In 2017 two letters were sent to Michael P. Huerta, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regarding their NextGen program. One from Senator Dianne Feinstein and the other from Los Angeles City Council President Herb J. Wesson CD10 along with Council Members Marqueese Harris-Dawson District 8 and…
People living north and south along Washington Boulevard east of La Brea, look forward to the day when they can walk to local restaurants and cafés rather than get into a car and drive to a different neighborhood.So development along this stretch of Washington Blvd. is inevitable and eagerly…
Thanks to the funding and grants from the Mid-City Neighborhood Council and LANI, over 160 teachers, parents, children, and youth from the New LA Charter School and the Mid-City community celebrated Martin Luther King Day by sprucing up the Burnside Ave. Bridge off Washington Boulevard. They decorated brick planters with beautiful purple…
In the 2016 November-December issue Chin wrote an article about using walkie talkies in emergencies. He received an amazing response, so we thought it was a good idea to come back and share some of the stories of the community involvement that resulted from the article and the importance of…
In an apartment located at Lafayette Place, on the southwest corner of Crenshaw and Venice Boulevards, next to KFC and Taco Bell, 1-bedroom apartments rent for $1850 a month.The units are newly renovated, with a pool and underground parking on site and… 20 wireless network antennas concealed in awkward…
January 17, 2018One World Way, P.O. Box 92216, Los Angeles, CA 90009Mr. Daniel K. Elwell, Acting Administrator Federal Aviation Authority800 Independence Ave. SWWashington D.C., 20591Mr. Dennis Roberts, Regional Administrator FAA Western-Pacific Region15000 Aviation Blvd.Lawndale, CA 90261Expressed opinions are of the membership and is not the official…
On Saturday, December 16, 2017, Jefferson Park held the 5th Annual Kids Holiday Festival. Local residents and kids from five schools along Jefferson Bvd. were up bright and early, eager to start jumping in the combo jumper slide, play video games inside a mobile game truck, get their faces…
OP-ED (with updates at bottom of article)Recent Comments from the West Adams For Quiet Skies Facebook page: "So incredibly bad today. Driving me crazy." "Just had an Airbus fly over at 2100’. Horrific." "11:50 pm and they are still coming loud and low every 10 minutes. It…
Editor: In our last issue, The Neighborhood News ran an article about the Historic West Adams District, its neighborhoods and how, historically, its boundaries were set. The authors, both historians, have decades of research experience and cited newspapers dating back 100 years evidencing both “what” and “where” the West Adams…
For its 37th Annual Black Doll Show the William Grant Still Arts Center will be focusing on gatherings, coming together and events to remember through doll artistry and displays. Showcasing Black life as a celebration of events that are monumental and small, ordinary, and extraordinary, events that depict Black life…
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