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4th Annual BHCP LIVE! Concert Series 2013
May 26, 2013 at 5pm to August 25, 2013 at 7pm – Baldwin Hills Crenshaw, Outdoor Promenade
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Set the Table for a Delectable Meal of Books!
June 19, 2013 from 4pm to 5pm – View Park Library
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Make a Glass Tile Pendant
June 20, 2013 from 4pm to 5pm – View Park Library
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Fourth Annual All That Jazz and More...Family Game Day
June 22, 2013 from 12pm to 4pm – View Park Library
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Crenshaw's footballers acquired a Gilman 16' Portable Rope Squares unit for development of high-stepping, increased agility, coordination, and high-knee action.
There was quite a bit of awkward stumbling at the beginning of the week, as most of the current team has not had access to this kind of equipment for several seasons.
But there was obvious improvement after several days of use, as this video demonstrates.
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First in Family Humanist Scholarships to South LA students
The Black Skeptics of Los Angeles awards four South L.A. students scholarships.Sheriff’s detectives investigating hate crime in South L.A.
A vandalized vehicle was etched with the word "gay."June sees an uptick in shootings in South LA
The LAPD's South Bureau reports an increase in murders and shootings in South L.A.Forum
Who needs Trader Joe's? Fresh & Easy comes to Crenshaw*UPDATED Council appproves Fresh & Easy store
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Andrew M. Manis: When Are WE Going to Get Over It?
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MLK Kingdom Day Parade Celebrates Recent American Hero
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Living In Leimert Park?
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Rodeo Ralphs to be Redeveloped!
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SoCal Connected calls Leimert Park Beat "an excellent blog that chronicles the happenings in and around Leimert Park Village." Tavis Smiley - History of the Blog in 2009 and tour of Leimert Park Village New York Times - South Los Angeles says yes to no more fast food in 2008
KCRW: Warren Olney's Which Way, LA - County supervisor race goes uncovered by the media
LAist - Neighborhood Project in 2007
Curbed LA - West Adams on the down low in 2007
LA Observed - WeAd is the black WeHo in 2007
LA Observed - Winds knock down the sycamore trees on 42nd in 2006
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NPR: Leimert Park's Struggle with Identity in 2006
Washington Post - Tour of Leimert Park in 2006
Los Angeles Times - Tour of Leimert Park in 2005
LA City Beat - Tour of Leimert Park in 2005
NY Times - Soul Central from 1993
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Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza Farmers Market - 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. EVERY Saturday
One Compton
Babe and Ricky's Inn
World Stage
Project Blowed
Najite and Olokun Prophecy
Vocalist Dwight Trible Los Angeles Jazz LA Jazz Society
Eso Won Books
Leimert Park Movie
Ernest Hardy
Leimert Park Book Fair
Crenshaw Chamber
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THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION’S BLOOM INITIATIVE TOWN HALL MEETING DESIGNED TO OFFER SOLUTIONS FOR L.A.’S NEARLY 5,000 SYSTEM INVOLVED BLACK MALE YOUTH
Posted by Terri Dixon on June 12, 2013 at 3:58pm 0 Comments 0 Promotions
The California Community Foundation (CCF) will celebrate the one-year anniversary of its Building a Lifetime of Options and Opportunities for Men (BLOOM) initiative with a town hall meeting at the Los Angeles Trade Technical College on Wednesday, June 26, 2013, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Actor and BLOOM spokesperson Larenz Tate will tweet live from the event and will take questions via twitter, @LarenzTate.
A blueprint initiative for other cities across the nation, BLOOM is a…
ContinueCelebration Time-Come On! Juneteenth in Leimert Park this weekend
Posted by Pamela Garrett on June 11, 2013 at 7:30am 0 Comments 0 Promotions
This Saturday will be the third weekend in the month of June so you know what that means right? Well yes. Sunday is Father's Day. But I'm talking specifically about the state holiday that takes place each year on the third Saturday in June ever since Governor Gray Davis signed into law Assembly Bill 1749 in 2002 and Senate Bill 812 in 2003. What? You need a hint? Okay..."They" say that on this day the appropriate thing to eat is barbeque and red soda water.…
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Sustainable Living and Self Sufficiency in an Urban Setting
Posted by L. Marrie on June 9, 2013 at 8:45am 0 Comments 0 Promotions
As I become older the desire for a simpler, cleaner life is becoming more appealing. After watching tons of videos on the "eminence" of economic collapse and total anarchy the idea of being able to feed and sustain myself and my family has become somewhat of a passion.
Now, don't get me wrong, I am not saying these disaster scenarios will happen but they could. In any case, the idea of living clean with fresh foods that have not been genetically modified excites me.…
Continue POLITICAL ACTIVIST ANGELA DAVIS AND CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL KAMALA HARRIS WILL HONOR THE LEGACY OF ATTORNEY LEO BRANTON, JR. WITH A SPECIAL TRIBUTE AT CAAM
Posted by Terri Dixon on June 6, 2013 at 12:34pm 0 Comments 0 Promotions
The California African American Museum (CAAM) invites the public to attend a special tribute to the late legendary attorney Leo Branton, Jr., who passed away of natural causes on April 19, 2013, at the age of 91. The tribute will take place on Friday, June 7, 2013, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at CAAM, 600 State Drive in Exposition Park.
Branton was most famous for his successful defense of the black political activist Angela Davis, who was accused of conspiring against a Marin County…
Continue Next Stop: Leimert Park. Los Angeles celebrates added stop on Crenshaw Line
Posted by enhager on May 23, 2013 at 10:30pm 0 Comments 1 Promotion
The MTA Board with a 10-1 vote approved stops at Leimert Park and Hindry on the Crenshaw-LAX Line the day after the L.A. City Council…
ContinueMy Reason To Relay
Posted by Pamela Garrett on May 23, 2013 at 12:08am 0 Comments 0 Promotions
Like most of us, I know too many people whose lives have been touched by cancer. Quite frankly I believe that cancer is big business which is why in all this time scientists and doctors have not come up with a cure. In the meantime I've started participating in the annual Relay for Life event.
They are held in communties across the United States. I will be participating in the Baldwin Hills Relay For Life…
Continue Magic Johnson at the Crenshaw Farmers Market with mayoral candidate Wendy Gruel Sat. May 18
Posted by enhager on May 17, 2013 at 9:00pm 0 Comments 0 Promotions
It's Every Saturday from 10am-3pm.
Magic Johnson & Wendy Greuel open the Bfit Wellness Fair at
Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Farmers Market Saturday May 18th.
Come by at 10 o'clock to see our beloved LA Laker legend and Wendy Gruel, who could become the first women mayor of LA.
Bring your E-waste to the market for safe collection and disposal.
Also at the Market: "Ask the Dietitian" is back with a yummy recipe… Continue
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Bacaro owners to open another University Park eatery - Nature's Brew
Robert and Danny the owners of Bacaro LA, along with executive Chef Lior Hillel, are opening Nature's Brew, two doors down from the wine bar.
Nature's Brew, 2316 S. Union Ave., is their "Coffee and Kitchen concept."
What is the Coffee and Kitchen concept you ask?
- High end coffees including new age Intelligentsia and old school Pasquini
- Freshly squeezed fruit juices as well a fresh fruit smoothies
- High end sandwiches
- Farmers market…
Foster Youth Day!
We are celebrating Foster Youth Awareness Month with our event USC Foster Youth Day, which is next Thursday 5/23. We would love for anyone to come out and support.
For more information please call Living Advantage Inc. @ 323-731-6471
Here is our link on FB https://www.facebook.com/events/618338674845556/
89.3 KPCC event on "invisible" health conditions: rheumatoid arthritis, chronic migraine headaches and chronic fatigue syndrome
If you live in the Los Angeles area, please join 89.3 KPCC on Saturday, May 13 for a panel discussion on what makes a medical condition "invisible": What is unique about the suffering of someone who has R.A. or chronic migraine headaches? What challenges does that person face in communicating her or his condition to a health provider? And is this a matter of public health?
Conditions like cancer, heart disease and AIDS strike fear into the…
Thanks a million to the Empowerment Congress North Neighborhood Council!
On Thursday, May 2, the Empowerment Congress NANDC neighborhood council voted to award a $2,000 grant to ECCLA's 22nd Annual Teacher Awards. We honor K-12 educators who go above and beyond the call of duty at an elegant event at the Natural History Museum of L.A. County. With all of the challenges facing education, this is our opportunity to highlight the many teachers who do extraordinary work every day with very little attention or recognition. We hope to stream the event live, so stay…
LA Streetsblog - LA Mass Transit News
A Case for the Incorporation of Questions of Access Into Planning for Complete Streets
Participants from the Complete Streets this ride with the Mobility Advisory Council included representatives of TRUST South LA, Community Health Councils, LA's First Five, the East Side Riders, Los Angeles Walks, the LACBC, city planning, LADOT, Biz-e-Bee Bikers, and a couple extra folks thrown in for good measure. Sahra Sulaiman/LA Streetsblog “David!” I yelled, gesturing at [...]Integrating Land Use and Transportation IV: Boulevard Zones
Last week, Streetsblog introduced a six-part series by Mark Vallianatos looking at how city leadership can start truly integrating land use and transportation in the six geographic zones he outlined: parks, hills, homes, boulevards, center and industry. First, he outlined the series and wrote about parks. Later, “The Hills”and “Homes Zone” got it’s turn. Each section includes [...]Update: Did LA Cyclists Just Get Hosed by Unanimous Vote?
(Update, 3:28 p.m.: Council Member Huizar sends along a rendering of the new design. The text of the final motion can be found here.) The verdict is in. And it looks like Hollywood won. The Los Angeles City Council just voted unanimously to replace the Spring Street green bike lanes with a new treatment hashed out behind closed [...]During CicLAvia, Wolfpack Hustle Presents the Crit Race in DTLA
This Sunday, June 23rd at noon, coinciding with CicLAvia’s “Iconic Wilshire Boulevard”, Wolfpack Hustle will hold its 2nd installment of its Unified Title Race Series: the Civic Center Criterium. Race Director Don Ward received a letter of consent from Los Angeles Councilman Jose Huizar of District CD14 and Los Angeles Police Officer, Gordon Helper, is lending his [...]The Streetsblog Guide to CicLAvia VII: Iconic Wilshire Corridor
Click on the image to go to CicLAvia's map page If there are two complaints people have with CicLAvia they are, in order of how often I hear them: cyclists are racing by and there’s not enough space to walk and that the event doesn’t last long enough to truly explore the entire route. CicLAvia VII: Iconic [...]Culver City Times
Culver CIty Senior Center Featured on SmileTV
This video, from SmileTV, shows volunteers and tech professionals helping senior citizens with iphones, computers, ipads and more at Culver City Senior Center in Culver City. People helping people.
Street Art from the Arts District of Culver City
Culver City is home to more than 30 art galleries, but the art also spills into the street -- especially in and around the Art District. As I've observed several times …
Starring Culver City: Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown
In the comments section of the recent post about the Tattle Tale room, Culver City Times member…
Culver City Gallery Show of the Month: HUSH at the Corey Helford Gallery
In “Unseen,” his latest show at the Corey Helford Galley, street artist HUSH presents a series of figures that embody contradictions of ancient and modern, figurative and abstract, power and powerlessness. The paintings are gorgeous and complex, and the show only runs until June 15, so get over…
Culver City Stars in New Fidelity Life Television Commercial
The actor is Tom Gurnee, but the real star of the new one-minute, national TV ad for Fidelity Life Insurance is downtown Culver CIty. In the commercial, a man walks distractedly out of Tender Greens (I believe):…
Rancho Park Online
President Obama in West LA Today- Traffic and Delays Expected
The LAPD has issued the following traffic information for President Obama's visit to West LA and Santa Monica today. Here are the areas to avoid:The area near Centinela Avenue and West Olympic Boulevard from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
The area around West Olympic Boulevard and Cloverfield Boulevard from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
The area around 26th Street and San Vicente from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
LAFD's Sidewalk CPR Day is Today - Learn CPR at the Ralphs on Olympic near Beverly Glen and other LA locations
The Los Angeles Fire Department CERT Unit is hosting today's Sidewalk CPR Da…
Palms Park Open Again!
Palms Park, nestled between the Palms Rec Center and Library on Overland and the under-construction tracks of the Expo Line, has been closed…
Rancho Park Girl Scouts Observe Memorial Day by Planting Flags at Los Angeles National Cemetary in Westwood
This Memorial Day weekend, local Rancho Park brownie troops joined with other area Girl and Boy Scouts to honor those who served our country by participating in a flag planting ceremony at the Los Angeles National Cemetary in Westwood.…
Your duty as a citizen -- pick your shade of grey
Tomorrow's election day. We've been bombarded with mail and tv, millions of dollars worth, and it still seems to me (and I usually try to follow these things) about very few tangible effects for the neighborhoods.(Interestingly, almost all the millions on the mayoral campaign have come from our neighbors on the westside.) The differences between the mayoral candidates are…
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BLOOM Community Town Hall Meeting “A Look Back, A Look Ahead” at Los Angeles Trade Technical College
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Classic Hits Music at Howard Hughes Promenade #DIALM
Michael – CLASSIC HITS
Gold and platinum award-winning singer/songwriter and former member of Paul Revere and the Raiders. He has a voice reminiscent of Paul McCartney and Sting. Guitar and vocal interpretations of some of the best known hits of The Beatles, Sting, The Police, Don Henley, Eagles...#DialM #Music
Time:June 23, 2013 from 12pm to… See More
Classic Hits & Country Music at Howard Hughes Promenade #DIALM
Brian - CLASSIC HITS & COUNTRY MUSIC
EVERYTHING from Elvis & Hank Williams Sr. to Dierks Bently & Jason Mraz. Classic 50's, Groovin' 60's, Easy Listening 70's, New Wave 80's, Rockin' 90's and Contemporary Hits, with a lot of Country Music influence thrown in from Brian's formative musical years growing up in Oklahoma. #DIALM #MUSIC
Time:June 21,… See More
Latin & World Music Duo at Howard Hughes Promenade #DialM
Liza & JP – LATIN/WORLD GUITAR DUO
Fiery Latin rhythms, Spanish guitars, romantic melodies and pop songs of the Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Eagles and more. If you enjoy virtuosic guitar playing that will make you want to dance, you will love the amazing guitar duo. #DialM #Music
Time:June 20, 2013 from 12pm to 2pm
Location:Howard Hughes Promenade Center Court Culver… See More
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O'FARRELL AND CHOI CANDIDATE FORUM - TUES. 5/14
It will be held on Tuesday, May 14 at 6:30 p.m. at Dorris Place Elementary School. The address is 2225 Dorris Place, Los Angeles 90031. The event will take place in the auditorium. Spanish translation will be provided. Light refreshments will be…
KPCC asks: Which term best describes immigrants living in the U.S. illegally?
The Associated Press Stylebook and several newsrooms have dropped the term "illegal immigrant." On the AP website, a top editor clarified, "The Stylebook no longer sanctions the term 'illegal immigrant' or the use of 'illegal' to describe a person. Instead, it tells users that 'illegal' should describe only an action, such as living in or immigrating to a country illegally."
The decision has been applauded by Latino and…
TONIGHT: Echo Park Chamber:Candidate Forum for CD 1 and 13
Echo Park Chamber:Candidate Forum for CD 1 and 13
- When:Thursday, April 18 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Where:…
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