District 8

CALL FOR THEATER ARTIST – Voices of the Rebellion Deadline Extended

In conjunction with and support of Monumental Los Angeles April 29th-May 4th, 2022, Twinbiz is proud to announce that the Department of Cultural Affairs’ Leimert Park Cultural Hub will commission a total of six playwrights, actors, or spoken word artists to create and perform original or historical works in theatrical observance of the 30th anniversary of the LA Civil Uprising.

Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson Connects Hundreds of South Los Angeles  Residents to EMPLOYLA Career Opportunities

Councilmember Harris-Dawson hosted six EMPLOYLA jobs events aimed at directly connecting local employers to prepared job-seekers over the past. In collaboration with three South Los Angeles WorkSource Centers, hundreds of residents were able to learn about resume building, networking and virtual interviewing skills.

A New Day at MLK

Chants of ‘a new day at MLK’ filled the air as thousands came together to celebrate the reopening of Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital in Watts on Friday, Aug. 7.

The audience was full of California officials including Supervisor Mark Ridley – Thomas, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, California Attorney General Kamala Harris, California State Senator Isadore Hall, III, Congresswoman Janice Hahn, Assemblymember Sebastian Ridley – Thomas, Assemblymember Mike A. Gipson, Inglewood Mayor James Butts and Councilmember Curren Price to name a few. While the hospital has been opened since July 7, last Friday was a day used to celebrate everyone that made it possible.

Bernard Parks Brings Illustrious Career of Service to a Close

After over 60 years of service to the residents of Los Angeles, Current City Councilmember and former Police Chief Bernard Parks is finally ready to retire   Bernard Parks or “Chief” as he is known to his family and friends has awakened every day with one question on his mind: “What am I going to do today to protect and serve the people of Los Angeles?”  Now, however, the chief has a new question.  “What has Bobbie (Parks) put on my to-do list today?” After 60 years of working for the people of Los Angeles “Chief” Bernard Parks is finally