"We do this to celelbrate the life and legacy of MLK."

More than 70,000 are expected to line the route which begins at Normandie, heads down King, left on Crenshaw to Leimert Park Village, said said Adrian Dove, CORE National Chairman, which organizes the parade.

KABC will broadcast live for two hours. 

Empowerment Congress West Area Neighborhood Development Council will be discussing the City Council Redistricting Process. Every 10 years the people of Los Angeles have an opportunity to shape district boundaries.

At Saturday's Town Hall meeting we will discuss how redistricting relates to our neighborhoods. Tuesday's hearing is an opportunity to provide testimony directly to the commissioners selected to draw the boundaries. It will be the only hearing conducted in Council District 8…

Via Community Health Councils:

On Thursday, Jan. 5, the Los Angeles Department of City Planning will hold a scoping meeting on the Environmental Impact Report required for the Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market at Crenshaw and 52nd Street.

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The 20th Annual Empowerment Congress Summit on Saturday, January 14, 2012 at USC will feature the Rev. Al Sharpton. Register here!

Let's get a Leimert Park delegation together - let me know if you're going and we can set up a place to meet there and/or carpool over.…

The City of LA Bureau of Sanitation has expanded CURBSIDE collection for Christmas trees. If your Christmas tree is too big to cut and place it inside the green waste bin, simply place the tree next to your green waste bin on collection day.



Using your green bin to recycle Christmas…

A sink hole has formed at 9th and Garthwaite after a water main ruptured once again, according to Leimert Park resident Heather Presha.

"Firemen said that we will be without water for a FEW days!! Awful!!" she reports.

Post & Beam's facebook now says the soft opening with a limited menu is Saturday (NYE) in Leimert Park from 6 to 11!

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According to Post and Beam's Facebook page and an article by Urban Daddy, Leimert Park's newest restaurant is finally supposed to open "around" January 3.

After the Urban Daddy report, …

An on-site garden. A wood-burning oven. At the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza mall!

Dinner anyone?

This what we've been waiting for - a locally owned, sit-down restaurant in our neighborhood!

Post & Beam is slated to open late this year, offering the kind of cuisine (California-style comfort food) and ambiance rarely found in our immediate area. The 2,500 square foot restaurant will have outdoor patio seating, an open-hearth broiler, and the planting of an on-site herb…

Our good friend, James Fugate, owner of our favorite bookstore, made a list of his top books of the year. Remember to shop local!…

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Helicopter noise in Los Angeles is now in the national spotlight, leading to a story in the New York Times about the introduction of federal legislation to require the FAA to establish rules on flight paths and minimum altitudes over residential areas.

The conversation was re-ignited after the four-part "Helicopter Hella Loud"…

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced last week that he intends to build 50 pocket parks in the next two years.

In the past six year, the mayor have overseen the addition of 650 acres of new green spaces, more than in the previous dozen years, according to the LATimes.com.

Construction on several parks in South Los Angeles would…

The Greater Los Angeles chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists will host an event on Nov. 17 in Leimert Park to examine the role of hyperlocal news organizations in communities of color. The discussion will focus on how online publications cover these communities and the unique challenges that they face.



Our panelists will include:



- Daniela Gerson, managing editor of the Alhambra Source



- Eddie North-Hager, founder, Leimert Park Beat



- Jessica…

"Posing Beauty in African American Culture explores the contested ways in which African and African American beauty have been represented in historical and contemporary contexts," the Fisher Gallery reports.

This exhibit features approximately 84 works drawn from public and private collections.

The exhibition is organized by the Department of Photography…

Co$$ aka Cashus King is interviewed by Leimert Park Beat member Marguerite for her website http://www.lastereo.tv/

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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