Mid-City residents and business owners Steve Wallis and his wife Eileen Ehmann are sparking an artistic vibe in Harvard Heights via Start Los Angeles.
With the help of fellow resident Terry Guy, the couple provide community spaces for artists to create art murals and other artistic expressions. “It’s changing our streetscape for…
Editor: Recently TNN was contacted by one of our previous advertisers Zoe Guillory, owner of Zoes Vintique Boutique located in the up and coming strip on Adams west of La Brea. She reported that developers had purchased 5 buildings in her community and had given her and other long time…
For the October issue, TNN contacted Ken Draper, the editor of the online Los Angeles news source CityWatch, to ask permission to reprint an article documenting District 10's Councilman and President of City Council Herb Wesson's issues with paying his mortgage. Mr. Draper was impressed with the work TNN…
Representative Karen Bass holds many town hall events throughout the year, and July 16th she held a Congressional Conversation in our community at the Southern Saint Paul Church at 4678 West Adams Boulevard. It was time well spent starting with the welcoming hellos you got upon entering.Representative Karen Bass…
Judge rules Against Freeport McMoran June 30, 2016: The Zoning Administrator denied FMOG's request to install a CEB 800 flare to burn 400,000 cubic feet of gas per day at the Murphy Drill Site on Adams Blvd. The ZA highlighted that the gas burner "...is not in the interests of…
The Shopping Center at Venice & Western is getting a much deserved face lift over the next six months according to the managers of Food 4 Less, CVS, Payless Shoes and Fallas Clothing & Home Decor. For a number of years neighbors have placed calls to the retailer’s corporate headquarters…
MAKING A DIFFERENCE: The Bumpy Road toward Civil Rights, Social Justice and Equality The Living History Tour takes place every autumn at the historic landmark, Angelus Rosedale Cemetery. This year it happens on Saturday, September 24 from 9 am to noon.There, amid the elaborate headstones and monuments, costumed actors bring to…
Thank You to the tireless efforts of residents Sandra Pruitt and Norman Gilmore and a $1,000,000 grant from the California Housing Related Parks program. The park lies just west of Arlington on Jefferson between the Jefferson Park Library and the Black Seeds Mural.(Sandra Pruitt in Blue)Photos by Dawn Kirkpatrick
Opening in late 2014 at La Brea Blvd. and Edgewood Place, the David Kordansky Gallery is receiving international attention. Kordansky, a sculptor/performance artist and graduate of Cal Arts, has been one of the youngest gallerists to be invited to the prestigious main fair of the Basel Arts Fair, has…
In June of 2014, we reported that the Tom Bradley Family Center was on the chopping block along with three other family centers, due to a recommendation from the Housing Department as a result of budgetary concerns. Councilman Wesson stepped in and the Tom Bradley got a reprieve for a…
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