Leimert Park Station Approved

Leimert Park Station Approved  After a 5-Year Battle MTA Board Agrees to Fund Leimert Park Village Station on Crenshaw/LAX Line.  A station at L.A.’s African-American cultural center is added after over 5 years of community advocacy, and the political leadership of Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas & Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.   In a historic…

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Midtown Shopping Upgrade

Midtown Shopping UpgradeMidtown Shopping Center Associates (MTSCA) has acquired the land under Midtown Shopping Center plus two adjacent properties totaling 14.56 acres for $42.5 million from Catellus Development Corp. of Denver. The 185,000-square-foot center at 4725 W. Venice Boulevard is bounded by Venice, San Vicente and Pico Boulevards in the…

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Fast Food Mecca in CD 10?

In 2008, Jan Perry and Bernard Parks introduced, and City Council adopted, an ordinance temporarily prohibiting the growth of any new stand-alone fast-food restaurants for…

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Rinzai-ji Zen Center Thrown Off Balance

Rinzai-ji Zen Center Thrown Off Balance Rinzai-ji Zen Center, a school of Buddhism with roots in 6th century China, is often perceived as a particularly demanding spiritual practice. Besides the focus on “sitting” daily and in weekend, weeklong and longer retreats, Rinzai-ji Zen practice is distinguished by sanzen, the one on one interview between the…

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Harvard Heights Monument Restored

Harvard Heights Monument Restored Realizing they had an historic jewel on their hands, Harvard Heights Neighborhood Association (HHNA) members Steve Wallis and Mark DeMan organized a restoration project for…

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Harvard Heights Represents!

Tonny Okello from Hobart Blvd. in Harvard Heights won the 2013 Allstate Life Insurance 13.1 Marathon in Marina Del Rey. TNN says BRAVO!

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Porch Sittin' What's Old is New Again

Porch Sittin'  What's Old is New Again In Memory of Wally Matsura, who passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 19 2023, we are reposting this article about the neighborhood porch sitting that took place on Wally's porch every Saturday for years.Front porches appear on every New Urbanist’s top ten list for ways architectural design can help build…

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Residents Work to Create Better Parks; Leslie Shaw Park

Residents Work to Create Better Parks; Leslie Shaw ParkOn November 15, 2012, United Neighborhoods Neighborhood Council board member Sandra Pruitt hosted a community event at Jefferson Branch Library to discuss improving Leslie Shaw Park at Jeffersonand 3rd Avenue. The only park in the Jefferson Park area has not seen any improvements in a long time and is not very…

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What Is a Community Plan and Why You Should Care

What Is a Community Plan and Why You Should Care The city is in the process of developing and implementing a community plan for a large part of The Neighborhood News territory. What is a General Plan? The Los Angeles Department of City Planning has created a General Plan, the fundamental development policy document for the City of Los…

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Jefferson Park Report

Jefferson Park ReportAlbertson’s and Ralph’s Out, Fresh and Easy and Maybe Trader Joe’s In. Jefferson Park, Baldwin Hills, and Leimert Park are about to experience tremendous turnover in grocery stores. Albertsons and Ralphs have both announced that they are leaving Crenshaw. Albertsons announced this month that they are closing 18 stores in…

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Established in August of 2008 by writerartist 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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