President Obama returned to LA June 6 and according to Total Traffic LA and Rancho Park Online Obama will be headed to View Park to attend a breakfast fundraiser at the home of Charles Quarles at 3905 Kenway Ave.
Potential streets to be affected include:
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Lucy Florence Cultural Center, which closed its doors in Leimert Park Village almost two years ago, now is having a liquidation sale after closing its Pico location.
"We've closed our doors in Los Angeles, but the lovely classic furniture, dishes and other items remain," the email from the Aswirl Twins stated. "Don't miss this once in a…
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The LAPD had to postpone its annual MLK Blvd. festival this Halloween due to budget constraints - but somehow managed to put this great community event back on the drawing board.
This weekend King is closed at Western to cars but open to everyone else to ride on the Egyptian galleon and the carnival games, like fishing for Coke bottles and throwing darts at ballons for stuffed animals.
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Join LA Green Grounds on Saturday, May 12 for a Dig-In - that's where a group of volunteers, neighbors, friends and family works with a master gardener to design and build a garden in a front or back yard.
The fun begins at 9:30 a.m. and the transformation should take around six…
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Express yourself on the expansion of the Ralph’s La Brea and Rodeo Grocery Store.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 7:00 pm
Jim Gillian Park Recreation Center Auditorium
4000 S. La Brea Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90019
Have an opinion on the quality and variety of services and products the grocery store should provide? Attend this meeting as Ralph’s representatives will be listening.
If you have any questions please call 213.200.0312.
Please…
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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…
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Downtown Culver City will be even closer by the end of summer. USC is just minutes away. Downtown Los Angeles with no parking hassles. And then connect to lines that can take you to east Los Angeles, Pasadena, Long Beach, Hollywood.
60 years after the commuter trains left Leimert Park and the Expo tracks, Saturday was all aboard time once…
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Our friendly neighborhood light rail line is scheduled to open April 28, taking us from downtown Los Angeles to La Cienega, with USC, Foshay Learning Center, Leimert Park and Baldwin Hills in between. Read more at Intersections: The South LA…
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On March 1, EsoWon is moving about 10 feet north on Degnan Blvd. to a smaller store, just one store away from where they are now.
"We are excited about the move," owner Jamses Fugate said. "It's less space and cheaper rent. This move will help us greatly."
Fugate asks the community to help - stop by and make an offer and he'll put you to work.
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Leimert Park and Baldwin Hills seems to be caught in a struggle between the new City Council President Herb and Councilman Bernard Park.
The Redistricting Commission released a draft of the new Los Angeles City Council districts boundaries, moving more of Leimert Park Village from the…
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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.
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I remember when I lived in a state that did not want to truly recognize King Day. But today, 20 years later, as Al Sharpton would say, most people in Arizona have to take the day off and think about why.
Images from the 27thAnnual Kingdom Day Parade honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Crowds lined the route, a few people deep at…
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The importance of community and organization at a grass roots level is always the point of the Empowerment Congress, where a few thousand residents gather to learn more about their government.
But the message has a special resonance in 2012. Libya fell. Tunisia fell. Egypt fell. Syria may fall. In places where you have to put your life on the line for freedom,…
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