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Park2Park Community News — Final Edition!

Dear Readers:

This is the final edition of Park2ParkLA.com.  We're glad to have been able to promote and serve the community for as long as we have.  Please enjoy the Park2ParkLA.com Archives & Back Issues!
- Kurt Rademaekers, Editor
(Photo by Paul Redmond)
Washing the River Los Angeles:
La Gran Limpieza — The Great L.A. River Clean-Up
(5/5/04)
La Gran Limpieza.  NC's, Com- munity Groups scour the rocks.
Friends of Atwater Village:
FAV is Now Online!
LACC Van de Kamps Update
Atwater History: Vince's Market
Atwater Ranch Market Mural
FAV Special Event, Fri Sept 10: “Revisiting the Red Car”
Eric Garcetti, Council District 13:
Garcetti's Week-Long Diary on Slate  (5/21/04)
Garcetti chronicles a week in the hectic schedule of an LA City Councilmember.
Tom LaBonge, Council District 4:
Council District 4 Newsletter
May 11, 2004
LaBonge Calls for City Pool Upgrades
Fire Service Day
CD4 Upcoming Events
CA Assemblymember Jackie Goldberg:
April 2004 Newsletter - California's Workers' Compensation Crisis
(5/18/04)
Understanding the effect that deregualtion has had on the Workers' Compensation system.
U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer:
Being Prepared for West Nile Virus  (5/21/04)
Signs of West Nile Virus found in several California counties early in year, suggesting this could be a bad year for this disease.  Plus link to info on how to avoid it.
U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein:
Senators Urge President Bush to Release Oil Reserves and Drop Gas Prices  (5/18/04)
With gas prices at record levels, Senator Feinstein joined seven other U.S. Senators to urge Bush Administration to release stored government oil reserves, which could lower gas prices.
Senate Approves Amendment to Prevent Terrorists from Obtaining Nuclear Materials
(5/19/04)
Report describes scenario in which 10-kiloton nuclear bomb is smuggled into Manhattan and detonated resulting in the loss of 500,000 people.
Los Angeles Times*
Cello's Finder Pledges to Donate Reward
By Sara Lin, Times Staff Writer (5/18/04)
The rare Stradivarius is slightly damaged, but experts say the instrument can be repaired.
Going Past 'No' on Housing
Editorial (5/11/04)
Councilmembers Reyes and Garcetti have worked to promote a mandate that new housing developments include units that are affordable to people of low or moderate income.  Many developers are dead set against it.
*Requires a free online subscription to www.latimes.com
Park2Park LA This Weekend
Fri-Sun May 21-23
Chico's Angels - Episode #2 "Love Boat Chicas"
At Cavern Club Theater, Casita Del Campo
Sat May 22
Historic Walking Tour of Echo Park Stairways
Echo Park Historical Society
Film: Joan Crawford in "Johnny Guitar" at Hollywood Cemetery
Outdoor filming viewing over and under the stars.
Park2Park LA - This Week!
Gateway to Silver Lake:
GSL Gets Boost from Neighborhood Council
by Vincent Brook (5/1/04)
After being halted by a law suit four years ago, SLNC bring the Gateway to Silver Lake project back to life—now with state-of-the-art mural protection!
Silver Lake Downhill Derby:
June 5 Derby Postponed
(5/24/04)
Race day to be rescheduled.
Observatory Orchestra:
Orchestra Seeks Volunteers for Fall Inaugural Concert
(5/14/04)
The Observatory Orchestra, a newly formed symphony orchestra based in the Griffith and Elysian Park communities, seeks participants to help with its growth and with preparation for its inaugural concert in Fall 2004.
Los Feliz Village Street Fair -
June 6:
Street Fair Announces Musical Line-Up
(5/12/04)
Street Fair Returns to Hillhurst Avenue on Sunday, June 6, 2004.
City Watch
City Wants NC's in the Hot Inclusionary Zoning Debate
by David Lowell (5/3/04)
Almost everyone agrees that Los Angeles is in the midst of an affordable housing crisis.  Neighbor-hood Councils have been asked to provide the community voice to the mix.
Native Harmony
Shady Characters
by Carmen Wolf (5/15/04)
During the crazy temperatures of late, I've thought about one of the rules of gardening with California native plants: "install in the fall." This has never made more sense than now, in light of the sad deaths of some of my recently planted natives.
Flora of the Neighborhood
Flowering Trees & Shrubs
by Michael O'Brien
May 04 - The Guadalupe Palm
Self-pruning and better than Washingtonias
Apr 28 - Rhodosphaera rhodanthema
Australian Yellow Tree
Apr 24 - That White Tree
The Chinese Fringe Tree
Community Announcements / Community Alerts
Come One, Come All:
Los Feliz Village Street Fair - Sunday June 6
Citizens Committee to Save Elysian Park:
CCSEP Annual Banquet - Sunday June 6
Invitation to Artists!
Atwater Village Street Festival, June 13 - Display & Sell Your Work
Neighborhood Council Agendas & Minutes
Atwater Village Neighborhood CouncilGreater Griffith Park Neighborhood Council
Greater Echo Park Elysian Neighborhood CouncilSilver Lake Neighborhood Council
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