Fred MacFarlane

State Assemblymember Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (D-Culver City, Crenshaw) today thanked voters throughout his 54th Assembly District for their overwhelming support in his primary election victory yesterday over his Republican Party challenger Glen Ratcliff.

State Assemblymember Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (D-Culver City, Crenshaw) wants California to strengthen its commitment to its preschool-age children by providing them with a high quality early childhood education. He is convinced this helps children prepare for ...

Here’s the latest on Assemblymember Sebastian Ridley-Thomas and his re-election campaign for the 54th Assembly District in the Tuesday, June 3 election: With the Tuesday, June 3 primary just 12 days away, state Assemblymember Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (D-Culver City-Crenshaw) has been nearly as active in his 54th District as he has been busy in the state capitol. His prime focus in Sacramento has been preparing for ...

State Assemblymember Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (D-Culver City) this afternoon praised the retiring U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Beverly Hills/South Bay) for his 45 years of public service as a member of the House of Representatives and the Assembly.

Assemblyman Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (d-Culver City) today endorsed Autumn Burke for the 62nd Assembly District in the state’s June 3, primary election. Ms. Burke seeks to succeed Assemblyman Steve Bradford.

You would normally think that Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Ph.D., author, journalist, chronicler of the Black Experience in Los Angeles and host of the “Hutchinson Report” on Pacifica Network's listener- supported public radio station KFPK-FM would know better.

I received Christopher Armenta’s campaign mailer at my home in Culver City in yesterday’s mail. Needless to say, I was shocked by its tone. Apparently, you were, as well. But more than being merely angered by Mr. Armenta's slanderous and libelous campaign propaganda, my feelings may more aptly have been described as profound disappointment.

Sebastian Ridley-Thomas will officially open his campaign headquarters and voter outreach center tomorrow at 9 a.m. County Board of Supervisors Chairman Mark Ridley-Thomas, Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson, and L.A. City Council member Curren D. Price, Jr. will attend candidate Mr. Ridley-Thomas’s field campaign kickoff, along with supporters, volunteers and precinct walkers.

First of two parts. Dateline Compton – Driving south in dense dinner-hour traffic on Long Beach Boulevard, a visitor does not need signage to determine when he is leaving the city of Lynwood and entering Compton. Suddenly on the eastern side of the median, the architecture morphs from mom-and-pop businesses to a necklace of unpainted, decidedly uncharming motels. Magically, as if school has just let out, clusters of teenage girls, all clad in short shorts, instantly appear.

Sebastian Ridley-Thomas announced this morning he has raised $230,000 in the first two months of his campaign for the state Assembly’s 54th District. His intention is to succeed...