LUSD prepares for 2021-22 at upgraded Bullis campus LYNWOOD—Lynwood High School will return to its original campus, located on Bullis Road, and will welcome LHS Knights for the first day of the 2021-22 year on Thursday, Aug. 19 when it unveils an improved campus featuring high school amenities and new technology. Multiple upgrades are taking place across campus, including the addition of new portable classrooms, as well as updates to the dance room and locker rooms. The campus modifications also include updated classrooms and science labs, and a renovated quad with added...

By Rebecca Santana   Robert Parris Moses, a civil rights activist who was shot at and endured beatings and jail while leading Black voter registration drives in the American South during the 1960s and later helped improve minority education in math, has died. He was 86. Moses, who was widely referred to as Bob, worked to dismantle segregation as the Mississippi field director of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee during the civil rights movement and was central to the 1964 “Freedom Summer” in which hundreds of students went to the South to register...

By WILL GRAVES   TOKYO (AP)—Simone Biles arrived in Tokyo as the star of the U.S. Olympic movement and perhaps the Games themselves. She convinced herself she was prepared for the pressure. That she was ready to carry the burden of outsized expectations. Only, as the women’s gymnastics team final approached on Tuesday night, something felt off. And the athlete widely considered the Greatest of All Time in her sport knew it. So rather than push through the doubts that crept into her head as she’s done so many times in the past, Biles decided enough was...

LOS ANGELES—COVID-19 hospitalization numbers continued an unsettling upward climb in Los Angeles County Tuesday, with the latest state figures showing nearly 900 people being treated for the virus—more than double the number from just two weeks ago. According to state numbers released Tuesday, there were 891 people hospitalized due to COVID in the county, up from 825 the previous day. That's the highest number since March 13, and more than double the number from July 12, when the county reported 372 people hospitalized. There were 195 people in intensive care, up...

LOS ANGELES—COVID-19 death rates increased significantly when states lifted eviction moratoriums that were put in place to protect renters who could not make payments during the pandemic, according to a UCLA-led study released Monday. According to the study, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, the number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 was five times higher in the four months after eviction moratoriums expired, and the number of COVID- 19 cases doubled. "Evictions may have accelerated COVID-19 transmission by decreasing individuals' ability to...

By Meg Kinnard   COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP)—The family of entertainer James Brown has reached a settlement ending a 15-year battle over the late singer's estate, according to an attorney involved in the mediation. David Black, an attorney representing Brown's estate, confirmed to The Associated Press on Friday that the agreement was reached July 9. Details of the settlement were not disclosed. Legal wrangling over the Godfather of Soul's estate has been ongoing since his death at the age of 73 on Christmas Day 2006. The performer's death touched off...

By Jonathan Landrum Jr.   Kanye West barely said a word during his album listening session Thursday night, but the mercurial rapper still had most attendees standing on their feet while hanging on every word of his new project. West unveiled his 10th studio album, “Donda” in front of a packed crowd at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. His album was named after his mother, Donda West, who died at the age of 58 following plastic surgery complications in 2007. Pulling off the listening session—which was livestreamed on Apple Music—was an...

By Chris Frost Tri County Sentry Oxnard-- It was a free roller-skating party on top of the city's downtown parking structure, Friday, August 20, as Oxnard Recreation & Community Services hosted its first of three Rolling the Night Away skate nights downtown.   Kids and parents came out to enjoy the evening, get some great exercise, and skate to disco classics. The event was unofficially called a "skate away from Covid party."   City Corps helped out the event and set up the track, and the Youth Directors Council was on hand, offering...

By Chris Frost Tri County Sentry Oxnard-- It was a spectacular safety Saturday at the Target Parking Structure, July 17, as members of the Oxnard Police Department's traffic unit and Bicycle team gathered to hold its first-ever bicycle rodeo.   Kids and adults came out and navigated the department's obstacle course while learning important safety tips from the officers.   The group learned that they need to share the roads while riding safely.   The program is funded through the Officer's Traffic Safety Program, a grant that funds...

By Chris Frost Tri County Sentry Ventura-- County Chief Executive Officer Mike Powers updated the supervisors about the county's Covid-19 response, Tuesday, July 20, and said the county has one of the highest vaccination rates in the state and nation, but the number of positive cases are rising because of the delta variant.   "One of the best things we can do for public health is to continue to vaccinate those who are open to getting the vaccine," he said. "Our numbers are still rising."   In Ventura County, he said 73.9 percent of...