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October 27, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
October 27, 2011 Issue
Garfield JROTC Cadet Receives Prestigious Medal
An East Los Angeles student on Monday received the Legion of Valor Bronze Cross for Achievement Medal for her academic accomplishments and leadership skills as an... Read more »
Vernon Voters To Decide Key Reform Measures
Seventy-one registered voters in the city of Vernon in November will decide the fate of several key reform measures, including restrictions on city council term... Read more »
Wyvernwood Project Environmental Study Released
UPDATE: Wyvernwood Garden Apartments Draft EIR Comment Deadline Extended Plans by the owners of a 70-year-old housing development near downtown Los Angeles to redevelop... Read more »
EDITORIAL: Time to Step up and Help Our Neighbors
In today’s edition, EGP is featuring two stories detailing the potentially devastating effect the decision by Gov. Jerry Brown and state legislators to eliminate... Read more »
EDITORIAL: City of Los Angeles Says to ‘Fix Your Own Sidewalks’
Well the Los Angeles City Council has now really hit bottom by proposing that city property owners pay to make all needed repairs to the sidewalks around their property,... Read more »
Occupying Wall Street Together
Efforts by groups like Occupy the Hood, a network formed by activists in New York and Detroit to bring more people of color into the Occupy Wall Street movement,... Read more »
Measuring Progress
Tent cities and shacks sprung up on empty lots across the country. Food lines at soup kitchens wrapped around city blocks. Unemployment soared to 25 percent. Farmers... Read more »
Los Angeles City Council Raises Fees for Building Owners, Tenants
Tenants’ rights activists and residential building owners were both unsatisfied Tuesday with a decision by the City Council to raise fees that support the city’s... Read more »
White Memorial Offers Local Youth Paid Health Care Internship
White Memorial Medical Center staff finally had the opportunity to thank several local youth volunteers as part of a first ever paid internship program launched... Read more »