The City Project, U.S. Congresswoman Chu, and allies celebrate the grand opening of Madrid Middle School Nature and Exercise Trail.  What was once known to the community as “the Bones” because it was a no-man’s land, is now transformed into a green recreation area. Community leaders, elected officials, students and teachers gathered for the opening [...]

Tens of thousands of acres in and around the San Gabriel Valley are proposed to become part of the National Park Service, according to a plan put forth to Congress last week. It’s the featured recommendation in a 10-year study of the San Gabriel watershed and mountains to identify if any part of the area [...]

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SoCal > Departures > Land of Sunshine > Green Justice > NPS Study Recommends Designation of San Gabriel and Santa Monica National Recreation Area Green Justice El Servicio de Parques Nacionales recomienda otorgar reconocimiento oficial al Área Nacional de Recreación San Gabriel y Santa Mónica Por Robert García on April 10, 2013 1:00 PM El [...]

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SoCal > Departures > Land of Sunshine > Green Justice > NPS Study Recommends Designation of San Gabriel and Santa Monica National Recreation Area. Síga este enlace para ver este mensaje en Español. Green Justice National Park Service Recommends Designation of San Gabriel and Santa Monica National Recreation Area by Robert Garcia on April 10, [...]

Ramya Sivasubramanian of The City Project shares a smile with Congresswoman Napolitano Congresswoman Grace Napolitano toured the San Gabriel Mountains with San Gabriel Mountains Forever on April 4, 2013. Constituents talked to her about the benefits of green access for all and the lack of green space in their communities. Congresswoman Napolitano has long led [...]

Students from the San Gabriel Mountains Forever (SGMF) Leadership Academy will engage their local community on the mission and goals of the SGMF campaign through self-designed projects. The third group of students from the academy presented their proposals to the Leadership Fund Board on March 26, 2013. The proposals reflected each student’s passion for using community [...]

Mayoral candidates Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti are committed to goals and principles that help protect equal opportunity for all, and create a prosperous future in an increasingly diverse city. In response to a letter from diverse allies, each is committed to local green jobs, physical education and healthy foods in public schools, equal access [...]

Photo by Angelica. From “Nature Double Exposed” Last summer, ten young Latinas from Boyle Heights were selected through applications to the leadership program Girls Today, Women Tomorrow to participate in Las Fotos Project, a non-profit community program that encourages creativity and self-expression by teaching them the basics of photography. The girls had the opportunity to [...]