May 2013

May 29, 2013

• Celebrate LA’s Black Cultures (Surfer Magazine)

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)
• Community exults over approval of Leimert Park station (Our Weekly)
• Leimert Park Village hails victory on Crenshaw Line station (LA Times)
• The wise move on the Leimert Park station (LA Times)

May 23, 2013

• LA Metro board approves Leimert Park subway station (89.3 KPCC)
• Leimert Park Gets $120 Mil Metro Station (LA Weekly)
• Metro board approves Crenshaw Line’s Leimert Park Village station (LA Times)
• Metro Board votes to fully fund Leimert Park Village and Hindry stations for Crenshaw/LAX Line (The Source)
• Metro board approves full funding for a Leimert Park underground station (LA Observed)
• LAUSD opens wellness center at Manual Arts High School (The Wave)
• Funding OKd for light-rail station in Leimert Park (LA Times)

May 20, 2013

• Clinic at Manual Arts Senior High School to provide health care to students, residents (89.3 KPCC)

May 16, 2013

• Shakespeare comes to the ’hood (Los Angeles Wave)

May 11, 2013

• Tasty, and Subversive, Too (Los Angeles Times)