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Over 50+ Authentic Photos of West Los Angeles. The pictures in this book cover the following regions in Los Angeles: Baldwin Hills, Culver City, Crenshaw District, Leimert Park, & parts of Wilshire District.

Metro and Walsh/Shea Corridor Contractors tonight will close Crenshaw Boulevard, between Jefferson Boulevard and Coliseum Street, for 30 days to begin excavation of Crenshaw/Expo underground station for the Crenshaw/LAX light rail line.

Metro encourages residents, commuters, business owners and shoppers to plan ahead to avoid delays.

"Because we…

Metro’s contractor for the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project Walsh/Shea Corridor Contractor (WSCC), will implement a full street closure at Rodeo Road and Crenshaw Boulevard for 14 consecutive days beginning Friday, Oct. 3, to finish construction of the wall perimeter for the future underground Crenshaw/Expo light rail station.

Continuing work has been…

The LADWP will implement a full closure of Crenshaw Bl during night time hours, between King Bl and Stocker St, in order to relocate a water line.  Crenshaw Bl will be closed on a nightly basis between King Bl and Stocker St during the hours of 10 pm to 6 am starting June 16.

This Monday June 23 METRO will have a press conference to  announce  the demolition of the Century Boulevard Bridge and Aviation Boulevard, one of the main arteries to…

From Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas

Streets will be closed to implement traffic rerouting, traffic re-striping and the placement of concrete barriers to separate the work area from the road.

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…

If you try to avoid the traffic on Crenshaw as much as I do, you may not have noticed that progress is being made on the demolition of the former Rent-A-Center, Rite Aid Pharmacy, and another empty storefront at Rodeo Road. I've attached a few photos that I took a couple of weeks ago. Since then, the building to the north of Ralph's (Comet Clea…

Metro open house on design changes for the Crenshaw light rail / transit corridor is Thursday, May 10, 6 – 8 p.m. at Christ the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 3303 W. Vernon Av.

Changes include the location for the Crenshaw/Vernon Station at Leimert Park to…

This article was originally published on Unity Magazine

It was the nineteen fifties, a time of great change in the United States, especially for African Americans, it was a time of forging ahead and making new roads, without detours. This is the story of two people from two very different cultures who made a new road for themselves and the…

Crenshaw Chamber of Commerce Movie Night at the Rave

Wednesday February 1, at 6:25 p.m. with Special Chamber Pricing Tickets $7.25
To purchase tickets: http://www.chamberorganizer.com/members/evr/reg_event.php?orgcode=CRCC&evid=10033521
Tickets will be sold at the door $13.50 on the day of the event and subject to availability.
 

Post & Beam's facebook now says the soft opening with a limited menu is Saturday (NYE) in Leimert Park from 6 to 11!

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According to Post and Beam's Facebook page and an article by Urban Daddy, Leimert Park's newest restaurant is finally supposed to open "around" January 3.

After the Urban Daddy report, …

An on-site garden. A wood-burning oven. At the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza mall!

Dinner anyone?

This what we've been waiting for - a locally owned, sit-down restaurant in our neighborhood!

Post & Beam is slated to open late this year, offering the kind of cuisine (California-style comfort food) and ambiance rarely found in our immediate area. The 2,500 square foot restaurant will have outdoor patio seating, an open-hearth broiler, and the planting of an on-site herb…

I had the opportunity to attend the Taste of Soul yesterday and it was buzzing and beautiful!  With my 2-year old strapped to my chest, Kingston and I took in the sights, sounds and tantalizing aromas of the event.

The usual vendors were "in the house" but because I do not eat meat, I kept searching for that one lone tent for us Herbivore's.  You guessed it, there was none.

I was however, handed flyers promoting "wonder" pills that could magically treat prostate cancer, high…

THE GOAL:  Make Leimert Park Village the "one stop" for all Green news, products, education, etc. for Los Angeles.   There isn't one yet and create a self sustaining village than can also be a base for Emergency Response in times of need.

THE MODEL:  Oakland, CA  Green Organizations and Neighborhood improvement making it the Greenest inner city place  in U.S.

WHAT WE HAVE;  Free Green Courses on all subjects 3 days a week (and Childrens Afterschool classes),…

Rave Cinemas opened two weeks ago and just announced onFacebookEVERY MOVIE on Wednesday is $6.

All day…

When the beloved Magic Johnson Theater closed last year there was a palpable worry in the Crenshaw community that it wouldn't be replaced.

Many breathed a sigh of relieve when we could see demolition and construction starting in the fall. And right on schedule, and meeting all…