Historic grave open to public By Kimm Groshong Staff Writer Pasadena Star-News ALTADENA – A judge has confirmed the public’s right to visit the historic grave site of Owen Brown, the abolitionist and son of John Brown “the liberator.” Pasadena Judge C. Edward Simpson this week ruled in favor of a trails group known as [...]

November 30, 2005 Buses to Keep a Seat Open in a Tribute to Rosa Parks By THE NEW YORK TIMES The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will leave on the headlights of about 6,000 buses tomorrow to mark the 50th anniversary of Rosa Parks’s decision not to surrender her seat to a white man on a city [...]

Los Angeles City Controller Laura Chick recently released the first of three audits of the Department of Recreation and Parks. Program fees for the same recreational services vary among facilities throughout Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Daily News called the system of park fees “discriminatory, capricious and just plain sleazy.” The audit exposed a lack [...]