGLEWOOD, Calif. (2UrbanGirls) – The city of Inglewood was awarded $407 million towards the Inglewood Transit Connector project from state surplus funds on Jan. 31. “Today’s award supporting the Inglewood Transit Connector will be transformative not just for the City of Inglewood, but for communities throughout…

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (2UrbanGirls) – The Inglewood city council will meet in closed session today to discuss the ongoing legal matter between Mayor James T. Butts Jr. and Melanie McDade. Inglewood resident Marvin McCoy requested his public comment be published on this site because City Clerk Aisha Thompson continues to not…

COMPTON, Calif. – A bridge that takes travelers off the westbound 91 freeway into Compton has been closed for a couple of years. Since the closure the earth under it continues to erode at what appears to be dangerous levels. According to Compton Mayor Emma Sharif the bridge closed in…

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority conducted its annual count of the homeless last week and staff from the Los Angeles Times tagged along with the city of Inglewood’s homeless coordinator who gave them some rather odd instructions. Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts Jr. has repeatedly insisted…

By: Emilie St. John INGLEWOOD, Calif. – The Inglewood City Council is expected to approve a Public Hearing date for a relocation plan for the Inglewood Transit Connector project during the Jan. 31 regular city council meeting. The Dogghouse, a collaboration between entrepreneur Snoop Dogg and Funko recently opened along…

COMPTON, Calif. – CA Attorney General Rob Bonta has issued an opinion on the appointment of a member of the Compton City Council on Jan. 26 after it was challenged by a resident. Deidre Duhart was sworn in as the District 1 Councilwoman April 13, 2022. Long-time Compton resident Lynn…

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (2UrbanGirls) – The Inglewood Planning Commission will hold a special meeting on Jan. 23 at 7:00 p.m. on the City’s Housing Element which is required to be updated every eight years. Residents wouldn’t know about this meeting because the notice was published in the Herald Publications Inglewood News…