Louis Robles, Jr., Rebecca Robles, Alfred Cruz, and Angela Mooney D’Arcy of the Acjachemen Nation sing a prayer before the California Coastal Commission, February 6, 2008. Dan Bartletti/L.A. Times.
Click here to visit the Los Angeles Times blog about the sacred Native American site of Panhe, San Onofre State Beach, and the proposed toll road.

Please see the YouTube video of Acjachemen elders and tribal members speaking of the meaning of Panhe in their lives at www.savepanhe.org and www.savesanonofre.org. The following is a transcript of that video.
Anita Espinoza Cruz: My name is Anita Espinoza Cruz. I was born in Orange County, Fullerton, 1928. I am Acjachmen Indian, yes. It’s not [...]

My name is Sally Cruz-Wright, Vice-Chairman of the Juaneno Band of Mission Indians, identified by the Office of Federal Acknowledgement, as petitioner 84B.
I stand before you today as a living testament to the existence of the Acjachemen People. A people who once occupied the village of Panhe. A village that has been estimated to be [...]

Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park commemorates Colonel Allen Allensworth and the only California town to be founded, financed and governed by African Americans. Colonel Allen Allensworth founded the town in 1908. Colonel Allensworth, born a slave, served in the Army and Navy and retired as lieutenant colonel, the highest ranking black in the armed forces. [...]

United Coalition to Protect Panhe and The City Project have submitted detailed public comments to save Panhe and San Onofre and stop the toll road. We urge the United States Department of Commerce to uphold the decision of the California Coastal Commission that voted 8-2 against the toll road, and reject the appeal by the [...]

The Rocha House residence was built in 1865 by Antonio Jose Rocha II on a large portion of Rancho Rincon de Los Bueyes, which was part of common grazing lands.
Learn more about the Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy campaign.
Visit the Heritage Parkscape online and on flickr.

WHO: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Assistant Assembly Majority Leader Kevin de León

WHAT: Bill Signing Ceremony for Assembly Bill 31: “The Statewide Park Development and Community Revitalization Act”
WHERE: Rio de Los Angeles State Park, 1900 San Fernando Road, Los Angeles, CA 90065, (323) 276-3015 City of Los Angeles, (213) 620-6152 State Parks
WHEN: 2:30 p.m., Thursday, October 2, [...]

On October 24, 1871, a mob of 500 lynched 19 Chinese on Calle de Los Negros in El Pueblo. The massacre brought the first national and international attention to Los Angeles. The site of the massacre is now a streetlight. Read Dr. Munson Kwok’s Statement of Remembrance on behalf of the Chinese American Museum. The [...]

The City Project is working with the Greater Baldwin Hills Alliance to help make the dream come true for the transition from active oil fields to the Baldwin Hills Park. The Community Standards District (CSD) regulations and Environmental Impact Report (EIR) should promote these goals.
The Baldwin Hills Park Master Plan envisions a two-square mile park [...]