By Aaron Blevins, 5/16/2013
Voters to make key decisions in city’s future on May 21
Months of campaigning and conflict will culminate in the 2013 General Election on Tuesday, May 21, when Los Angeles residents will decide who will fill several key leadership positions in the city. Perhaps of greatest importance is the mayoral race, which pits City Councilman Eric Garcetti, 13th District, against City Controller Wendy Greuel. In the [...] [...more]
By Aaron Blevins, 5/16/2013
Annual fundraiser to be held on Saturday
To Suzanne Nichols and other advocates, arts education is not simply an extra-curricular activity that can be dismissed when budget cuts loom; it is essential to the development of students. That is why Nichols’ organization, Save The Arts, is looking to raise $39,000 this weekend to help Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) students experience [...] [...more]
By Aaron Blevins, 5/16/2013
During chamber meeting, CEO offers ideas for fixing local economy
The city of Los Angeles is systematically flawed, and it will be up to business owners and community advocates to save the city from itself, Caruso Affiliated founder and CEO Rick Caruso told the Miracle Mile Chamber of Commerce last week. During the chamber’s monthly meeting last Thursday at the El Rey Theatre, Caruso outlined [...] [...more]
By Edwin Folven, 5/16/2013
Suspect faces seven years for voluntary manslaughter
Last week, authorities announced publicly for the first time that a suspect in the 2008 murder of an elderly man in the Melrose District has been convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to seven years in state prison. The announcement was made on May 9 during a meeting held by the Melrose Action Neighborhood Watch, [...] [...more]
By Aaron Blevins, 5/16/2013
Local filmmakers to screen documentary this weekend
Filmmaker Walter Dominguez’s odyssey to unearth elements of his ancestral history began, simply enough, with a black and white photograph of a man named Praxedis G. Guerrero. It belonged to Dominguez’s grandfather, an ordained Methodist minister who died in 1973, and would be the foundation for a journey that walked Dominguez through his grandfather’s upbringing, [...] [...more]
By Aaron Blevins, 5/16/2013
Investigation continues into ‘serious criminal act’
Detectives with LAPD’s Olympic Division are searching for a suspect who broke into a Windsor Square home at 12:30 p.m. on May 8 and fled with undisclosed property. According to LAPD and SSA Security Group officials, a resident in Windsor Square returned home at 12:30 p.m. to find a male, possibly Hispanic, in the home [...] [...more]
By Aaron Blevins, 5/09/2013
Driver uninjured after single-vehicle crash on Monday
The sign near Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue that welcomes people to the Miracle Mile is no more, after a single-vehicle car collision destroyed the sign on Monday. However, officials with the Miracle Mile Civic Coalition, which championed the effort to have the sign installed, are hopeful that the driver’s insurance covers the cost of [...] [...more]
By Aaron Blevins, 5/09/2013
Bureau seeking a permanent fix to gas build-ups
Although officials initially suspected that the gas leak at Wilshire Boulevard and Curson Avenue was natural gas, the city’s Bureau of Sanitation has determined that the gas build-up was the result of methane coming from the La Brea Tar Pits. The bureau’s assistant director, Varouj Abkian, said workers will be venting the maintenance holes in [...] [...more]
By Aaron Blevins, 5/09/2013
Great Hall/Long Hall designation could impact park plans
Great Hall/Long Hall in Plummer Park has been accepted into the National Register of Historic Places after a hearing in front of the State Historic Resources Commission on May 1. The move was praised by local Protect Plummer Park activists, but lamented by the majority of the West Hollywood City Council, which wants to raze [...] [...more]
By Edwin Folven, 5/09/2013
L.A. voters to decide on three pot measures on May 21
The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that cities and counties can regulate medical marijuana dispensaries. The ruling clears the way for the city of Los Angeles to legally implement regulations under one of three measures to be decided by voters on May 21. The ruling bolsters efforts by the Los Angeles City Council and the [...] [...more]
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