More details emerged Thursday. A new Assembly report said the state could close 50 parks because of an $8-million reduction in funds. “It’s a certainty some parks will close with these reductions,” said Roy Stearns, a spokesman for the Department of Parks and Recreation. “What we don’t know is what parks and where.” Other administration [...]

Please Contact Candy Candelaria for tickets! Admission is free but advance tickets are required and seats are going fast! Please click here to download the flyer in English and Spanish.

La Casa de Estudillo Hacienda Inner Courtyard View the Fun in the Park collection on flickr. For more information on efforts to Keep State Parks Open for All Download the UPDATED letter to keep parks open.

In Nature’s New Deal, Professor Neil Maher analyzes the impact of the New Deal and the Civilian Conservation Corps on the economic, social, environmental and political landscape of the nation in the decade from 1933 to 1942.  The New Deal programs offer invaluable lessons both for the state of California, which is considering closing state parks [...]

Built between 1887 and 1888 for GW Morgan, the house was sold numerous times and moved twice before coming to the museum. Originally located at 4501 North Pasadena Ave (now Figueroa St), it was purchased by James and Bessie Hale in 1906 at it’s 2nd location, 4425 N. Pasadena Ave. James was a motor man [...]

Susan Saulny New York Times July 20, 2009 It has been more than a half-century since Sumner Elementary School, now an abandoned shell of a building, had a brief and ignoble moment in the spotlight for what it would not do: allow a black father from the surrounding neighborhood, Oliver L. Brown, to enroll his daughter [...]

Visit the Sinkyone Set on The City Project’s flickr gallery.

Tens of thousands of seniors and children would lose access to healthcare, local governments would sacrifice several billion dollars in state assistance this year and thousands of convicted criminals could serve less time in state prison. Welfare checks would go to fewer residents, state workers would be forced to continue to take unpaid days off [...]

Anahuak youth ride buses to Franklin Canyon March 30 2007. Transit to Trails takes inner city youth and their families and friends on fun mountain, beach, and Los Angeles River trips. The project enriches their education about water, land, wildlife, and cultural history, and the importance of physical activity and healthy eating for life-long health. [...]

June 29, 2009 UPDATED July 17, 2009 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Senate President pro tempore Darrell Steinberg Senate Minority Leader Dennis Hollingsworth Assembly Speaker Karen Bass Assembly Minority Leader Sam Blakeslee State Capitol Sacramento, CA re: Legal Requirements to Keep State Parks Open for All Dear Governor Schwarzenegger, Senate President Steinberg, Senate Minority Leader Hollingsworth, Speaker [...]