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It’s the first Saturday of the month, and we’ve reached October already! A few days ago I got an email from a Tanya Jung, who was the president of a “local community service club” who found out about our monthly mini clean-up events from the Big Sunday volunteer calendar. She said she would bring in […] Being Labor Day weekend, there was predictably a smaller volunteer pool this month for the Cahuenga Library Mini-Clean Up, with the dedicated Damon and Guia Wood helping out. And the weather was rather warm, too. But fortunately we only had a smaller task at hand. The mound of garbage that usually piles up next to […] Today being the first Saturday of the month, it’s once again time to tend to the Cahuenga Library Botanical Gardens for our monthly mini-cleanup of our 94-year old LAPL branch‘s grounds! This being August, I wondered if Summer weather might be a deterrent for people, but apparently so far this season, […] Hooray for alliteration! How’s this for a Saturday: State Senators: Cafe Cedillo I was invited to a “coffee” event with State Senator Gil Cedillo, as many (but not all) elected officials are apt to do in order to be more in touch with their constituents. It took place at Sabor y Cultura Coffeehouse in Hollywood. […] For the past couple months, I’ve been doing freelance outreach gigs for The Robert Group, a public affairs firm contracted by Metro to facilitate and do outreach for community meetings for some of their projects, such as the Westside Metro Purple Line subway extension (a.k.a. “The Subway To The Sea”). Another such project is a […] Growing up in Los Angeles, as a teen, there was a dearth of places to go hang out in. My only choice back in the day was the Glendale Galleria. Today, there’s all sorts of places withing walking, biking and subway distance. It’s always interesting to see how the urban landscape has progressed over time. […] Nearly 27 years after I graduated from Ramona Elementary School, I discovered I’m still learning there. On Thursday I met with new Ramona principal Jim Hum, as part of my continuous implementation of the EHNC’s East Hollywood Junior Neighborhood Council program (described here in a previous post), as well as our Community Curriculum program to […] I was quoted in an newspaper article on the East Hollywood Neighborhood Council election, which was published in the Los Angeles Independent today. I found my copy safely protected by a plastic bag, waiting for me on my driveway on Wednesday night. The article announced the names of 17 candidates, which will appear in the […] |