A Community Surrounds Their Local School With Love, Commitment and Gardening

A Community Surrounds Their Local School  With Love, Commitment and GardeningThe group, The Rings of Saturn (http://rings.saturnelementary.com), was formed in March of 2009, by a small number of local residents working hard to build a stronger connection between the community and their school, Saturn Elementary.  Melissa Patrick, Rayna…

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The Great Los Angeles Walk

The Great Los Angeles Walk On Saturday, Nov. 27,  Mid City Neighborhood Council (MINC) played host to 250 people who gathered together to walk 17.4 miles from downtown L.A. to Venice Beach. The Great Walk was started in…

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Preservationists Fight to Preserve Historic Interiors

West Adams area residents played a strong role in persuading the Los Angeles City Planning Commission to continue protecting historical monument interiors through the city’s Cultural Heritage Ordinance at a hearing held Thursday, September 10.  By day’s end, the…

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Historic Preservationists Fight to Save Historic Interiors

West Adams area residents played a strong role in persuading the Los Angeles City Planning Commission to continue protecting historical monument interiors through the city’s Cultural Heritage Ordinance at a hearing held Thursday, September 10.  By

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Police investigate fatal drive-by shooting in Miracle Mile area

Updated: 11/23/2009 07:35:37 AM PST An investigation was under way Monday to track down whoever killed an 18-year-old man in a drive-by shooting in the Miracle Mile area of Los Angeles, police said. The shooting occurred around 2:35 p.m. Sunday near the intersection of South La Brea Avenue…

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Light Rail Coming to Crenshaw Corridor

Light Rail Coming to Crenshaw Corridor Good news!  MTA has recommended a light-rail option (rather than a rapid-bus line) for the proposed Crenshaw corridor project.  You'll remember that MTA presented their ideas to…

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MINC Sponsored Apple Fairfax Planter Project

MINC Sponsored Apple Fairfax Planter ProjectThe Apple Fairfax Planter project started in 2005 when Allen DiCastro, our current Mid-City Neighborhood Council (MINC) president, asked for volunteers to beautify a plot of land on the border of Culver City and Mid-City.  The committee of David…

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The Origins of Christmas

The Origins of ChristmasMany of our holidays have their roots in Pagan celebrations and Christmas is not an exception. Based on biblical description of events occuring at the time, many historians place Jesus’s birth sometime in September not December. Winter solstice, which occurs between Dec. 20 and 23, is the longest night of…

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Western Heights Halloween 2009

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Resident Followed by Police Impersonator

While Western Heights resident Pam Bruner drove home from work, a man pulled up alongside her car and began to stare her down. Her first thought was that he appeared to be driving an unmarked police car and was impersonating an

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Established in August of 2008 by writerartist 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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