Sign Up for Newsletter Los Angeles County’s new Pathway Home program to resolve encampments successfully placed  58 people into interim housing  – including  families with children – and removed 30 dilapidated RVs being used as makeshift dwellings on the streets of unincorporated East Gardena bordering West Rancho Dominguez This latest operation raises the total number of people brought into hotels and motels up to 108 since Pathway Home launched on August 9th the County’s RV-focused operations have taken 48 RVs off the streets including the latest tally from Pathway Home Pathway Home is a critical component of the County’s multi-pronged response to the homelessness emergency declared by the Board of Supervisors earlier this year. Leveraging emergency powers, partnerships with local jurisdictions, and Measure H funding Pathway Home helps people in encampments come indoors by offering them a hotel or motel room or other type of immediately available interim housing along with a comprehensive suite of supportive services that can help them achieve stability and ultimately move into permanent housing “This is LA County government in action,” said Supervisor Holly Mitchell, who, with Supervisor Kathryn Barger, authored the motion to establish the pilot program that became the foundation of Pathway Home’s RV encampment resolution protocol The launch of Pathway Home proveswe can do it By building on our established best practices and ongoing outreach efforts Pathway Home creates an infrastructure for every entity to quickly work together in fulfilling its unique role in helping to end this crisis We cannot do this without Measure H funding and a sustained urgency for getting every resident off the street and into permanent housing I look forward to bringing this program to every encampment in the 2nd District and throughout Los Angeles County.” East Gardena and West Rancho Dominguez have among the highest concentrations of RV encampments countywide The Pathway Home operation that ran from August 22 through August 24 focused on several streets in a busy industrial area including seven families with children ranging from infants to teenagers enter interim housing along with 20 pets and service animals towing them to an impound lot for dismantling or other disposition the County is taking steps to prevent the site from being reoccupied “RV encampments cannot be resolved by simply posting ‘No Parking’ signs,” said Cheri Todoroff executive director of Los Angeles County Homeless Initiative within the Chief Executive Office “In East Gardena and West Rancho Dominguez the County mobilized an all-hands-on-deck response and assembled a package of resources that offered people a way out of the streets and into housing with services.” along with the California Department of Motor Vehicles This was the second Pathway Home operation overall, but the first to focus on housing people in RVs. The County’s earlier RV-focused operations, under the RV pilot, removed several burned and abandoned RVs from public roadways. The first Pathway Home operation in Lennox on August 9 through August 11 brought 50 people inside Pathway Home begins with outreach teams developing trusting relationships with people at an encampment helping them get treatment for immediate medical needs and offering them immediate and diverse options for interim housing including partnerships with partner hotels.Once at interim housing participants receive supportive services such as on-site case management and connections to physical and mental healthcare To facilitate their transition to permanent housing the County will connect participants with housing navigation to help them throughout the lease-up process and time-limited subsidies for individuals whose income is insufficient to cover the rent Once permanently housed in their own apartment they can continue to receive supportive services After declaring a state of emergency on homelessness in January 2023 the Board of Supervisors authorized efforts to streamline hiring This has – and continues to – enable the County to expand enhance and expedite elements of its homeless services system Partnerships with local jurisdictions further grow capacity and bring in valuable additional resources Pathway Home has also been made possible by Measure H, a voter-approved ¼-cent sales tax that has enabled the County’s homeless services system to grow exponentially over the last six years. Since Measure H passed in 2017, the County has housed 90,500 people – about the population of Santa Monica – sheltered 124,000 people and prevented 22,000 people from becoming homeless 2015A 13-month-old boy is in extremely critical condition after his mother's boyfriend allegedly assaulted him in East Rancho Dominguez.EAST RANCHO DOMINGUEZ LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A 13-month-old boy is in extremely critical condition after his mother's boyfriend allegedly assaulted him in East Rancho Dominguez Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies from the Compton station responded to a call at 4:25 p.m Sunday in the 14900 block of South Atlantic Avenue about a baby that wasn't breathing The mother's boyfriend Rodrigo Hernandez admitted to detectives that he struck the boy multiple times The baby's grandfather told Eyewitness News that Hernandez said that he was just playing with the boy Hernandez was arrested on suspicion of child abuse and booked at Century Regional Detention Facility A 9-year-old girl and two other young children living with the couple were being cared for by family members Los Angeles County sheriff's homicide detectives took over the investigation on Monday Anyone with information is asked to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500 Those wishing to remain anonymous may contact "Crime Stoppers" at (800) 222-8477 there's a small white stucco house with a chain-link fence and an old tree out front There's isn't a sign or plaque in the yard and there aren't any tour groups taking photos There's nothing here to indicate that this house was the childhood home of two of the best athletes of all time and Venus Williams shake hands after a match in 1991 in Compton before the Nike and Gatorade sponsorships and before the stardom a young Venus and Serena Williams were given their first tennis rackets here Maria Gomez leans up against her blue pickup truck She says she remembers Venus and Serena running around the house and playing in the tiny backyard next door The girls cut their teeth on courts around Compton the Williams sisters are a source of pride in the city "To be able to say that they're from the town that you grew up in — who wouldn't be inspired by them?" says Janna Zurita and says she used to watch the Williams sisters train "A lot of the little kids here in the community they look up to them and they think they're great they're two beautiful women that changed the whole life of tennis," Zurita says He was known for being tough and pushing his daughters to perfection on the court — hours on the courts Some of the places where they'd practice were in rough neighborhoods the courts are repaved and there's a new recreation center — but that's not how it used to be Andre Barbee says the last time he stood on the courts at East Rancho Dominguez gang members would hang out on park benches just outside the fence So I never had a problem with nobody here." Barbee was a 21-year-old limo driver and part-time tennis coach when Richard Williams invited him to train with his daughters so when he faced Venus and Serena on the court It was something I'd never seen before in my life." Training meant hitting hundreds of balls with enough force to break the strings on their racquets Andre Barbee met Venus and Serena Williams on the tennis courts at East Rancho Dominguez Park in Compton He was 21 years old when Richard Williams invited him to train with his daughters she'll be the first since Steffi Graf in 1988 to win all four grand slam titles in the same year she advanced to the fourth round of the U.S Open when she beat 18-year-old Belinda Bencic Playing in Compton is a distant memory now: The Williams family moved to Florida in 1991 But this is where Venus and Serena learned the game's fundamentals "I love them like my little sisters," says Barbee 'Promise me that you get your high school diploma.' Barbee doesn't play much tennis these days I can see him reliving that year he spent training with Venus and Serena Williams He's ready for a rematch on the tennis courts at the corner of Compton Boulevard and Atlantic Avenue Become an NPR sponsor Holiday Closures Friends of Paramount Library a volunteer-run organization that supports the library and library events Friends of Paramount Library provides the following services to support the library A desk and a reading room in a building in the Clearwater-Hynes unincorporated community became the 26th branch of the Los Angeles County Free Library in September 1913 The Clearwater Branch was located on Paramount Boulevard It contained 121 books and the first month’s circulation was 60 books The library was moved to a rented building in 1930 the library was moved to 15718 Paramount Boulevard Two years later the Clearwater-Hynes Community became known as Paramount although incorporation was still 9 years away The library’s name was changed accordingly to Paramount Library A new building was opened in 1955 at 7913 E Madison and was considered spacious until the new library at present location was completed in 1967 the building was purchased by LA County Library which all along had been providing services and materials to the community of Paramount and the adjacent area Following a $4.8 million renovation and Grand Reopening in July 2024 and modern amenities throughout Paramount Library Highlights of the renovation include a community meeting room Renovation highlights include the following: A monthly list of noteworthy titles selected by our Collection Development Services team See More Booklists Check out what's happening at LA County Library this month Read More LA County Library announces the 43 annual Bookmark contest for grades K-12 Read More Read More Read More County of Los Angeles Many of our libraries offer enhanced resources, computers, and online services to support your homework needs. 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The Californiana Collection consists of over 24,000 books and over 200 magazine and newspaper titles in paper and on microfilm as well as a collection of state documents including state and county budgets. The goal of this collection is to present a complete picture of the history, culture, environment and artistic expression of the people of California and to some extent, the western United States. Venus Williams, a seven-time Grand Slam champion and the elder sister at 36, said she returned to Compton last year, quietly. “We always keep it low-key. We don’t come and make an announcement that we’re here,” she said. “This has always been our roots and always will be. It makes us proud. “You always remember those places, like where we went to elementary school, the courts we practiced at, even our old home. And just places you used to go. And of course things change over time. Places move. Shops close. Streets change. But it’s still the same place.” Their return Friday and Saturday was aimed at making Compton a better place, renewing their ties to the community while honoring the big sister whose murder in a drive-by shooting in Compton in 2003 tore a hole in their hearts that time can never repair. Sharoni Little, the center’s chief operating officer, projected that it will serve 50 clients per month. “This is going to be not just an exchange of information but a sustained, deep relationship,” she said. “It will be relational. There will be follow-up. There will be not just passing on a card or a flyer but actually making those connections and relationships. And we obviously know it will grow because of the need.” Serena and Venus Williams could have benefited from such help after Price, oldest of three daughters from their mother’s first marriage, was killed. Yetunde Price, who was a registered nurse, co-owned a beauty shop and sometimes worked as her sisters’ personal assistant, was 31 and left behind three young children. Two of them, daughter Justus and son Jair, on Friday received a plaque honoring their mother. The plaque will be displayed at the resource center. “We definitely wanted to honor our sister’s memory because she was a great sister, she was our oldest sister and obviously she meant a lot to us,” Serena said. “And it meant a lot to us, to myself and to Venus and my other sisters as well, Isha and Lyndrea, that we’ve been wanting to do something for years in memory of her, especially the way it happened, a violent crime. “Basically, how does the family react? If her kids didn’t have my mom and us, it could be really devastating. But we had such a great system that they’re doing pretty good. We just felt like people that didn’t have that opportunity to fall back on, what could they do? And that’s kind of how this resource center came about.” Serena and Venus have been involved in many charitable efforts. Serena has funded schools in Africa and Jamaica and backed college scholarships for deserving American kids. “We try to help out as far as our arms can spread,” Serena said. That’s pretty far. “I know we’d like to wrap this whole Earth,” Venus said. “There’s never a limit. There’s always a need and we’ll do everything that we can.” Compton Mayor Aja Brown, 34, grew up watching the sisters’ tennis feats and was delighted to welcome them back. “They were so inspiring for me, to see girls that looked like me on the court doing amazing things and accomplishing so much with all the discipline and tenacity and the maturity that they really were able to handle so many adverse situations,” she said. 1/7 Venus, left, and Serena Williams check out the commemorative certificates they received from Los Angeles County at the opening ceremony for new tennis courts at East Rancho Dominguez County Park in Compton on Saturday. 2/7 Sisters Venus, left, and Serena Williams speak at the opening ceremony for new tennis courts at East Rancho Dominguez County Park in Compton on Saturday.   (Stuart Palley / For The Times) 3/7 Venus, left, and Serena Williams listen to remarks by current students who will use the new tennis courts at East Rancho Dominguez County Park in Compton. 4/7 The Dominguez High School Marching Band played at the opening of ceremony for new tennis courts that were named in honor of pro tennis players Venus and Serena Williams. 5/7 Venus and Serena Williams not only participated in the opening ceremony for new tennis courts, they also visited on Friday the Yetunde Price Resource Center, which is scheduled to open in early next month at the Dollarhide Community Center. 6/7 Venus and Serena Williams share a laugh during their visit to the new tennis courts in Compton on Saturday. 7/7 Serena, left, and Venus Williams celebrate with students after unveiling a banner for the new tennis courts at East Rancho Dominguez County Park in Compton. The sisters spent part of Saturday in familiar surroundings at Lueders Park, which was walking distance from their childhood home, for the renaming of refurbished courts as the Venus & Serena Williams Court of Champions. Those courts, and courts at what’s now known as East Rancho Dominguez Park, are where everything began for them. Their involvement in the resource center named for their sister ensures their connection with Compton will not end. “We’re really appreciative to have this opportunity,” Serena said, “and to have it in Compton, I think, brings everything full circle. We started here and we want to make sure people understand this is a great place to be.” Sports High School Sports Kings Dodgers Olympics Subscribe for unlimited accessSite Map Receive daily news and talk from Connecticut Public Radio directly to your inbox LAist is part of Southern California Public Radio As a foster care kid nearly her whole life Geneva Mason didn’t know where she might be living once she turned 18 Friends of Willowbrook Library a volunteer-run organization that supports the library and library events Friends of Willowbrook Library provides the following services to support the library Willowbrook Library occupies a very special place in the history of the County of Los Angeles Public Library the County Librarian received a petition from the residents of the Willowbrook Community requesting that Willowbrook have the first County branch library This petition was followed up with a long distance call from Mrs Belle Jenks offering her services and her home for the purpose Willowbrook opened as the first branch library of the Los Angeles County Public Library with an initial shipment of 50 books The library was open for 2 days in April 1913 and circulated 18 books the library was moved to a room in the Post Office at rental of $20.00 a month (later reduced during the Depression to $15.00 a month) a library was built on El Segundo Boulevard but was damaged by fire during the 1965 Watts riots Rebuilt with community donations and dedicated in June 1966 Willowbrook Library served the community at the El Segundo location until the library was relocated to the Kenneth Hahn Plaza in 1987 Willowbrook Library opened to the public at its new location: 11737 Wilmington Ave Tap to enable a layout that focuses on the article Print A magnitude 2.6 earthquake was reported early Sunday morning The earthquake occurred less than a mile from Long Beach less than a mile from East Rancho Dominguez one mile from Willowbrook and one mile from Carson there have been two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater centered nearby An average of 59 earthquakes with magnitudes between 2.0 and 3.0 occur per year in the Greater Los Angeles area according to a recent three-year data sample The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.9 miles. 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California Print When the ragged Compton turned to one thing that the city has a bounty of: celebrities One of Serena Williams’ corporate sponsors opened up its wallet to repair a place where she and her sister But that wouldn’t be the end of the Williams sisters’ largesse They helped fund a new community center named after their late sister who was killed in a drive-by shooting in Compton in 2003 will help people affected by violence and other trauma As the tennis courts were renamed the Venus & Serena Williams Court of Champions Serena Williams spoke of the sisters’ affection for the city “We’re really appreciative to have this opportunity and to have it in Compton I think it really brings everything full circle,” Williams told a screaming crowd “We started here and we want to make sure people understand this is a great place to be.” Compton is in the midst of a major turnaround for so long synonymous with gang violence and blight is remaking itself with new a host of new businesses and some of the cultural touchstones that once challenged the city’s image — notably gangsta rap — have taken on an almost retro coolness The partnership with the Williams sisters is one of many projects that have come from Compton officials leveraging their relationship with stars who grew up in the city shown at the 2016 Austin City Limits Music Festival gave to the Compton Unified School District for its arts program Rapper Kendrick Lamar donated more than $1.5 million to Compton Unified School District to build a custom music studio and expand their arts program Dre is funding the construction of a $35-million performance arts center with the royalties he donated from his last album provides school supplies and funds shopping sprees to students who demonstrate academic improvement The rapper also donates his time and holiday meals to needy residents actor Anthony Anderson and former NFL player Marcellus Wiley also lend their celebrity to boost the city Enlisting Compton’s favorite sons and daughters has several goals One is to encourage them to invest in the city both with donations and by lending their names to projects that get outside support The other is to remind Compton’s youth that there is a way up “It sends a big signal to the private sector that people from Compton are underwriting the growth here,” said Compton Mayor Aja Brown Compton Mayor Aja Brown greets neighborhood children outside of the Center for Sustainable Communities under construction in Compton (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times ) Few mid-sized cities in America have achieved the iconic reputation of Compton that reputation has been seared in popular culture on the back of a violent past that has inspired everything from movies to the lyrics in gangsta rap Though the violence that gave Compton a notoriety throughout the world has substantially receded over a generation the city still struggles with a reputation it can’t quite shake Some cities scrubbed out the name of streets a think tank concluded that Compton was the most distressed city in California — an assertion that city leaders disputed as based on outdated information The release last year of the hit movie “Straight Outta Compton,” about the influential Compton rap group N.W.A Officials hoped the attention could be a boon but they were concerned it could rekindle memories of the city’s more fearsome past and obscure gains that the community has made The city has made a slow recovery since it was on the verge of bankruptcy four years ago Its general fund had a $40-million deficit because for years officials used the city’s water sewer and retirement funds when the general fund ran short on cash the 2016/17 approved budget show the city’s general fund operating at a $956,448 deficit “The City has been faced with many difficult challenges over the last decade,” City Manager Roger Haley said in the budget’s introduction “In my opinion and in the opinion of many including have stepped up and done the right thing.” the city has announced groundbreaking on a Steak ’n Shake and a million- square-foot light rail industrial park All these projects are expected to open next year But Brown said the city has struggled to attract the kind of transforming development seen in Los Angeles That’s where Compton-born celebrities have stepped in These hometown heroes also provide inspiration and role models It shows “that people from Compton not only do well but they have the heart to come back and give back,” Brown said “Their presence alone is just so impactful Residents have long described Compton as a pressure cooker that creates superstars the city had little connection with the diamonds it helped create city officials have tried to distance Compton from its gangsta rap roots — even going as far to rebrand itself as a hub for gospel music who has worked for the city for more than three decades said she noticed that the current administration has made a concerted effort to connect Compton’s past and future the City Council honored Lamar with the key to the city Brown said the musician’s “commitment and dedication have made a lasting impact on our community and its citizen.” Lamar described walking to the former Circuit City and Boyd’s Mart as a child with his mother She instilled a sense of pride in his community Lamar said the key was a symbol of his efforts to unlock more programs for boys and girls I’m going to always from Day One scream Compton and make sure I come back to this community and do right by it because ya’ll have always done right by me.” For more California breaking news, follow @AngelJennings. She can also be reached at angel.jennings@latimes.com. While deaths continue to mount, the county reported only 239 new cases of the virus, the lowest number since March 26. Newsom has issued a stay-at-home order and all nonessential businesses are closed due to the coronavirus outbreak So what does it look like outside — from above Health officials on Monday confirmed 25 new coronavirus-linked deaths bringing the county’s total number of fatalities to 320 and marking an increase in the mortality rate in Southern California as city and county leaders continued to warn against prematurely ending shelter-in-place orders Here is the list of California communities with coronavirus cases: Colleen Shalby is a reporter for the Los Angeles Times. She has covered education, the pandemic, the vaccine rollout and breaking news throughout California. She was part of the team that was a 2020 Pulitzer Prize finalist for coverage of a dive-boat fire off the Santa Barbara coast. Shalby grew up in Southern California and graduated from George Washington University. She previously worked for PBS NewsHour and joined The Times in 2015. World & Nation Stream PBS SoCal and your favorite PBS programs to your TV and devices wherever Celebrate AAPI Month on PBS SoCal all May with exclusive programs Find full episodes and educational games from Curious George Support PBS SoCal and watch full seasons of your favorite shows offering a growing number of natural environments families can visit Here are four places that I have enjoyed as a parent that offer small and large natural spaces for young children to explore Benefiting from a recent $83 million renovation Magic Johnson Park is a 126-acre natural preserve park and recreation space located along the border of Compton in the unincorporated Los Angeles County neighborhood of Willowbrook The park includes an approximately 12-acre man-made lake separated into a natural preserve area and a general recreation area connected by a stream The preserve attracts different species of waterfowl including ducks and geese that naturally populate it Catch and release fishing is allowed on the recreational side of the lake There are several walking paths and plenty of green an amphitheater/ wedding lawn and a splash pad that will be turned on in May There is also a community center with several meeting rooms that residents can reserve for events and placards with affirmations in English and Spanish The park offers skyline views of downtown Compton and nearby snow-capped mountains on clear days Magic Johnson Park is open weekdays from 7 a.m benches and picnic tables throughout the park with plenty of parking in the adjacent lot The short walking trail leads to recently installed raised beds available for community volunteers to garden The community garden also has picnic tables and benches built from large stones you can find children gleefully running through them The park is open to volunteers interested in growing plants in the garden beds or offering programs to the community Compton Creek Natural Park is open daily from 7 a.m The small park offers a quiet outdoor space with flowers and plants for families with small children It stretches from Washington Avenue to a closed gate on Atlantic Avenue Its design allows adults to watch their little ones from most areas of the park Visitors can find toddler-sized play equipment a restroom building and a splash pad that is turned on in the summer It's about two blocks east of the East Rancho Dominguez Library making it ideal for families with little ones to spend time at both They can visit the library and check out books then have outdoor play or reading time at the pocket park opened and closed by staff at the nearby East Rancho Dominguez Park While parking can be a challenge in the residential area on weekends and the park's toddler-sized features make it worth visiting During the hour-long Peas in a Pod sessions which happen one Sunday per month at 11 a.m kids rotate between activity stations that highlight different aspects of farming and gardening and water plants and vegetables in the garden's raised beds children receive square cards with images of different fruits and vegetables that they can exchange for fruits and vegetables from a miniature version of the farm stand The farm also regularly features live music from local musicians and youth bands and offers seasonal activities such as free holiday photos with a professional photographer in the garden Children can also have fun playing on a wooden swing attached to a tree in the corner of the farm Families can park on the street on Redondo Beach Boulevard PBS SoCal is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.Tax ID: 95-2211661 404Page Not FoundLooks like we can't find this page Nikko Duren & Sylvio Martins Compton is just another LA neighborhood in the same way that the Williams sisters are just a couple of tennis players. Widely known as the birthplace of world-class athletes, chart-topping rappers, and massive social movements, this legendary South LA neighborhood is also full of things to eat that are worth traveling for. There’s a torta spot that hosts local punk bands a tamale factory that’ll give you a sweet corn dependency, and much, much more. Here are our favorite restaurants in Compton. CA 90221">.css-56eu0z{width:1em;height:1em;display:inline-block;line-height:1em;-webkit-flex-shrink:0;-ms-flex-negative:0;flex-shrink:0;color:var(--chakra-colors-gray100);vertical-align:middle;fill:currentColor;}937 East Rosecrans Ave East Rancho Dominguez Billionaire Burger BoyzBurgers Compton Billionaire Burger Boyz started out as a food truck After appearing on a restaurant competition show and expanding as far south as San Diego and jambalaya fries in their first brick-and-mortar space in Compton but we keep coming back for the “Billionaire single” burger It fits in the palm of your hand and has the proportions of a cartoon burger California 90220">909 S Central Ave Compton Mexican Los Del PastorTaqueria El PoblanoAl Pollos RestaurantLa Dona (Tamaleria)Louis Burgers IIM&T DonutsDonuts El Tio CarnitasAntojitos Los CuatesPlanet Health ComptonVegan The best thing about Planet Health Compton is the options They have a lot of them—all plant-based—including burgers and none of these dishes taste like the oversalted version of their non-vegan alter-egos The buffalo chicken club is stacked tall with shiitake mushrooms And their House Bowl is a lovely mix of meatless sausage and you can get three tacos with a side of rice and beans and fresh juice for $15 Consider this your checklist of the best of the best All of our favorite spots to get Trinidadian The 25 best places to eat in the South Bay Nikko is a born-and-raised Californian who enjoys finishing off the table bread Sylvio moved to LA over a decade ago and still misses his exit on the 10 He came to us as a freelancer and wrote so many guides that we gave him a job Dora Waters often stops by the A C Bilbrew Library in unincorporated Willowbrook for a quiet space to write and stretch her legs She lives at a homeless shelter and relies on its free Wi-Fi for work “I have been frustrated for years coming to the library and really not knowing the technology and wishing someone was here to help me,” Waters said Interns work one-on-one with residents to provide basic tech support from resetting a lost password to repairing a broken laptop The goal is to help people feel more comfortable online so they can access social services and participate in the digital economy Interns also help people sign up for broadband discounts and other services “Technology is taking over so much of what we do every day that if we don't help people to get connected … it's just going to make their households' experience more difficult,” said Selwyn Hollins Hollins started Delete the Divide in 2021 to help connect people during the pandemic “It really affected the entire household," Hollins said “Many of the county and municipal services are available online and people couldn't get access in this time of need.” The free assistance program started last year and recently expanded to 43 libraries It's targeted at areas where more than 20% of households lack broadband; by removing barriers to access it's hoped the digital divide will be narrowed That’s the gap between people who have easy access to modern technology and those who don’t Delete the Divide hired about 250 young people from underserved communities to give them training and help diversify the industry Many of the interns are students or adults pursuing jobs in the technology field a program administrator for Delete the Divide who oversees the internship program Being from the neighborhood allows the interns to better connect with residents who grew up about 10 minutes from the A C Bilbrew Library She’s studying computer science at Cal State Long Beach while learning on the job “I’m really able to just connect with people… they receive what I’m saying well and they feel like I’m trying to help them Anyone can walk in to the library for digital support The service is also available at five senior centers across the county “Sometimes small tasks might seem easy to us but they really aren’t to other people,” said Merling Velasquez said she grew up watching her father repair computers at home in Watts She taught herself how to code and is pursuing a master’s degree at the University of Southern California But not everyone feels as comfortable with technology “A lot of times it’s about going on Google ourselves and learning with [residents],” Velasquez said we want to show them how to do it for themselves.” He said it can be difficult to reach people beyond the walls of the library — especially those who are offline — without a large advertising budget “Not only is it important to serve the people who come into the library it’s also important to get the word out for people who don’t use the library… who don’t come from a background where they understand what the library is for,” he said This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page (AP) — Venus and Serena Williams made a rare visit to their childhood hometown where their half-sister was killed in 2003 to have tennis courts dedicated in their honor on Saturday The sisters were greeted by cheers from a few hundred people when they arrived at Lueders Park not far from their former home in the violence-plagued city of Compton located 17 miles south of downtown Los Angeles “We literally lived right down the street so we could walk there,” Venus told the crowd Banners hung in the four corners of the two newly refurbished courts proclaiming them the Venus & Serena Williams Court of Champions “We are really excited to be here,” Serena said “Driving here brought back so many memories We definitely want to see some more champions come from these courts.” Venus added: “It’s been a surreal experience to be back in this way “To have the tennis court refurbished to make sure that there’s coaching available to make sure that these programs go on and to make sure that this sport stays here in our community it’s a big part of bringing us all up and creating positivity for young people.” The sisters laughed and applauded the Compton Sounders drill team and drum squad that performed for them on court members of a Girl Scout troop and elderly residents were among the crowd sitting in white chairs on the two courts clutched a plastic bag filled with newspaper articles about the sisters she has clipped and saved over the years She pulled out a photo from the late 1990s when the sisters wore colorful beads in their hair we weren’t into tennis,” said LeBeauf who attended with her daughter and granddaughter “I’ve learned from watching them The sisters first learned to play tennis a few miles away on courts at East Rancho Dominguez Park in an unincorporated area surrounding Compton under the tutelage of their father who didn’t attend Saturday’s ceremony The previously run-down and little-used courts at Lueders Park are fenced with lighting and now host three tennis camps and clinics “When you consider all the challenges and all the obstacles that the Williams sisters had to overcome and they stayed focused and dedicated so that same message is being transferred over to the young people in the city,” Brown said The sisters are helping fund the Yetunde Price Resource Center in Compton Named for their half-sister who was killed in a drive-by shooting in September 2003 the center will help connect residents affected by violence with service providers “It’s definitely a healing moment They haven’t been to the city of Compton since their sister passed away,” said Brown whose grandmother was fatally shot in Compton “All of us in the community in some way have been touched by violence.” the sisters left the park and headed to the Healthy Compton Festival at the city’s transit plaza where they were set to judge dance and food contests The sisters primarily live in South Florida where their father moved the family from Compton so they could further hone their games at a tennis academy Stay secure and make sure you have the best reading experience possible by upgrading your browser Rhodes is a consultant at IdeaSmiths LLC which does energy systems analysis and studies for utilities and environmental groups he has received multiple grants from non-profits He sits on the board of the non-profit Texas Solar Energy Society He is friends and acquaintances with multiple contributors to the report discussed in this article View all partners an energy technology and policy researcher at the University of Texas at Austin The Energy Department’s Solar Futures Study lays out three future pathways for the U.S meaning a massive shift to low-carbon and carbon-free energy sources; and decarbonization with economy-wide electrification of activities that are powered now by fossil fuels It concludes that the latter two scenarios would require approximately 1,050-1,570 gigawatts of solar power, which would meet about 44%-45% of expected electricity demand in 2050. For perspective, one gigawatt of generating capacity is equivalent to about 3.1 million solar panels or 364 large-scale wind turbines The rest would come mostly from a mix of other low- or zero-carbon sources geothermal and combustion turbines run on zero-carbon synthetic fuels such as hydrogen Energy storage capacity – systems such as large installations of high-capacity batteries – would also expand at roughly the same rate as solar One advantage solar power has over many other low-carbon technologies is that most of the U.S. has lots of sunshine hydropower and geothermal resources aren’t so evenly distributed: There are large zones where these resources are poor or nonexistent Relying more heavily on region-specific technologies would mean developing them extremely densely where they are most abundant It also would require building more high-voltage transmission lines to move that energy over long distances which could increase costs and draw opposition from landowners I think it would be technically possible but not easy. It would require an accelerated and sustained deployment far larger than what the U.S. has achieved so far, even as the cost of solar panels has fallen dramatically. Some regions have attained this rate of growth albeit from low starting points and usually not for long periods The Solar Futures Study estimates that producing 45% of the nation’s electricity from solar power by 2050 would require deploying about 1,600 gigawatts of solar generation. That’s a 1,450% increase from the 103 gigawatts that are installed in the U.S. today. For perspective, there are currently about 1,200 gigawatts of electricity generation capacity of all types on the U.S The report assumes that 10%-20% of this new solar capacity would be deployed on homes and businesses The rest would be large utility-scale deployments plus some large-scale solar thermal systems that use mirrors to reflect the sun to a central tower Assuming that utility-scale solar power requires roughly 8 acres per megawatt, this expansion would require approximately 10.2 million to 11.5 million acres. That’s an area roughly as big as Massachusetts and New Jersey combined I think goals like these are worth setting but are good to reevaluate over time to make sure they represent the most prudent path But the engineering challenges are understood and rather straightforward Natural gas, coal and oil provided almost 80% of primary energy input to the U.S Replacing much of it with low-carbon sources would also require retooling most major U.S Studies like this solar report also assume that a lot of supporting infrastructure that’s essential to fulfill their scenarios will be available would have to expand its electric transmission capacity by 60%-90% to support the levels of solar deployment that it envisions Building long-distance transmission lines is very hard in the U.S., especially when they cross state lines, which is what a massive solar deployment would require. Unless some agency, such as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is empowered to approve new transmission lines this kind of expansion might be almost impossible One potential solution is gaining traction: building transmission lines along existing rights of way next to highways and railroad lines which avoids the need to secure agreement from numerous private landowners Our power system currently gets about 59% of its electricity from coal and natural gas. These resources are generally, although not always This means that when utility customers demand more power for their lights or air conditioners the companies can call on these types of plants to increase their output [Over 100,000 readers rely on The Conversation’s newsletter to understand the world. Sign up today.] All of this is feasible and will be necessary if the U.S decarbonized electricity grid to cost-effectively meet future demand 2019 at 6:08 am PT.css-79elbk{position:relative;}A magnitude 3.7 earthquake epicentered in Compton struck shortly after midnight on Friday CA — A magnitude 3.7 earthquake rattled Los Angeles early Friday morning at 12:19 a.m perilously close to the a fault that ruptured decades ago and caused extensive damage and more than 100 deaths The quake struck about 1.5 miles west of East Rancho Dominguez and southwest of Lynwood It was felt across the Los Angeles region as well as parts of northern Orange County There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries Within minutes more than 100 people reported feeling the shaking to the U.S The intensity of the shaking wasn't strong enough to set off the city's early warning system which calculated that light shaking was felt in Compton Weaker shaking was likely felt throughout the Los Angeles Basin and the San Gabriel Valley Homes in Burbank and Rowland Heights shuddered Officials did not immediately identify the fault line responsible for the quake but said the epicenter was about two miles from a mapped strand of the Newport-Inglewood fault. 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