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Damien Newton of LAStreetsblog.com does a great job rounding up and giving an…

Hello everyone,

I am getting back into the swing of things these day. I guess I forgot how much having a baby takes out of you. Well, those newborn days are over and my new little boy is now 15 months old. He is running around my office as I type. I am excited to be writing and promoting again. Though, I am still figuring out how to juggle both career and a house full of children. I look forward to being in the Lemiert Park area this coming week. My book is now easily…

Co$$ "represents Leimert Park, but not in a strident, flag-waving way. He hasn't tried to ride the skinny jean, jerkin' or hipster bandwagons. He has said that his favorite rapper is Rass Kass, and that makes sense," glows Jeffery Weiss of Pop&Hiss on LATimes.com.



Coss, raised in Carson, will drop a new record June 21's "Before I Awoke." But you can download the "Sleepwalking Mixtape" for free - outtakes and junk that you'll be lucky to have heard -…

Commiunity Coaltion Sut LA is organizing the "conversation" with the person in charge of planning for our neighborhood and priorities for the city.

This is someone who has power and he's here to listen to our needs for our community. Come and ask some questions and offer some opinions.

MLK Rec Center, 3916 S. Western Ave., is where NANDC holds it monthly…

BENEATH THE SPIN * ERIC L. WATTREE

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On Thursday morning May 27 hundreds of people from the South Los Angeles community went to 1 Gateway Plaza in downtown Los Angeles to support LA County Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas's proposal to build a Metro Station at Leimert Park and to run a section of the Metro along Crenshaw Blvd. underground. Metro board officials…

Beneath the Spin * Eric L. Wattree

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We needed far more support than four buses of people and a few leaders.  We needed a community of people to show support since we don't have power though money.

Where's Jesse, where's Sharpton, where's Barack, and most importantly, where's justice? Where are the people who fight for the poor and middle class when they're out of camera range?

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The United States Postal Service’s Criminal Assault on the Middle Class, and the Illusion of American Justice…

But the LA Times points out that…

FYI - Rooms for Rent.  Not far from the Park.  If you know any students, direct them to Craigslist here:  bit.ly/m5Nj3G

$800 Two bedrooms for rent (Park Mesa / Leimert Park)

Beneath the Spin * Eric L. Wattree

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The first project we tackled Marlton Square in South Los Angeles. This 20-acre redevelopment disaster has been neglected, mired in legal disputes and mismanagement for nearly 20 years. But in the last year, it became an issue. in the City Council race and in the community. The Leimert…

I am sharing this email received from Mark Riddley Thomas office. I can't make it to this meeting.  They are proposing tunnel under Leimert Park.  I have attached the flyers. Let me know if you have problems downloading I can send via email. 

Crystal Johnson

Dear Empowerment Congress Members:

Beneath the Spin * Eric L. Wattree

Hello All,

I would like to know if Leimert Park is hosting a Juneteenth event this year and who I would contact to get information on that.  Any help you can offer to get me closer would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

Leslie Pogue

No Psycho Babble

888.766.0696…

*SPRING CLEANING IN THE 8TH



Via Councilman Parks: "Last Saturday, Councilmember Parks and 8th District staff joined 135 volunteers - some as young as 8 years old - to clean up areas throughout the Great 8th! Our Spring Cleaning was a huge success! Special thanks goes to Morman Helping Hands, Public Works, Community Volunteers, Neighborhood Development…