City Council approves ambitious anti-graffiti ordinance
Timothy Werth | 9-29-2009 | Comments |
The ordinance requires all new property in Los Angeles to be sprayed with an anti-graffiti coating. [...]
LA students to City Council: Fix our schools, neighborhoods
Evelyn Padilla | 8-20-2009 | Comments |
A group of 25 high school students recently presented the findings to city officials from their summer of research conducted on the impact of the recession. The students’ message was simple: Pay attention to us and our communities.
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Free health care clinic draws thousands of South LA Residents
Jacqueline Howard | 8-16-2009 | Comments |
In a sign of the times, Angelenos flock to free medical care at the Forum, while the nation debates the future of U.S. health.
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Activists ask South LA voters to reconsider ban on same-sex vows
William Celis | 7-19-2009 | Comments |
Supporters for the repeal of Proposition 8 -- which bans same-sex marriage in California -- gathered at Holy Faith Episcopal Church in Inglewood before they canvassed voters in Baldwin Hills and Leimert Park last week.
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Protest for workers’ rights at South L.A. Wal-Mart
Jennifer Chapski | 4-27-2009 | Comments |
Religious leaders and workers’ rights advocates gathered in front of a South Los Angeles Wal-Mart on Monday morning to voice their support for the Employee Free Choice Act.
[...]Fast-food Ban
Mohammed Rahman | 2-12-2009 | Comments |
The one-year ban on any new fast food chains in South Los Angeles enacted by the City Council to address health problems, is not working as intended, according to area residents.
[...]Post Obama, Black History Month takes on a greater significance
Newly Paul | 2-5-2009 | Comments |
Every February, communities across south Los Angeles gear up to celebrate Black History Month. But this year is different. With a black man as president, community organizers say the celebrations will hold more meaning and young blacks will show a renewed interest in their history.
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Seven to one: South L.A. redevelopment areas might merge
Zachary Gale | 2-5-2009 | Comments |
Seven South Los Angeles commercial redevelopment areas might soon merge into one in a consolidation effort that has some residents concerned about the city's lack of communication with the community, according to Councilman Bernard Parks.
[...]A Moment of Hope
Lisa Holmes | 1-27-2009 | Comments |
A multicultural crowd in downtown Los Angeles clapped and cheered as President Barack Obama finished his inauguration speech Tuesday morning.
[...]Celebrating a New Presidency
Dianne de Guzman | 1-27-2009 | Comments |
Pride - and hope - filled the Fellowship Hall of the Culver-Palms United Methodist Church as nearly 70 people gathered to watch the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States.
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