Editorial Downtown News June 30, 2008 Contreras School Pool a Squandered Opportunity Stakeholders in City West and adjacent communities received dispiriting news last week, when city and Los Angeles Unified School District officials announced that the swimming pool at the Miguel Contreras Learning Complex once again will be off-limits to the general public this year. [...]

Built in 1937, the church was designed by Edith Northmann, who was perhaps the most prolific and respected female architect based in Los Angeles from the 1920′s through the 1940′s. Learn more about Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy. Visit the Heritage Parkscape online and on flickr.

As “New Chinatown” marks its 70th anniversary today, those celebrating will include the so-called grandchildren — the second- and third-generation Chinese American professionals like Ron Louie who no longer live in Chinatown but keep a finger there nonetheless. … Organizers will show historic photographs, a swing band will perform and one of Central Plaza’s more recent tenants will unveil newly installed neon lights along the roof lines of his three buildings — an ornament that long distinguished Central Plaza until the lights fell into disrepair in the 1980s.

Archeological surveys discovered sites of villages of the Tongva/Gabrieleños at the mouth of Fern Dell Canyon, leaving little doubt that fairly large settlements existed in this area and others. Learn more about Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy. Visit the Heritage Parkscape online and on flickr.

The Commerce Department has set a hearing date on the toll road agency appeal for July 24 and/or July 25 at UC Irvine. The notice of hearing is attached. The toll road agency is appealing the California Coastal Commission 8-2 decision to stop the toll road and save Panhe and San Onofre. Visit www.savepanhe.org and [...]

4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Griffith Park. Built circa 1853, the adobe was extensively remodeled in the 1920s. Today it serves as the Park Ranger Headquarters and Visitors’ Center for Griffith Park. Learn more about Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy. Visit the Heritage Parkscape online and on flickr.

Senator Applauds Greater Baldwin Hills Alliance for Development of Oil Field Community Standards Monday, June 23, 2008 Senator cites CSD as “the Quintessence of Citizen Empowerment” LOS ANGELES –Senator Mark Ridley-Thomas (D-Los Angeles/Culver City) today commended representatives of the Greater Baldwin Hills Alliance (GBHA) on the occasion of a GBHA press conference announcing the release [...]

ASSEMBLYMEMBER KAREN BASS 47TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT For Immediate Release: June 23, 2008 Contact: Richard Stapler Phone: (916) 319-2047 Speaker Karen Bass Issues Statement on the Environmental Impact Report Regarding Oil Drilling in the Baldwin Hills Region LOS ANGELES —- Speaker Karen Bass issues the following statement regarding the release of the Environmental Impact Report for [...]

The Chinese Cemetery Shrine built in 1888 is the oldest Chinese-built structures in Los Angeles. This Shrine was used for the burning of clothes, money and incense for the decedent in the next world. The Chinese Historical Society has restored the shrine. Learn more about Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy. Visit the Heritage Parkscape online and [...]

Built in 1915 by the members’ husbands, the clubhouse is one of the few large-scale Craftsman structures in Los Angeles. Learn more about Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy. Visit the Heritage Parkscape online and on flickr.