*Advocates in California committed to improving the skills of individuals to meet the human resource needs of the state want to see more diversity among young people joining the workforce. Dr. Angelo Farooq, Chair of the California Workforce Development Board (CWDB), says he’s proud of the work his office has done to connect young people
Sunday Jazz at Ora signage: Photo Credit, Ricky Richardson *(Los Angeles, CA) — The Los Angeles jazz community wholeheartedly welcomes the news of a new Sunday Jazz at Ora concert series in 2024. You are probably like most people, who hope to get out more often to support live music, artists, and venues as part
*Wendy Williams built her career as the gossip queen of radio and daytime talk TV. Now her life and cognitive decline are what everyone else is talking about. Is this an issue of ‘what goes around, comes around?’ Another way to put is … is she suffering from karma? These days it seems she
Beyoncé’s new country single “Texas Hold ‘Em” rises atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart this week. It’s her ninth solo No. 1 and 13th overall, including hits from Destiny’s Child. Released Sunday, Feb. 11, “Texas Hold ‘Em” debuted at No. 2 on the Hot 100 with only four days of tracking compared to the standard
Monét X Change has released her new single “Body,” produced by Cannon Mapp, Alx Stefano and Eritza Laues. On the heartfelt track, Monét grows tired of empty connections that don’t go beyond the bedroom and, instead, yearns for substantive love. “Don’t wanna catch myself another body / Don’t wanna wake up to just anybody /
Jastin Martin prefers not to hold onto her music. “I don’t really like to hoard. I feel like when you write a song you liked when you made it, you don’t want to give yourself time not to like it,” Martin tells Rated R&B over a video call from her home in Houston, Texas, where
Robin Thicke has teamed with producer and multi-instrumentalist Stevie Matthew for a new collaboration, “Hotel.” Produced by Matthew, “Hotel” is a slick groove that hears Thicke wanting to make love like it’s a honeymoon. “We don’t gotta get married / We can take it to the hotel / I’m thinking that we can do what
Trevor Jackson finds himself in a sticky situation in his new song “Heads Up.” On the self-penned track, Jackson is in the mood to spend time in the sheets with his sneaky link; however, she’s tied up with her man and can’t pencil him in. “She said tonight I’m at my man’s house / She
The prime minister’s office said the military had presented a plan to the war cabinet for removing people from “areas of fighting,” a likely reference to an invasion of Rafah. It did not release details.
It was not clear whether the appointment of a new prime minister and cabinet would be enough to revamp the authority or persuade Israel to let it govern Gaza after the war there ends.