Join the California African American Museum (CAAM) in this wonderful opportunity for art enthusiast and collectors to visit the home studios of two L.A. visual artists – Lili Bernard and Timothy Washington. Both artists’ works will be on view and available for purchase.  To RSVP and secure a seat, please contact Elise Woodson at CAAM – (213) 744-7536.  This offsite bus tour fee is $15.  CAAM is located at 600 State Drive, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, 90037.…

Last Thursday, a group of South Los Angeles residents and advocates gathered in Leimert Park to declare their support for Proposition 37, the California Right to Know Initiative, which would require genetically engineered (GE) food to be labeled.

“We have the right to know what is in our food so that we can make good choices about what to feed…

Join us in our Fundraiser Trip to Jamaica in March 2013 to provide Books and Computers to two(2) Schools and a Library in Ocho Rios for more information contact me @ 323-606-2328

I invite you to share your plans, memories and photos of this historic day for our neighborhood with your neighbors on Leimert Park Beat.

I am going to be riding my bike around the area between Sutro and Crenshaw / King and Vernon. Most of my time will be where Leimert Boulevard merges with King, just up the block for my house.

Where will you be?

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SO as you all may know by now, the Space Shuttle Endeavor is passing through Leimert Park this weekend. 



I found myself in a big huff thinking about how crazy the traffic will be, the fact that we are losing shade and hundreds of mature trees along the way.  But today I've kinda changed my tune--there's something exciting…

The Space Shuttle Endeavour will be rolling through Leimert Park Saturday from about 10 a.m. to 6  p.m. on its way to the California Science Center in Exposition Park.

Sometime around 1 p.m., the greatest creation of man will be sitting in front of the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza as the Debbie Allen dancers do their thing. There is a dedicated area for the public to stand and view the stage, north on Crenshaw…

Beneath the Spin * Eric L. Wattree

Charitable organizations eligible for the BGA grant must…

Today Sunday, October 7, from 10 am-3 pm 9.1 miles of normally congested streets is a linear park for…

This looks like fun! Eso Won hosts the Debates at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Romney v. Obama.…

Trader Joe's Wants to Know if We Want a Store in Our Neighborhood

Sylvia Lacy from Herb Wesson's office contacted my neighbor, Norman Gilmore to let him know that Trader Joe's has expressed interest in putting in a store at Crenshaw & Rodeo. (Ralph's will be leaving that location when redevelopment starts, and isn't planning to come back.)

Norman is the Secretary on United Neighborhoods Neighborhood Council (…

The California Science Center has agreed to replant four trees for every one felled along the Space Shuttle Endeavor route next month, just one in a long list of concessions won by the Empowerment Congress West Area Neighborhood Development Council and its president Lark Galloway Gilliam.

Along the route that runs through Inglewood, up Crenshaw then east on King Blvd. to Expo Park, 760 trees will be planted, according to…

The Los Angles City Board of Public Works will take up the Shuttle Parade debate on Monday Sept. 17. Click for AGENDA, The 9:30 a.m. meeting is at Edward R. Roybal BPW Session Room, Room 350,  City Hall, 200 North Spring Street.

The California Science Center will move the space shuttle Endeavour from LAX to Expo Park up Crenshaw then east on MLK. Hundreds of trees will be…

From today's Curbed-LA:

http://la.curbed.com/archives/2012/09/la_may_have_uncovered_its_new_oldest_building_in_baldwin_hills.php

Youth participating in Building a Lifetime of Options and Opportunities for Men (BLOOM), an initiative in South Los Angeles created by the California Community Foundation (CCF), enjoyed back-to-school shopping with the support of JCPenney.  The retailer donated $50 gift cards to 30 BLOOM youth to ensure they are dressed for success this school year.

BLOOM is a partnership between CCF, community-based organizations in South L.A., and a growing network of other supporters such…

At a meeting a few months ago, residents somewhat seriously suggested they would lie down in front of the space shuttle to keep it from going through Leimert Park. Some one said the streets were already messed up (to put in new sewers and for resurfacing projects) and another said there was already too much construction (to bring the nearly billion dollar light rail to our neighborhood).

But it sounds like we are on the right path to get to see history and to save as many trees as…

During this epic election year, the California African American Museum (CAAM) is pleased to present the second installment of a three-part series entitled Black Politics - Past, Present and Future: The Vote/Why Vote? on Saturday, September 8, 2012, starting at 1 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. at 600 State Drive, Exposition Park. 

Carolyn Webb…

The list for all the trees slated for the Space Shuttle travel is located here: http://ning.it/O86ie6

• Every tree down the center of Crenshaw Blvd is slated for removal.
• Trees will be replaced 2:1, with smaller, non-mature trees to ensure they will survive through the first 5 years after replanting.
• DWP will be lifting power lines.  DWP is promising no loss of power during the weeks preceding the Shuttle move.  SoCal Edison…