GOING NATIVE
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- Published on Thursday, 23 June 2016 16:10
- Written by ELIZABETH FENNER
Ongoing tree planting has been happening all over Los Angeles in recent years but many of the new young trees have suffered much from unseasonal heat and drought. Now Metro and the City will be planting 800 more trees on and near Crenshaw Boulevard, supplementing the tree plantings of recent…BECOMING AN HPOZ
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- Published on Thursday, 23 June 2016 15:54
- Written by Laura Meyers
Oxford Square is moving closer to becoming one of Los Angeles’s newest HPOZs (Historic Preservation Overlay Zone). According to the Los Angeles City Planning Department, the proposed Oxford Square HPOZ is bordered by the Windsor Village HPOZ on the north, the Country Club Park HPOZ on the east, Pico Boulevard…What a GREAT STREET!!
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- Published on Thursday, 23 June 2016 14:51
- Written by Nancy Hanover
The Pico Blvd-Great Street Committee is a group of residents and business people in Council District 10 committed to implementing the Mayor's Great Streets Initiative. We started meeting in January of this year to learn how the Mayor’s choice of Pico as one of the city's Great Streets could…Crenshaw Revitalization
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- Published on Thursday, 23 June 2016 14:06
- Written by Laura Meyers
LaFayette Squares Off
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- Published on Thursday, 23 June 2016 13:43
- Written by D.V. Lawrence
The usually-polite and quiet gated enclave of LaFayette Square has been roiled this Spring with a controversy over….landscaping. In late February, some residents were surprised to hear that the LaFayette Square Homeowners Associationboard had agreed to move forward with a proposal to replace the existing shrubbery, (grass, plantings and…Neighbors Saving Neighbors' Lives
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- Published on Tuesday, 26 April 2016 08:08
- Written by Debra Varnado Fifth Avenue Times Wire Service
“If there were to be a disaster, it’s not your family or friends who’ll come to you. It’s your neighbors.” Regina Jones, Country Club Park resident, TNN InterviewEmploying the concept of ‘neighbors helping neighbors,’ the United Neighborhoods Neighborhood Council (UNNC) ramped up its disaster preparedness program…Regina Jones 2016 Pioneer Woman
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- Published on Tuesday, 19 April 2016 18:10
- Written by D.V. Lawrence
When Regina Jones, long time resident of Country Club, was featured as Local Resident in The Neighborhood News, City Council President and Council representative for CD10, Herb J. Wesson, Jr. took note and along with The Commission on the Status of Women, honored Ms. Jones with the 2016 Pioneer Woman…The Lone Ranger of Litter
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- Published on Tuesday, 19 April 2016 17:58
- Written by Amy Hammes
The West Adams TrashForce spied a lone man out working on the 6th street overpass cleaning up trash and sweeping the area. Turns out, he cleans up the area WEEKLY on his own because he takes pride in his neighborhood. No fanfare. No accolades. Just someone seeing a problem and…Rain and Shine: Interview with Lora Davis Co-Creator of the Wellington Sq. Farmers Market
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- Published on Tuesday, 19 April 2016 17:35
- Written by Chelsee Lowe
Following the 6th anniversary in March of the Wellington Sq. Farmers market, (located in the Smyrna Church Parking lot on Washington west of Crenshaw), TNN sat down with co-creator Lora Davis to find out what it takes to start and sustain a local farmers market and what it's value is…The Buzz on Bees
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- Published on Tuesday, 19 April 2016 16:48
- Written by Kathryn Lewis
Hello! I’m Katie, a backyard beekeeper in West Adams. My bees live in boxes behind a garage about 25 feet from my house. Beekeeping has recently become legal in Los Angeles and I can’t recommend it enough if you’re a person interested in gardening, food production, or the natural…Subcategories
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