The Leimert Park Jazz Festival transformed the upper parking deck of the Baldwin Hills – Crenshaw Plaza into an incredible community experience for more than 3,000 people attending the event on Aug. 31.
The nonprofit organization is dedicated to providing children living in poverty with diapers, formula, clothing and basic needs.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass met with business owners in Leimert Park on Tuesday, Dec. 5. The visit is part of the mayor’s tour across the city events leading up to her one-year anniversary on Dec. 12.
Several Black legislators serving in the California State Assembly have been appointed as committee chairs for the 2024 legislative session.
Partnership for Growth LA, a nonprofit, interfaith community development corporation on announced on Friday, July 7, the launch of Freedom Farms, a groundbreaking new urban farming initiative aimed at addressing food instability and economic inequality throughout parts of South and West Los Angeles.
California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas appointed Assemblymember Isaac Bryan of Los Angeles as a member of the Assembly Democratic Leadership team for the remainder of the 2023-24 legislative session. Rivas announced the selection on Monday, July 3.
Community members, elected officials and business owners came out on Saturday, May 20, to witness the designation of the Malcolm X Route – a five-mile stretch along Crenshaw Boulevard in South Los Angeles.
The Crenshaw business community is alive and well as evidenced by the excited crowd that gathered for the 90th anniversary installation ceremony of the Crenshaw Chamber of Commerce officers on April 16.
If you are into California Democratic Politics, then Sunday, March 5, at the Proud Bird Restaurant in Los Angeles was the place to be. Hundreds of attendees gathered to view the installation of the new Board of Officers for the New Frontier Democratic Club, California’s oldest and most influential African American Democratic Club.
New Frontier Democratic Club (NFDC) will hold its 63rd Annual Installation and Awards Luncheon on Sunday, March 5, at 3 p.m., at the Proud Bird Banquet Hall, 11022 Aviation Blvd., in Los Angeles.
On a sunny Saturday, February 18, Assemblymember Isaac G. Bryan (D-55, Los Angeles), led California Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis on a tour of small Black businesses in the historic Leimert Park neighborhood in South Los Angeles.
Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D-Los Angeles) the chair of the Assembly’s Committee on Elections introduced Assembly Constitutional Amendment 4 (ACA-4). The legislation proposes amending the California Constitution to allow felons serving time in state and federal prisons to vote.
Positive Results Center in collaboration with their National Partner, A CALL TO MEN and Tony Porter, CEO will host its fourth Promoting Health Manhood Conference on Saturday, November 12, 2022, at Cal State University Dominguez Hills (CSUDH)
Hundreds attended the 4th annual South LA Pride celebration on July 1, at Norman O. Houston Park in Baldwin Hills. The event united South LA’s LGBTQ community and their allies for a family-friendly “Pride Picnic.”
The contributions of Jacquelynn “Jackie” Hawthorne were rewarded on April 2, when Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D-Baldwin Hills) hosted a surprise event to announce his selection of Hawthorne as the 2022 Woman of the Year representing the 54th Assembly District.