Category Archive: 'Baldwin Hills'
Sunday, April 19th, 2009
CHICANO PARK
Chicano Park was founded on April 22, 1970 — the same day as the first Earth Day — when the community of Barrio Logan joined activists to protest the construction of a Highway Patrol station on the present site of the 8 acre park. The community had already been degraded by the demolition of [...]
Posted in Baldwin Hills, Diversifying Democracy, Fun in the Park, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Heritage Parkscape, L.A. River, Native American Sites, Olmsted Vision, Public Art, Save Panhe and San Onofre, Schools and Communities, Urban Parks Movement
Friday, April 10th, 2009
CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS IN COLLABORATION WITH Baldwin Hills Conservancy and Los Angeles Audubon Society Invite you to join us for “Back to Nature in the City” THE BALDWIN HILLS SCENIC OVERLOOK GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION
Where: BALDWIN HILLS SCENIC OVERLOOK 6300 HETZLER ROAD CULVER CITY When: Saturday, April 18TH Press Event: 10am-Noon Community Celebration: Noon until Sunset
Musical [...]
Posted in Baldwin Hills, Diversifying Democracy, Urban Parks Movement
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
By TARA PARKER-POPE
Published: February 23, 2009
The best way to improve children’s performance in the classroom may be to take them out of it.
Well
Should schools make recess and outdoor time [...]
Posted in Baldwin Hills, Free the Beach!, Health and Equality, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Olmsted Vision, Schools and Communities, Transit to Trails, Urban Parks Movement
Monday, February 2nd, 2009
From the Los Angeles Times
L.A. THEN AND NOW
Centinela Adobe, once the center of a 2,200-acre ranch, has been home to a Southern-born lawyer, a Scottish nobleman and the founder of Inglewood.
By Jean Merl
February 1, 2009
It has trembled through earthquakes, been caught in a land dispute between ranchers back in the days of Mexican rule and [...]
Posted in Baldwin Hills, Diversifying Democracy, Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy
Friday, January 30th, 2009
The undersigned diverse and growing alliance have submitted public comments to invest park funds to park poor and economically poor communities.
Park funds should be allocated based on need, not greed. Under a standard that targets communities with the greatest need first, need should be measured in terms of park poverty (less than 3 acres of [...]
Posted in Baldwin Hills, Diversifying Democracy, Economic Stimulus Infrastructure Justice, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Heritage Parkscape, L.A. River, Olmsted Vision, Transit to Trails, Urban Parks Movement
Thursday, January 29th, 2009
State Lands board votes 2-1 against an oil company’s proposal to close four platforms, and in turn be allowed to drill new wells in state waters.
By Steve Chawkins
L.A. Times
January 30, 2009
Reporting from Santa Barbara — It was cast as an unprecedented compromise, a deal that would allow a Texas oil company to sink new wells off the Santa Barbara coast in [...]
Posted in Baldwin Hills, Diversifying Democracy, Urban Parks Movement
Monday, December 22nd, 2008
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WE WON! DIVERSE ALLIES SAVED PANHE AND SAN ONOFRE, AND STOPPED THE TOLL ROAD!
Malibu Public Access for All
Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities Los Angeles City Council Highlights
Vista Hermosa Park Grand Opening
Keep State Parks Open for All!
SCAG Multiagency Effort to Improve Access to Parks and Recreation
Miguel Contreras Schools, Pools and [...]
Posted in Baldwin Hills, Clean Water, Diversifying Democracy, Health and Equality, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Heritage Parkscape, L.A. River, Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy, Native American Sites, Olmsted Vision, Public Art, Save Panhe and San Onofre, Schools and Communities, The City Project, Transit to Trails, Transportation Justice, Urban Parks Movement
Thursday, December 11th, 2008
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Dear Friends,
When Barack Obama took the podium for his victory speech on the night of November 4, 2008, he began with the grace, humility and inclusiveness that one hopes will be the hallmark of his presidency. He began: “If there is anyone out there who [...]
Posted in Baldwin Hills, Diversifying Democracy, Economic Stimulus Infrastructure Justice, Free the Beach!, Health and Equality, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, L.A. River, Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy, Native American Sites, Public Art, Schools and Communities, The City Project, Transit to Trails, Transportation Justice, Urban Parks Movement
Friday, December 5th, 2008
Jim Lafferty interviews NRDC’s Staff Attorney Daman Nagami and The City Project’s President and Counsel Robert Garcia about the Baldwin Hills lawsuits seeking to improve the environmental impact report and oil field regulations.
Listen to the complete December 4, 2008, KPFK podcast by clicking here.
Listen to the Baldwin Hills highlights by clicking here.
Learn more at www.greaterbaldwinhillsalliance.org [...]
Posted in Baldwin Hills, Diversifying Democracy, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Olmsted Vision, Urban Parks Movement
Monday, December 1st, 2008
L.A. County Plan for Expanded Urban Oil Drilling Draws Fire
By Peter B. Matuszak
Daily Journal Staff Writer
peter_matuszak@dailyjournal.com
www.dailyjournal.com/law
December 1, 2008
LOS ANGELES - Environmentalists and community groups have filed three lawsuits against a county-approved plan to expand oil drilling in the heart of South Los Angeles.
The county Board of Supervisors in October gave the go-ahead to Houston-based Plains [...]
Posted in Baldwin Hills, Diversifying Democracy, Health and Equality, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Heritage Parkscape, Urban Parks Movement