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Some say don’t sweat the small stuff. Though sometimes you have to celebrate the small stuff.
After decades of false starts and baby steps forward, there are big movements at Marlton Square, a.k.a. Santa Barbara Plaza. Just over a year ago, Leimert Park Beat embarked on a…
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The Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook looks to be little more than oversized steps up a steep, rugged hill.…
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This video and article was produced in collaboration with KCET program SoCal Wanderer with host Jacob Soboroff.
There are a lot reasons to head to South Los Angeles and hiking probably isn't at the top of your list. As home to nearly one…
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The health of South Los Angeles suffers in part because much of this area was designed for the poor. The infrastructure itself plays a role.…
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“Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States.”
That quote should read like a public health bombshell, yet it’s not even news anymore. It was the opening line of a study published in “Science” magazine back in 1998. The authors, James O. Hill of the University of Colorado and J.C. Peters of Procter and…
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The vacant and derelict buildings along Martin Luther King Boulevard in Santa Barbara Plaza, also known as Marlton Square, will be torn down and removed beginning the second week of July, according to Councilman Bernard Parks.
The city owns all but two of the parcels, Oran Belgrave's art house/radio station and Jerry's Flying Fox. The city made its last big purchase in the…
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As many of you know, Tuesday March 8th is election day for the 8th district, which includes the communities of Baldwin Hills, Crenshaw, Leimert Park, West Adams, Jefferson Park, Chesterfield Square and other areas of South Los Angeles.
In addition to several important ballot measures on the budget, there is our local council race. I don't believe in endorsements - it's your responsibility to make up your own mind.
Here are some useful stories you should read…
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Damien Goodmon of FixExpo, who fought against the Expo Light Rail, is leading a Town Meeting on Sunday for the 8th District.
The Hyde Park homowners group that tried to block the Fresh and Easy and Crenshaw and is planning to sue to stop the grocery store from opening will also be there.
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By Emily Henry of Intersections South LA and Eddie North-Hager of LeimertParkBeat.com
Santa Barbara Plaza has been whitewashed, boarded up, security gates padlocked. Most of the 240 small and large shops once here have been relocated, were bought out or have gone out of business.
Yet this Los Angeles shopping center -- the size of 20…
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