LA Times (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
A fire in a lot full of wooden pallets sent flames soaring in Lynwood, but there are no reports of injuries and firefighters have nearly knocked it down.
Poverty News Blog (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
By LYNWOOD ABRAM J. Earl Williams, a former professor of economics at the University of Houston main campus and a leader in the War on Poverty during the 1960s, died Wednesday in a Houston nursing home. He was 86. An authority on vocational education, Williams figured in establishing the Houston Community College system, said James Noland, a friend and former colleague at UH. In the 1960s,...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
LYNWOOD, Calif., Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- When Dr. Dhyan Lal first arrived at Lynwood Unified School District in 2004, all the public schools in this small, urban, working-class city of largely Mexican immigrants were struggling to meet statewide standards. While a score of 800 was considered "meeting standards" by the California Department of Education, nearly every Lynwood school was showing Academic...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
... will be asked to pledge their commitment to battling infant mortality. The event is at City Hall's Lynwood Roberts room and runs from 6 to 8:30 p.m. CLINIC DONATION Baptist Medical Center Beaches has donated $100,000 to help get a new health clinic off the ground for the uninsured and at-risk populations. The Beaches Healthcare Initiative aims to open the clinic in January. The 3,500-square-foot...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
... has sold more comedy recordings than any other artist in history. His last effort Straight Outta Lynwood debuted in the Billboard Top 10 and went on to receive Gold certification and two Grammy nominations. The album spawned the Platinum single and hit video "White & Nerdy" which went to #1 on VH1 and iTunes, and also became a viral phenomenon on the Web, racking up over 80 million views....
jeffvrable.com (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
... DoFSCommand_434089(cm8FlashCmd,cm8FlashArgs); Yankovic’s 2006 album “Straight Outta Lynwood” scored the artist his biggest chart success of his career. “Lynwood” debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200 , his first top 10 album ever. Meanwhile, the Chamillionaire parody “White and Nerdy,” reached No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, besting his previous high of No. 12 with “Eat It” in 1984,...
Blogging Place (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
... Angeles County Sheriff on DUI charges on August 23, 2007 at Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood and was released 82 minutes later.NO SHUTTERBUGS HEREActress Mischa Barton of OC fame is seen in this booking photograph released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department on December 27, 2007.GUILTY AS CHARGEDBarton was arrested overnight for driving under the influence, possession...
