The Mayoral candidates are going to be living in South L.A. over the course of the next 6 weeks or so.  We are supposed to be the voters to carry Gruel or Garcetti into office.  YAY, us!

I'm asking everyone to take the time to get to know each candidate then choose the person who will not forget about South L.A. after the election is over.  Pension reform, cuts to services, DWP blah-blah-blah...  All of that is in the mix.  And all of it concerns every voter in South L.A.  We have to…

Millions of people live in the city, occupying diverse neighborhoods like Little Tokyo, Echo Park and Glassell Park. But how much of the city do you really know? In Take Two's series, Neighborhoods, reporter Tess Vigeland takes us to Leimert Park in South Los Angeles. 

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(Left to Right) BLOOM Director, Robert Lewis; actor/spokesman Larenz Tate;  Brotherhood Crusade Advocate, Eric Aguiar; BLOOM Youth Lazarrius Taylor; Buffalo Wild Wings Franchise Owner, Karim Webb; Brotherhood Crusade VP of Programs & Operations, Dr. Nathan J. Sessoms; and UPS Area Human Resource Manager

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The atrium-covered Courtyard at the California African American Museum (CAAM) will be filled with dazzling style and creativity during the annual fashion show, “Haute Couture with Hatitude.”  Taking place during Target Sundays at CAAM, April 7, 2013, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., “Haute Couture with Hatitude” will be co-hosted by performing artist and choreographer, Ingrid Graham and actor Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter.  

This marks CAAM’s 9^th annual “Hatitude” event where guests have…

SNAPSHOT: A TRUE STORY OF LOVE INTERRUPTED BY INVASION

“A breathtakingly audacious revelation of Sinnott’s search to find her father . . .

Many aspire to this but few…

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School on Wheels is a non-profit organization that has been making differences in the lives of the homeless youth in Southern California for the past 20 years.  Today, hundreds of volunteers work one-on-one with children whose homelessness prevents them from getting the academic stability they desperately need. The heart of the School on Wheels’ are our volunteer tutors who come from all backgrounds and professions, with a shared goal – to reach out to a child, to teach, to mentor, and…

FIVE POINTS YOUTH FOUNDATION now has Power Of Green L.A. as one of their programs. This campaign effects Leimert Park in two ways.  One more programs will be available and the existing ones will continue, Two, Leimert Park will be one community reaching out to another in U.S.

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Kristy Love Brooks

Kristy Love Brooks, singer/songwriter, is no stranger to the limelight as the seasoned performer and all-around entertainer has been a solo RCA recording…

L.A. neighborhoods are changing: Demographics shift. Businesses open and shutter. Residents are forced to adapt and, sometimes, move. 

In February, KPCC's Crawford Family Forum went to Highland Park—a rapidly changing neighborhood—to hold an an off-site conversation focused on "Changing Neighborhoods: Tradition, Transition, and Gentrification in L.A." (Click the …

Learning to Build a community is the greatest thing our communuity can do. It takes star gazers, dreamers, and those with the most physical strength to make unforgettable monuments. Before the great pyramid of Egypt was finalized, the builders stopped half way ...looked to the astronomers to coordinate their precise designs. There is but one universe and we are all apart of it and there is ample room for everyone. Space is but a concept. Space is infinite. The pyramid is still a remnant of…