May 2013

May 24, 2013

• Funding Approved For Construction Of $120M Light Rail Station In Leimert Park (CBS)
• Leimert Park Celebrates Plans for Rail Stop (NBC)
• Ridley-Thomas tells crowds gathered at Leimert Park: ‘There’s a train a comin’ (The Source)
• Mayor Villaraigosa, Sup. Ridley Thomas and Council Pres. Wesson stand together in celebration of African American Culture that Resonates in Leimert Park Village (Los Angeles Sentinel)
• Officials celebrate funding for Leimert Park rail station (The Wave)
• Leimert Park Village hails victory on Crenshaw Line station (LA Times)
• The wise move on the Leimert Park station (LA Times)

May 2, 2013

• County begins CalFresh campaign (Los Angeles Wave)

April 2013

April 30, 2013

• Leimert Park Village deserves a rail station (LA Times)

April 15, 2013

• The LAX Coastal Area Chamber of Commerce to Honor Locals (Marina Del Rey Patch)
• County Announces ‘Green Leadership’ Award Winners (SVNews.com)

April 3, 2013

• Candlelight Vigil for Season of Nonviolence at Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook (Culver City Patch)

March 2013

March 26, 2013

• Youths at L.A. County probation camps complain about food (LA Times)

March 7, 2013

• Culver City Receives Tree Planting Grant (Culver City Patch)
• L.A. County Puts $15 Million into Affordable Housing (EGP News)

February 2013

February 28, 2013

• Countdown to sequestration (Our Weekly)

February 19, 2013

• Gardena Mayor Paul Tanaka downplays uproar over sale of Kevlar vests to Cambodia (Daily Breeze)

February 1, 2013

• Black History Month Spotlight: Mark Ridley Thomas (94.7 The Wave)
• Metro Honors Trailblazing Korean American (Los Angeles Japanese Daily News)

January 2013

January 29, 2013

• L.A. County Supervisors add to reward in Unique Russell case (KPCC)
• $10,000 rewards offered in Long Beach slaying, L.A.-area Fourth of July killing (Inside Bay Area)
• Board of Supervisors renew reward notices (Our Weekly)

January 25, 2013

• Vote on clean water initiative pushed back until March (Culver City News)
• 21st Annual Empowerment Congress Summit Hosts Mayoral Candidates (Los Angeles Sentinel)

January 24, 2013

• Sheriff Provides Gift Cards For Guns (Claremont-LaVerne Patch)
• YMCA 42nd Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Brotherhood Breakfast (LA Sentinel)

January 19, 2013

• LA mayoral candidates on best behavior in Empowerment Congress debate (KPCC)
• L.A. mayoral candidates debate at Empowerment Congress (Intersections SouthLA)

January 18, 2013

• Local Edition with Brad Pomerance (Time Warner Cable)
• Take Public Transit to L.A.’s Baldwin Hills Parklands This Weekend (Switchboard)
• Culver City Dedicates Jefferson Boulevard Improvements Project (Culver City Patch)
• Baldwin Hills Parklands Shuttle Opens with Free Rides on Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend

January 17, 2013

• Steve Scauzillo: How to lead a public meeting (Pasadena Star News)
• The National Rifle Association Is Correct: I Do Want Your Guns (The Huffington Post)
• Ridley-Thomas’s Empowerment Congress on Saturday at USC (Front Page Online)

January 15, 2013

• Supervisors postpone storm water fee for 60 days after stiff opposition (Daily Breeze)
• SCV Officials Speak Out Against Clean Water Act (AM 1220)
• Supervisors get earful about stormwater fee, postpone action for 60 days (Whittier Daily News)

January 9, 2013

• Altadena’s Supervisor Only Vote Against Assault Weapons Ban (Patch)
• County Supes Vote to Support Assault Weapons Ban (Redondo Beach Patch)
• Fallen Fruit of Del Aire: L.A.’s First Public Fruit Orchard (L.A. Weekly)

January 8, 2013

• LA Board Of Supervisors Support Federal Ban On Assault Weapons (CBS)
• Supervisors approve county task force on gun violence (SignalSCV)
• LA Opens Public Fruit Park  (BALTIMORE ORCHARD PROJECT)

January 7, 2013

• Interrogate LA’s Future Mayor For A Hour (SouthLA)
• CA’s First Experiment in Edible Landscaping Blossoms in L.A. (Planetizen)
• Safety study of schools proposed (SignalSCV)
• Calif.’s 1st public fruit park opens in Del Aire (KABC)

January 6, 2013

January 3, 2013