11am-3pm
Markham Middle School
1650 E. 104th Street
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Archive for the ‘Watts’ Category
Watts Community Resource Fair Saturday
Tuesday, October 6th, 200911am-3pm
Markham Middle School
1650 E. 104th Street
FREE Back to School Immunization Program
Monday, August 10th, 2009
Get your child’s shots for the new school year BEFORE summer is over! Please bring your Yellow Card with you.
Ted Watkins Park
1335 E. 103rd St.
August 18th (9 am – 12 pm)
WIC – Compton
130 E. Compton Blvd.
August 26th (1 pm – 5 pm)
G.W. Carver Park
1400 E. 118th St.
August 28th (1 pm -5 pm)
Campanella Park
14812 S. Stanford Ave.
September 1st (9 am – 12 pm)
WIC – Florence
501 E. Florence Ave.
September 2nd (2 pm – 5 pm)
WIC – Lynwood
3811 M.L. King, Jr. Blvd.
Watts Summer Festival This Weekend
Thursday, August 6th, 2009
It Is Not Too Late To Quit Smoking!
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
The L.A. Quits program works. Note the following email from a constituent:
“Dear Supervisor Ridley-Thomas,
I would like to personally thank you for the nicotine patches. It has been 2 weeks now and I don’t even have an urge. Thanks for helping to save my life after 30 years of smoking.”
IT IS NOT TOO LATE FOR YOU TO QUIT!
To date, we have distributed only 25% of our 30,000 two-week stop-smoking starter kit supply. And now we are holding the following outreach events in the community to make it easy to get started on quitting!
Compton
2:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Ralphs
280 E. Compton Blvd.
Compton, CA 90220
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Watts
11 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
HIV TestFest
Ted Watkins County Park
1335 East 103rd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90002
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Los Angeles
1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Ralphs
1730 W. Manchester Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90047
Watts Towers Summer Expo Tomorrow
Friday, July 17th, 2009
Watts Tower Amphitheater
1765 E. 107th St., Los Angeles, CA 90002
Live Performances by:
D.L. Hughley, Brian McKnight, Tank, K-Ci & Jo Jo, Rodney Perry, Teddy Riley and more.
VIDEO: Supervisor Ridley-Thomas Honors ‘The Whispers’
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009Supervisor Ridley-Thomas honors the sensational R&B group The Whispers – Walter Scott, Wallace Scott, Nicholas Caldwell and Leaveil Degree – in recognition of their more than 45 years of success in the music industry and in honor of National Black Music Month. The group formed in Watts.
The Whispers To Be Honored At Tuesday’s Board Meeting
Thursday, June 18th, 2009
The all-time great R&B group, The Whispers, who formed 45 years ago in Watts, will be honored at next Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting by Supervisor Ridley-Thomas. With 30 albums to their credit and countless hits including, “Rock Steady,” “And the Beat Goes On,” and “It’s a Love Thing,” The Whispers will be presented with a Scroll of Appreciation at 9:30 a.m. on June 23rd in the Board Hearing Room at 500 West Temple Street.
Supervisor Ridley-Thomas Takes Steps To Restore Compton Creek
Monday, June 15th, 2009
From L.A. Weekly:
“Compton Creek, an eight and a half-mile trickle of water that miraculously runs through some of L.A. County’s grimiest landscapes, is a significant step closer to receiving an ecological makeover. On Wednesday the County Board of Supervisors, prodded by South L.A. Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, unanimously agreed to support a master plan to resuscitate the creek, which on topographical paper is a major watershed. In reality, Compton Creek is afflicted with industrial runoff, illegally dumped trash and some of its stretches are lined with concrete.”
Read the entire post at L.A. Weekly
Read Supervisor Ridley-Thomas’ Press Release
LA Watts Summer Games Begin Saturday
Thursday, June 11th, 2009
June 13, 14, 20, 21
The mission of the L.A. Watts Summer Games is to build bridges of understanding among high school youth. The Games strive to promote positive interaction, respect and achievement through spirited competition in athletics.
The L.A. Watts Summer Games is held during the second and third weekends in June. The Games were started in 1968 as a response to the 1965 Watts Riots and consists of 17 boys and girls athletic events.
Opening Ceremonies:
LA Southwest College Football Stadium
Saturday, June 13th @ 8am
Unity Festival Area
Honorary Chairman: Marques Johnson
Second District Contains Most Of L.A.’s Youngest Neighborhoods
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
The L.A. Times’ Mapping Project “found that L.A. neighborhoods with the lowest median ages tend to be in working-class area of South L.A. In fact, 9 of the top 10 youngest neighborhoods listed below are in the Second Supervisorial District:
Central Alameda (22)
University Park (23)
South Park (23)
Florence (23)
Historic South-Central (23)
Broadway-Manchester (23)
Wilmington (24)
Vermont Vista (24)
Vermont Knolls (24)