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LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY ACTIVIST ACTION ALERT! WE CAN RAISE OUR VOICES TO BRING BACK THE VAN DE KAMPS COMMUNITY COLLEGE SATELLITE CAMPUS PROMISED BY THE LACCD BOARD OF TRUSTEES! It appears the Los Angeles Mayor’s office has pulled the unemployment programs out of Van de Kamps in the face of your e-mails and letters two weeks ago. Thank you for ...
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State lawmakers are moving to jump into the decades-old campaign to give residents of East Los Angeles their own city. Legislative Democrats have advanced a plan to bail out the financially struggling movement even though Republican legislators say it's a local issue that is none of the state's business.Three previous attempts at cityhood failed in...
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 Two stories on LA Eastside highlight the effects of gentrification, the train, and the media The Dentrimental Downer of the Digital Camera On my way home up an undisclosed street in Boyle Heights at 11pm on a Monday night, I saw a news van parked in front of a food stand.* The food stand were run by a familiar Breed Street family. Since I had my digital point-and-shoot handy, I stopped and took a few photos (without the flash). I was immediately approached by one o... |
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 A Rough Road to Gold: Part 3Part 3 of 4: A Window Into the CommunityRead the first two installments:Part 1: ‘Years of Funding Fights Result in Above-Ground Light Rail, Instead of Subway.’Part 2: It Took a ‘Pueblo’ to Build Eastside Gold Line When the plans to bring the Gold Line into East Los Angeles began to take shape, County Supervisor Gloria Molina pushed Metro to partner with the communities along the route. To meet this request, Metro hired ... |
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 Huizar Grilled at TERA's State of the Town : City Cuts, Marijuana Clinics Hot Topics At the yearly TERA (The Eagle Rock Association) "State of the Town" meeting, CD14 Councilman Jose Huizar covered a variety of topics, some directly affecting Eagle Rock, and some that indirectly affect it. He was able to report some good news as he started. Crime is down. And he told a little about the latest of early m... |
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Pan American Bank today announced its support for the Cityhood for East Los Angeles initiative that is being coordinated through the East Los Angeles Residents Association (“ELARA”). “Unincorporated East Los Angeles and its 140,000 residents is considered by many as the cultural, social, and political focal point of the Mexican-American community in the United States. The East Los Angeles econo... |
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When the Metropolitan Transportation Authority opened the first segment of the Red Line subway in 1993, the agency expected it to support two rush hours. But the line that now connects Downtown with North Hollywood, and has a stop in MacArthur Park, generated three peak usage times: In addition to the morning and evening work commutes, a lunchtime rush resulted, said Art Leahy, Metro’s CEO. “With the Red Line, everyone was getting on the tra... |
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 The steep hills and narrow canyons of Debs Park in Montecito Heights provide a nearly 300-acre refuge in the middle of the city. There is nothing peaceful, however, about the tug-of-war being waged over Debs between mountain bikers, who want to open the park to off-road riding, and park advocates concerned about safety. The issue will be coming up at a Wednesday night public meeting in Highland Park as the city's Planning Department reviews an update to the city'... |
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