Articles for Baldwin Hills

'The Piano Lesson' was a family affair for John David and Malcolm Washington
1 month, 2 weeks ago

'The Piano Lesson' was a family affair for John David and Malcolm Washington

NPR  

'The Piano Lesson' was a family affair for John David and Malcolm Washington Actor John David and director Malcolm talk about growing up with their famous father, Denzel Washington, and collaborating with their dad and sister on the Netflix adaptation of August Wilson's play. "The Piano Lesson" is Malcolm Washington's directorial debut for a feature film, and John David portrayed …

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8 of the best L.A.-area hikes, according to locals
5 months, 1 week ago

8 of the best L.A.-area hikes, according to locals

LA Times  

Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook in Culver City; snowy mountains and the downtown Los Angeles skyline seen from Kenneth Hahn Recreation Area; Victory Trailhead. “Some nice elevation, some good exercise if you use the entire loop, but it’s really for incredible, unobstructed, panoramic views.” What makes it extra special: “Best of all, you can bring your dog. ” Address: 6105 Hetzler …

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Bad Boys 4: Will Smith sparks ‘frenzy’ after secretly attending Bad Boys: Ride or Die screening
7 months ago

Bad Boys 4: Will Smith sparks ‘frenzy’ after secretly attending Bad Boys: Ride or Die screening

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Will Smith sparked mahem in a US chain cinema after he …

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LAUSD fined $8 million for staffing violations. Too many students, not enough teachers
7 months ago

LAUSD fined $8 million for staffing violations. Too many students, not enough teachers

LA Times  

Alan Canterbury, left, heads to school in the morning with his daughter who is in transitional kindergarten in Baldwin Hills. The results of LAUSD’s 2022-23 school year audit suggest that the district was already struggling to meet the less restrictive staffing requirements, even before it expanded TK eligibility to all 4-year-olds last fall. “Last year was a hot mess,” said …

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Life after restaurants: Five former owners explain why they left ... some for good
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Life after restaurants: Five former owners explain why they left ... some for good

LA Times  

Making the decision to quit a restaurant that one has poured passion, sweat and money into can be daunting. “It’s a better life,” he says, “better work-life balance, better pay, better pretty much everything.” Does he miss leading a restaurant kitchen? I don’t want to explain things to people, why it costs so much, I don’t want to hear ‘I …

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Op-Ed: The undeniable loss of ‘my Macy’s’
1 year, 11 months ago

Op-Ed: The undeniable loss of ‘my Macy’s’

LA Times  

The Macy’s at Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza has fought an uphill battle to survive ever since the 1992 unrest over the acquittal of the police officers who beat Rodney King, events that threw the future of redevelopment in Black neighborhoods into chronic uncertainty. Two weeks ago, Macy’s announced the closure of four stores nationwide, including Baldwin Hills. At the Baldwin …

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California voters cast ballots on a wet election day: ‘I’m doing my part’
2 years, 2 months ago

California voters cast ballots on a wet election day: ‘I’m doing my part’

LA Times  

A voter goes over her ballot at the Ruben F. Salazar Park polling station Tuesday in East Los Angeles. The L.A. County registrar’s office sought to keep voters from being deterred to heading out to polls, noting in a tweet at 4:40 p.m. that officials confirmed the flooding threat was “for a very isolated area.” “Vote Centers and Ballot Drop …

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Photos: Caruso and Bass will face off in L.A. mayoral showdown in November
2 years, 7 months ago

Photos: Caruso and Bass will face off in L.A. mayoral showdown in November

LA Times  

Billionaire real estate developer Rick Caruso and U.S. Rep. Karen Bass will square off in a November runoff in their costly race to become Los Angeles’ next mayor, with the two far ahead of the rest of the primary field. Mayoral candidate Karen Bass, center, leaves the polling place Tuesday after casting her primary vote with grandson Henry Depaz, 7, …

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South L.A. was promised a resurrection after 1992. The new boom could leave many behind
2 years, 8 months ago

South L.A. was promised a resurrection after 1992. The new boom could leave many behind

LA Times  

Gladys Colchado and her family hid at the back of her convenience store on April 29, 1992, as other shops in the area were wrecked. “People are still living on minimum wage,” said Gladys Colchado, a longtime business owner who runs a convenience store on Vermont Avenue in South L.A. “There’s just no way to succeed in this area.” Gladys …

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This Insta-friendly exhibit celebrates the beauty and sisterhood of Black hair
2 years, 8 months ago

This Insta-friendly exhibit celebrates the beauty and sisterhood of Black hair

LA Times  

The Black Hair Experience is a celebration — a chance to revel in the ever-expanding community and rituals formed around Black hair. When arriving at the former Forever 21 space housing the pop-up at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza, I was greeted by the manager, Eryn, who donned one of the signature “Black Hair Been Poppin’” shirts, and proceeded to …

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What customers (and owners) love about 10 L.A. bookstores
2 years, 8 months ago

What customers (and owners) love about 10 L.A. bookstores

LA Times  

This story is part of Lit City, our comprehensive guide to the literary geography of Los Angeles. We can’t have the pandemic put a stop sign.. Let’s do it.’ And we did it.” Imani-Kelai Sumter browses her favorite corner of Malik Books in the Westfield Culver City mall. “The selection they have here, the staff, the people — I like …

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The business owners fighting Leimert Park’s gentrification
2 years, 10 months ago

The business owners fighting Leimert Park’s gentrification

LA Times  

The ceiling leaks when it rains. “To foster Black entrepreneurship and Black homeownership, since we know that’s the only real tool for us to really gain wealth and hold it.” :: Tony Jolly, owner of Hot and Cool Cafe, in Leimert Park last summer. “I’ve always heard the stories about how, you know, property in Leimert Park would come up …

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Column: ‘We may lose this.’ Despair over gentrification reaches new depths in South L.A.
3 years, 3 months ago

Column: ‘We may lose this.’ Despair over gentrification reaches new depths in South L.A.

LA Times  

People enjoy the, “Black To The Future,” tech event in the business district of Leimert Park on September 25, 2021. “I used to walk through Leimert Park as a kid to Audubon Middle School and look at the houses and be like, ‘One day, I’m gonna buy that.’” After years of traveling and renting apartments in New York and San …

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Los Angeles County votes to phase out oil and gas drilling
3 years, 3 months ago

Los Angeles County votes to phase out oil and gas drilling

Associated Press  

Los Angeles County supervisors voted unanimously Wednesday to phase out oil and gas drilling and ban new drill sites in the unincorporated areas of the nation’s most populous county. The sprawling, 1,000-acre site, owned and operated by Sentinel Peak Resources, contains over half the oil and gas wells in the county’s unincorporated areas. “The goal is to provide direction to …

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How I got beyond the concrete and learned to love my watershed
3 years, 9 months ago

How I got beyond the concrete and learned to love my watershed

LA Times  

This is the April 8, 2021, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. It’s about a natural gas storage field thousands of feet below the Ballona Wetlands, where the creek empties into the Pacific Ocean. “If something like Aliso Canyon were to happen there, it really could be …

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How George Gascón unseated L.A. County Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey
4 years, 2 months ago

How George Gascón unseated L.A. County Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey

LA Times  

Challenger George Gascón has defeated two-term incumbent Jackie Lacey and will become the next Los Angeles County district attorney. Los Angeles County district attorney election results George Gascón 53.7% 1,655,481 votes Jackie Lacey 46.3% 1,426,459 votes A Times analysis of the general election results shows how Gascón assembled a winning coalition. Gascón: 1,920 precincts Lacey: 1,075 precincts LOS ANGELES COUNTY …

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How Post & Beam, the successful black-owned South L.A. restaurant, stayed in local hands
5 years, 4 months ago

How Post & Beam, the successful black-owned South L.A. restaurant, stayed in local hands

LA Times  

The soul of a restaurant can be hard to trace, a heady synthesis of atmosphere and mood, the food on the plates, and the people who make that food and arrive to eat it. With Govind Armstrong, 50 — Johnson’s opening chef-partner at Post & Beam, Cleveland’s mentor, the restaurant’s current consultant and one of the founding chefs of California …

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