The neighborhood council meets on Thursday, Sept. 15 inside the Highland Park Senior Citizens Center on 6152 N. Figueroa Street.
It's Assemblyman Anthony Portantino's (D-La Cañada) second attempt to make it a crime for most people to publicly carry unloaded handguns.
Louis Mraz, the Mount Washington motorist accused of running down a cyclist in Highland Park, used Monday's Mount Washington Homeowner's Alliance meeting to speak out against the "Figueroa for All" initiative.
In his second year, Valdez predicts major progress from his students.
Move to investigate process was called for by Northeast L.A. based Van de Kamps coalition.
Jimmy Gomez loves his neighborhood, but he says he'll make sure all the district's voices are heard.
The long-time Echo Park and now Silver Lake resident filed his paperwork Thursday morning.
A pair of neighborhood organizations organized separate cleanups along Marmion Way in an effort to pick up the slack created by lagging city services.
The Highland Park working group is scheduled to meet on Friday at the Flying Pigeon Bike Shop.
A roundup for the week's top headlines, including all the stories you may have missed.
AB 131 would enable undocumented students to apply for and receive public financial aid for college.
Council will discuss proposal to help Franklin football team buy uniforms, consider a letter of support for a gang intervention program and schedule a redistricting meeting.
Fred Coronel, an activist from Glendale, was ejected after disrupting a town hall hosted by Congressman Xavier Becerra on Tuesday night.
Anthony Portantino, who has publicly fought against the legislature's 'lack of transparency,' is shown to be the biggest spender among assemblymembers—but he balks at the figures.
Five ways to lay low and beat the high temps.
The assemblyman introduced legislation Thursday to compel the Legislature to release members' office budgets.
Northeast L.A. residents have an opportunity to find out what city council redistricting could mean for their communities tonight.
The Van de Kamps Coalition has sent an official letter to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office requesting an official investigation of LACCD's oversight of the $5.7 billion Measure J bond program.
The state's high speed rail program has proponents thinking they'll break ground, and opponents sure they've killed the project.
A cleanup event has been scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 10. Will you be there?
The Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council will write a letter in favor of the Peace Warriors program to Councilman José Huizar.
The neighborhood council unanimously voted on Thursday evening to approve local artist Joe Bravo's design for their new logo.
As a deadline for new proposed Board of Supervisor electoral boundaries passes, supervisors Mark Ridley-Thomas, Gloria Molina, and Don Knabe all released new plans for how to draw the county's electoral boundaries for the next 10 years.
The audit reports a lack of oversight by LACCD in its management of the $5.7 billion, taxpayer funded Measure J bond program.
The report, conducted by a Stanford based nonprofit, shows Assembly members far overspending amounts reported by the rules committee budget.
Now that a state redistricting commission has finished its work, it is likely to see challenges from at least one direction.
The California Citizens Redistricting Commission has completed its work redrawing electoral boundaries, though a ballot referendum challenge to the maps could be possible.
Submitted on Monday, an amendment calls for the immediate release of all assembly spending records to the public.
The Council will consider a proposal to give zoo management to a private operator.
The congress of 12 house and senate members will be charged with formulating a 10-year deficit reduction plan.
A petition circulating Highland Park calls for the forming of a working group to include Autry staff, friends coalition members and city council members.
Thursday evenings planning workshop will focus on short-term projects, like pocket plazas and antique lights
Do city records show that absenteeism report vastly overstated Huizar's lack of participation?
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors holds a marathon public hearing on proposed redistricting boundaries that will continue next month.
Afternoon Links gathers all the online chatter about Highland Park and Mount Washington.
Councilman hopes the pilot boating program will lead to recreational river opportunities closer to District 1
Californians for Legislature Ethics and Accountability Now are demanding that the Assembly opens its books to the public.
According to the Sacramento Bee, the two newspapers have jointly filed suit over the Assembly's failure to release the current assembly office budgets and spending records.
After a lengthy discussion on Thursday evening, council members said they needed more details from a local youth advocate who is seeking unfettered access to local schools.
Joe Carmona, a youth advocate for the Northeast Church of Los Angeles, wants an opportunity to work with youth at a local school who are at risk of joining gangs.