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Stuff White People Like

Some days it doesn't seem like there's much to laugh about when it comes to race. But as Hawkeye Pierce once said - If I wasn't laughing I'd be crying.

So I had to share a website that I found - Stuff White People Like. It's funny because it's true (more or less), kind of like a Chris Rock act.

Consider this Gem, which makes… Continue

Added by enhager on March 21, 2008 at 10:15am — No Comments

Earlez Grille - DISCOVERED AGAIN - updated w/ new address

Earlez Grille has moved to an even better location (as much as I hate to say it) about 2 miles north on Crenshaw to Jack's Chili Factory just south of the Expo Rail (coming soon). Dwayne Earle still runs the place like a tip top ship with quality and a quantity of products, but the menu expanded, the hours expanded and the space really expanded. It's still a lot more than you'd expect. (begin original post) It has the best…

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Added by enhager on March 8, 2008 at 7:25pm — No Comments

Crenshaw's Light Rail one step closer to a plan - next meeting on Saturday

MTA officials released a plan Wednesday night to run the Crenshaw line along existing track through an industrial area of Inglewood, avoiding the city's main commercial thoroughfares, according to a story in the Daily Breeze.

The Crenshaw line, still years away, would connect the Expo Line to the Green Line, and pass within a mile of Los Angeles International Airport.

Ridiculously the MTA also has shelved the idea of… Continue

Added by enhager on February 22, 2008 at 10:07am — No Comments

The Big O in Leimert Park on Wednesday, Feb. 20

Oscar Robertson signs "The Big O: My Life, My Times, My Game" and "The Art of Basketball," Eso Won Books, 4331 Degnan Blvd., Leimert Park, 7 p.m. (323) 290-1048.

The 6-foot-5, 220-pound Robertson played the guard position, and was a twelve-time All-Star, eleven-time member of the All-NBA Team, and one-time winner of the MVP award in fourteen professional seasons. He is the only player in NBA history to average a triple-double… Continue

Added by enhager on February 19, 2008 at 1:55pm — No Comments

Leimert Park lives on the Web

Leimert Park Beat started less than a year ago but I come across interesting and sometimes crazy articles about our home all the time. So I'm gonna share some of them, even if they're old.…

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Added by enhager on January 24, 2008 at 5:20pm — No Comments

Huck's Free PassWhy are the media ignoring Mike Huckabee's remarks about the Confederate flag?

An interesting article about presidential politics and the press

Added by enhager on January 21, 2008 at 3:12pm — 2 Comments

King Day Celebration at Exposition Park

Celebrate Martin Luther King's birthday Sunday at CAAM, which has a special

historical photo exhibit, "King in Los Angeles" and film screenings of his speeches.

There will also be artists… Continue

Added by enhager on January 16, 2008 at 1:43pm — No Comments

Our own heavyweight championship of the WORLD!

For Leimert Park, and one-third of Los Angeles County, Mark Ridley-Thomas vs. Bernard Parks, is just as important as Barack and Hillary.

Yvonne Brathwaite-Burke has been a supervisor for nearly 16 years - once you're in you're in for life. I'd like to list her accomplishments but… Continue

Added by enhager on January 11, 2008 at 2:51pm — No Comments

Crime: Up in the county, down in the city and WAY UP at my house

My head spins as Chief Bratton and Sheriff Baca argue about why people commit crimes. The number of murders is at historic lows in the city while violent crime is up in the county.

"Our economy is driving the property crimes -- burglary and larceny," the sheriff said in the LA Times. "In some communities, with high unemployment,… Continue

Added by enhager on January 4, 2008 at 5:32pm — No Comments

It Starts Somewhere

With this new year I am blessed to have been invited to start JRC. It is a huge! This organization will be changing history.

The board is FANTASTIC!

So keep your eyes open for JRC!

Have a great night!

Added by Jordan Rustin Coalition on January 2, 2008 at 5:01pm — 1 Comment

Visions for theaters

The Nate Holden Theater just north of us and the Vision Theater in the Leimert Park Village "serve as powerful

symbols for what is possible in black neighborhoods, creatively and

economically. Whether they will live up to this potential is an age-old

question that many hope will be answered in the affirmative," Erin Aubrey Kaplan wrote in the Sept. 26, '07(also the date of this original post),… Continue

Added by enhager on December 28, 2007 at 12:50am — No Comments

Shabazz - Discovered

The LAist is spending a lot of time in the 'hood lately - and singing its praises.

"Every Sunday, you can find their truck parked on 43rd and Crenshaw at Leimert Plaza Park. They sell not only the infamous bean pies, but

blueberry cream pies, pineapple cream pies, and a few soulful lunches.

"The red snapper sandwich is the easiest thing to eat in the park, and probably your best option.… Continue

Added by enhager on December 20, 2007 at 2:33pm — No Comments

"Save Leimert - I'm not sure what we're saving it from."

James Fugate, co-owner of Eso Won Bookstores in Leimert Park Village, is fighting to keep his business open and he's not mincing words.

On a KPCC interview with Jay Kugelman (I found the actual interview at Leimertparkvillage.org) Fugate said that about… Continue

Added by enhager on November 30, 2007 at 3:04pm — No Comments

SHOP Leimert Park Village for the holidays

Jasmyne Cannick is in the holiday spirit and is also setting an example we should all follow - supporting our local businesses by making them part of our holiday shopping destinations.

She went to Eso-Won before it opened Friday to buy books.

"I figure if I am going to buy gifts, I am going to give the gift that keeps on giving, a book. Not… Continue

Added by enhager on November 26, 2007 at 10:44am — 1 Comment

Johnny's Pastrami stars on LAist's Late Night Eats series

I've always been curious about this place, but I really have cut back on my pastrami intake. But the reviewer loves it. Check it out .

Added by enhager on November 20, 2007 at 4:37pm — No Comments

Ralph's can make you want to ralf - Bring us a Trader Joe's!

Neighborhood Food Watch has launched a campaign to gather data on the

quality of food and availability of fresh, healthy choices in South Los

Angeles supermarkets,… Continue

Added by enhager on November 20, 2007 at 4:06pm — No Comments

Fear of the light rail divides transit advocates

The Expo light rail seems destined for delay and the effort is creating a rift among transit advocates.

After years of planning and already millions of dollars spent, it seemed like the environmentally sound, inexpensive and alternative to the single driver car might actually get built.

But wait - not only is the $640 million project already… Continue

Added by enhager on November 7, 2007 at 10:08am — No Comments

Fighting for a better Expo Line

Leimert Park's own Damien Goodmon is trying to make our neighborhood safe by making the light rail safe.

The LA Times covered a meeting where it was pointed out that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board last month approved spending an extra $23.3 million to add… Continue

Added by enhager on October 22, 2007 at 9:12am — No Comments

Leimert Park - How does your Japanese Garden grow?

You see the remnants of a past in Leimert Park everywhere - homes with Japanese gardens of bansai trees and exotic plants that are now being maintained by black and Latino gardeners. Where did that come from?

I've read about the area's important Japanese culture and seen the… Continue

Added by enhager on October 15, 2007 at 1:49pm — No Comments

Rally around Eso Won

As first reported in The Wave, another jewel of Leimert Park Village is in trouble. One year after relocating to The Soul… Continue

Added by enhager on October 8, 2007 at 4:10pm — No Comments

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