Angelenos can save dollars and energy thanks to a free air conditioning tune-up program beginning this summer. LOS ANGELES—Mayor Eric Garcetti and Councilmember Bob Blumenfield joined the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) today to announce a new money-saving energy incentive package that will be available to Angelenos starting July 1. The new [...]
ERNC is co-sponsoring a community clean up at Yosemite Rec Center (specifically the Sylvan Amphitheater) in Eagle Rock tomorrow morning from 10am-12pm. The event was actually spearheaded by local Eagle Rock High School student, Brandon Kenny, as he was tired of seeing the Amphitheater behind his school tagged up with graffiti and surrounded by trash. [...]
Last night at the Valley Alliance of Neighborhood Councils annual mixer, the VANC Executive Committee presented their "Best of" awards to following Neighborhood Councils for their excellent work. Congratulations to the following winners! “Best of…" Bringing the Community, LAPD, and Business Together to Promote Family Fun and Healthy Exercise Chatsworth Neighborhood Council In June 2013, [...]
By Lucas Lu and Adriana Cho Our time working at EmpowerLA for the past couple months has really been an amazing growing and learning experience. Not only did we learn everything about Neighborhood Councils, but we also learned the value of creating and completing our own project. We started from not even knowing there were [...]
LADOT’s new video series highlights how our team assists city stakeholders by providing essential services and responding to requests in a timely manner. Our goal is to deliver excellent customer service and this series will demonstrate that commitment. This week, visit with another satisfied customer as LADOT engineers and field crew members repaint curb markings [...]
The LADOT Parking Violations Bureau (PVB) website is pleased to offer the public a fast, easy and intuitive means of accessing their parking violation information along with the ability to set up notifications, and access other parking related web services. The new web application provides the public with greater access to their personal parking data [...]
A free program designed by the Washington Emergency Management Department and implemented locally by the American Red Cross Los Angeles Region, to improve readiness at the neighborhood level. MYN teaches neighbors to rely on each other. It takes just ONE person to begin. Using a 90 minute DVD to facilitate the MYN meeting and accompanying [...]
The Department of City Planning is coordinating seven public forums to provide the public with a sneak peek at the new Zoning Code concepts. The City's Zoning Code is being comprehensively rewritten for the first time in 70 years through re:code LA, one of the largest planning initiatives to date. A modern, streamlined Code that [...]
LOS ANGELES — Mayor Eric Garcetti announced a citywide effort to help prepare employers and employees for L.A.’s minimum wage increase that is due to take effect in July. “Our city will reach its potential when all hardworking Angelenos are part of L.A.’s economic resurgence,” said Mayor Garcetti. “This summer, those workers will get a [...]
Want to make movies and TV? We're looking for the next generation of diverse storytellers, and you could be one of them. Ghetto Film School is an award-winning program that teaches students how to make films and TV, while connecting them to some of Hollywood's most exciting filmmakers--and it’s completely free. Passionate teens ages 14 [...]
