Articles Published on February 8, 2013

Candidates hoping to win one of two open seats on the Monterey Park City Council shared their commitment to safety, bringing business to the community and discussed the challenges the city faces during a candidate forum held last week.

The York Boulevard parklet, which opened last Saturday, is the first of four parklets or mini parks, being built as part of a pilot project in Los Angeles Council District 14 (CD-14).

Meetings for the LAC+USC Master Plan—a hospital and medical facility site that serves and impacts the communities of Chinatown, Lincoln Heights, El Sereno and Boyle Heights— are being held to gather input on potential land use and zoning issues as well as ideas on how to make the site a community asset.

Opponents call presentation a ‘dog and pony show.’