Did you know that residents of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County have a considerable number of free or sliding scale resources, support and information services available? Stevie Rutherford is an amazing and highly accomplished local Go Getter. One of her many passions has been her focus on the Senior…
Book club members used to reading ChicLit in their friends' family rooms can now step it up. A new monthly book club at the UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library in West Adams offers a novel opportunity to discuss historical fiction in the stunning interior of one of West…
When thinking back on growing up in Jefferson Park, I recall a rundown Fatburger on a shady side of Western Avenue. I distinctly remember a German Shepherd who wagged his tail as my mom and I walked past his Jefferson Boulevard chain link fence on our way to 6th Avenue…
Thanks to the efforts of United Neighborhoods Neighborhood Council (UNNC), Council District 10, and the Los Angeles City Planning Department, sections of two historic neighborhoods in the West Adams District - Jefferson Park and Arlington Heights - are now more likely to be conserved. Los Angeles has 35 separate community…
Today, (November 25, 2014) in an unprecedented act of solidarity, communities from across Los Angeles launched Stand Together Against Neighborhood Drilling (STAND-LA) at a hearing on an application to expand oil drilling in a densely populated neighborhood in South Los Angeles.The communities demanded that the City not allow the…
In July, Los Angeles native Mehrnoosh Zahiri began her work as the Wilshire Division’s neighborhood prosecutor, a position that is part of the citywide Neighborhood Prosecutors Program (NPP), overseen by the City Attorney’s Office. According to its mission statement, the NPP aims to “identify, prioritize, and address criminal problems before……
The drought has definitely impacted the way Mid-City neighbors think about water and many residents who have adopted conservation methods, either by choice or to comply with mandates, are asking if public entities are doing everything they can to save water as well. “Aside from threatening and collection, I wonder…
In our last story (June 2014) regarding the conflict between local residents surrounding the Murphy oil site (on Adams west of Western) and the oil sites new owners, the notorious Freeport McMoran Oil and Gas (FMOG) company, we reported that LA City Council President (and Councilman for District 10) Herb…
On September 11, the Olympic Park Neighborhood Council (OPNC) held its annual free community buffet dinner at the popular Pips on La Brea. Held both inside the restaurant and outside on Pips’ patio, the buffet offered community members a chance to mingle, learn about the OPNC and enjoy such delicacies…
The blog-o-sphere is abuzz with concerns about a new housing development that has broken ground at Fairfax Avenue and Sawyer Street. For once high density isn’t the issue, but taste. Being built by Fort Worth developer D.R.Horton, which calls itself “America’s Largest Homebuilder,” the 60-unit housing…
Established in August of 2008 by writer, artist Dianne V. Lawrence, The Neighborhood News covers the events, people, history, politics and historic architecture of communities throughout the Mid-City and West Adams area in Los Angeles Council District 10.
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