California Jazz & Blues Museum

2018 PROGRAMS Harmony Classes for children – An after-school class offering instruments, music lessons, group playing,concert performances, progress and check-ins, field trips, family support and college scholarships. The Los Angeles Harmony project services 2000 students across an area of 120 sq. miles. Youths meet three times a week. CJBM adds vocal instruction, theatre arts, and mentoring programs for all age levels. Jazz Hot Seat – one-on-one interviews, performance and Q&A with jazz and blues greats. The shows are masterclasses for students, televised on local cable TV, allowing the students to ask questions of…

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L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputy Charged After Allegedly Lying About Weed Warehouse Robbery

A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy accused of lying about a marijuana warehouse robbery involving another deputy has been charged, prosecutors said Wednesday. Bradley Scott Dietze allegedly lied to a Los Angeles Police Department officer investigating the heist in downtown L.A. last fall, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Authorities have said 1,200 pounds of weed and $645,000 in cash and money orders were stolen. Dietze, 45, has been charged with a misdemeanor count of resisting, delaying or obstructing a peace officer and could face up to…

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