Is the African Marketplace and Cultural Faire happening this year?
The African Marketplace and Cultural Faire will NOT be happening at the end of this summer at Rancho Cienega Park or in Leimert Park as so many have asked and speculated. The 25 year legacy of the AMP that garnered…
Council District 10 and the United Neighborhoods Neighborhood Council (UNNC) district were chosen this year to host the 9th Annual Citywide HPOZ Conference, sponsored by the Los Angeles Department of City Planning and the Los Angeles Conservancy.
The all-day event was held on May 7th at the McCarty Memorial Christian…
Metropolitan Transit Authority Decision Causes Uproar in African American Community
Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, a Metropolitan Transit Authority Board member spearheaded the movement to persuade the MTA to support and fund $120 million for a Crenshaw-LAX light rail stop at Leimert Park, an historic center of Los Angeles African American culture. He…
School bells are ringing louder in West Adams!
Marguerite LaMotte was re-elected to the LAUSD School Board last March 8th, 2011. She was backed by the powerful UTLA union with $325,000 dollars toward her campaign. Ms. LaMotte has faithfully approved all raises for teachers.
- Arlington Heights middle school added 17…
One of the biggest issues in West Adams and throughout the city is code enforcement. Or, better said, NON-code enforcement. HPOZ board members everywhere complain that neither Building & Safety nor the Housing Department takes seriously the responsibility of enforcing historic preservation requirements. New developments are approved with no oversight…
Gramercy Park resident Brian Ide is the founder of ReDistribute, an innovative philanthropic model that connects the profits of film to the needs of a wide variety of charities focused on social issues.
ReDistributeis guided by a governing principle: After costs and salaries are paid, every penny of their profit goes…
Small boutiques, restaurants, hair salons, barbershops, coffee houses and more, are popping up like mushrooms in pockets along Pico, from La Brea to Fairfax, making it the best kept secret shopping destination in Los Angeles.
P.I.C.O. Neighborhood Council business representative and owner of Maison de Pain, a local favorite bakery,…
After a long arduous process, Johnnie and Theresa Green have finally been able to secure a full bar liquor license and necessary permits for their Eureka Cafe.Eureka has become a popular weekend spot for locals who want to socialize while eating their omelets, along with outsiders, who come for the famous…
In 2007 Herb J. Wesson ran unopposed in CD10. In 2011 six candidates, unhappy with what they were seeing or not seeing in District 10, came forward to challenge the incumbent. Yet try as they might, they were unable to combine their votes to force Councilman Wesson into a run…
The CD10 Candidates Forum, sponsored by The Neighborhood News can now be viewed on You Tube at the following links. Each section is approximately 15 minutes long. Just click on option
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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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