Jackie Lacey, one of Leimert Park’s own, is on her way to becoming The District Attorney for Los Angeles County.

The Office of District Attorney, County of Los Angeles will be one of several positions and issues on the June 5 Primary Election Day ballot.   The race  will be absent an incumbent for the first time in 50 years since  Steve Cooley, who currently holds the…

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Barbershop in Leimert Park goes quiet and "empathy from others no longer
helps" those feeling extreme strains of the economic downturn. Read More

What do concerned citizens of the inner-city do when they feel that the mainstream press has let the community down as a watchdog over a major redevelopment projects?

They watch out for themselves.

Move over citizen journalism — make room for collaborative journalism, a new effort online. Its purveyors hope it will grow into a sort of synthesis of bloggers and journalists with press passes. The members of the joint effort want to take a hard look at one of the many…

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In the past week, a spike in burglaries has taken place along the strip of 39th St. between Crenshaw Blvd and Arlington Ave. The crimes occurred during the day when people were at work. On one occasion, two suspects bolted out of a house when they observed the female resident approaching the house after leaving her parked car.



Keep your eyes open.



If anyone sees anything that looks suspicious, do not hesitate to call the LAPD, Southwest Division:… Continue

Thanks to a class-action court settlement, a quarter-million elders and
people with disabilities can now reapply for wrongly stopped or denied
Social Security or SSI benefits. Those cut off because of old or
mistaken arrest warrants can reclaim their share of $500 million in
lost benefits nationally. Read More

Aaron Hamilton recently said what many others in the mostly African-American and solidly middle-class Leimert Park district of

South Los Angeles think but won't say:

"It is almost taboo to speak out against black leaders even though

they may not be measuring up to the various tasks at hand," Hamilton

said. "To speak out against them is a sin. And that hesitance to be

objective and abandon old ways is what is going to bring us down."… Continue

The Sixth Avenue Neighborhood Watch in Leimert Park is the latest in a trend of community groups that are taking steps to keep the community

safe — and also serving as emblems of the improved relations between

the residents of Leimert Park and the Los Angeles Police Department

(LAPD).

It wasn't always so. Back in 1965 the relationship between residents

of Leimert Park and LAPD was often hostile and adversarial.… Continue

Irvin's Barber Shop has been a Leimert Park institution for over 50 years. It is a place where residents catch up on friends as well as the community. The owner, Carl Wilkins, and a few of his patrons, share their thoughts about the shop and how the recession is affecting citizens of the community. Continue…

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Elmer Moore turned 90 this spring, the same day that U.S. President Barack Obama issued his call for the economic stimulus plan that is pumping $700 billion into the ailing U.S. economy.

Moore was a 10-year-old kid in Oklahoma when the stock market crashed and signaled the start of the Great Depression back in 1929. His mother worked full-time for $10 a week back then. They lived in a house rented fro $10 a month. A dozen fresh eggs cost a dime,… Continue