Reprinted with permission from Citywatch LAOriginally printed 15 NOVEMBER 2021COMMENTARY - I, like many of you, have become aware of the indictment of Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas. I am not surprised by any of the events, and despite what he may say, neither is he.No one should be surprised. Less than…
Reprinted fromhttps://deadline.com/2021/10/los-angeles-city-councilman-mark-ridley-thomas-usc-dean-indicted-on-federal-corruption-charges-1234855684/Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas and the former dean of USC’s School of Social Work have been indicted on federal corruption charges over an alleged bribery scheme stemming from Ridley-Thomas’ time serving on the county Board of Supervisors, prosecutors announced today.Democrat Ridley-Thomas is a fixture of local politics, having…
Murder is always a tragedy, but the slaying of a young college grad, who was senselessly killed in the backyard of his Jefferson Park childhood home, was especially shocking.Eight months ago, on December 13, 2020, the family of Nabor Galvez, 24, awakened to gunshots. They soon discovered Nabor lying…
Every year before July 4th, Nextdoor (the Facebook like service for community groups) lights up with complaints about pre-July 4th fireworks. In 2020, a group of residents decided to get together to finally do something about it.Tracy Nadeau, Addison Wright, and the TNN editor Dianne V. Lawrence formed…
Since it began over four years ago, TNN has been reporting on the nightmare, one lane, air traffic highway called Nextgen which has been flying over residents in Malibu, Santa Monica, Culver City, West Adams and around downtown LA.These communities woke up to planes flying at low altitudes, single…
TNN supported Jan Perry and Grace Yoo in their recent campaigns to represent our community. Grace ran to represent CD10 but lost to Mark Ridley-Thomas. Jan ran for supervisor of our district but lost to Herb Wesson and Holly Mitchell (who won over Herb). But both women have lived…
Will you have the tools you need to help your neighborhood in a disaster?The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) was created in 1985 as a way to involve citizens in disaster response because sometimes first responders are not available. It was taught by the Los Angeles City Fire Department and…
The Neighborhood News wanted to give our new Councilmember an opportunity to explain his vision for CD10 during his four-year term in office. Although we recognize homelessness and its serious impact on our community and appreciate Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas's "singular" attention to it, we were hoping for a more…
Interview with CD10 Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas. CERT Neighborhood Emergency Training program. Jan Perry and Grace Yoo...where are they now? Neighborhood Council Updates, Harold and Belle's Award and so much more....click on imageTo register to our website (get one article a week) em This email address is being protected…
Thank you for voting in the LA2050 competition!We are very excited to share that Crop Swap LA won $50,000 in the LA2050 Grant Challenge competition in the live category!!! This means we can build seven new gardens on selected resident front lawns. We had 5,800 votes and we were…
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